Deputy Director, Energy Distribution

Lonsdale Energy Corporation

Deputy Director, Energy Distribution

Regular Full Time

Located at the urban core of the beautiful North Shore with convenient access to major regional and global centres, Lonsdale Energy Corporation (Lonsdale Energy) continues to expand and develop a District Energy System that currently serves over 18,000 residents in the City of North Vancouver. Having recently committed to ambitious decarbonization targets, Lonsdale Energy has an exciting opportunity for a strategic and results oriented Deputy Director, Energy Distribution, to join our team.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this position involves supervising various district energy system projects. This includes ensuring the efficient connection of new customer buildings to the district energy system and managing the expansion, repair, and maintenance of Lonsdale Energy's 15 km piping network. The Deputy Director will also identify opportunities for innovation and partnerships, align development and investments in Lonsdale Energy's piping network with strategic priorities, and manage the planning, optimization, and growth of Lonsdale Energy's distribution piping system. Additionally, they will also be responsible for procurement management and for overseeing emergency, safety, and redundancy planning for the distribution system, while leading initiatives to enhance the end-to-end delivery of district energy system projects.

As a skilled negotiator and communicator, the Deputy Director will play a crucial role in fostering strong strategic partnerships. Your ability to collaborate and align with project stakeholders, as well as build robust relationships within municipal, provincial, and federal governments, will be key to the success of Lonsdale Energy projects.

The ideal candidate will be an accredited professional who will have senior experience in infrastructure development within a municipal or regional government setting with work of comparable complexity. You will bring a collaborative, progressive and innovative approach to problem solving and the key to success will be your leadership of diverse technical teams. You will draw on your project management expertise to define, plan, and successfully implement projects. Working in a collaborative manner with other partners will be critical to your success together with a high degree of tact, diplomacy, political awareness and sensitivity to community issues. A combination of skills, education, training (such as PMP or similar), and experience providing an equivalent background will be considered. A Class 5 BC driver’s license is required for this role.

During the recruitment process, applicants will be requested to provide a current Police Information Check (PIC).

Through the City of North Vancouver, Lonsdale Energy offers an attractive remuneration package for this exempt position, including a compressed work schedule and a 35-hour work week. The salary range is $154,956 to $181,164 annually (2024 rates). Salary offered will be commensurate with education, experience and internal parity.

If this looks like the opportunity you have been seeking and you are passionate about shaping the future of energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in our community, apply on-line through the Career Portal at www.cnv.org by October 5, 2025

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Posting: 2025-0106

September 11, 2025

Education : College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Experience : Experience an asset