Engineering Team Lead - Fire Protection

Job Location:

Burnaby, British Columbia

Employment Type:

Permanent

Hours of work:

Full-time (37.5 hrs/week)

Annual Salary:

$ 127,900.00 - 161,800.00

No. of positions:

1

Closing date:

September 5, 2025

What You’ll Do

The Generation Stations Mechanical Engineering Division has an exciting leadership opportunity for an Engineering Team Lead to join our Fire Protection team.

The team is based at BC Hydro’s Edmonds facility in Burnaby and consists of mechanical and electrical engineers with critical expertise in fire detection and suppressions systems.The team is an integral part of BC Hydro’s strategy to provide life safety and asset protection at BC Hydro’s fleet of generating stations and dams. The team provides condition assessment, planning, and detailed design of fire protection systems to both capital and operational projects.

This is a leadership opportunity suitable for someone who has an affinity for teambuilding, and for working within cross-discipline groups to deliver on the organization’s goals.Working closely with other Engineering teams, Asset Planning, Project Delivery and Operations groups, the Fire Protection Team Lead will provide leadership to the team and successfully carry out the following duties:

* Provide leadership, support, and advice to team members, encourage their work initiative, and help them grow as engineers and technical leaders.

* Be a leader in working safely and efficiently. Demonstrate strong commitment to safety. Create a culture where safety is first, and where employees are recognized for safe performance and compliance with safety regulations and safe work practices.

* Act as a key point of contact for internal clients, understanding their needs and ensuring effective communication.

* Ensure that qualified internal and external resources are available and have the required expertise and tools to complete the work with high quality, value, on schedule, and on budget.

* Develop a staffing strategy and recruit, select, and promote staff, and/or procure consulting services. Implement an employee development program in order to cultivate and maintain the required expertise. Foster collaboration and knowledge transfer, coaching and mentoring, and organizational awareness.

* Establish review procedures, technical and quality assurance standards. Review, enhance, and develop methods, procedures, and technical standards to take advantage of new technology. Improve department effectiveness and efficiency.

* Proactively undertake and/or significantly contribute to problem identification, risk mitigation, and the development of solutions to complex engineering problems considering the broader value, benefit, and risk to BC Hydro.

* Act as a positive role model for the business, fostering teamwork and engagement of team members to contribute to achieving the company goals.

* Support the Division Manager on various initiatives. The Team Lead may support Company-wide initiatives and be an active part in developing those initiatives.

* Ensure team adherence to BC Hydro and industry standards, policies, practices, and procedures.

* Coach and mentor team members to investigate and analyze challenging or unusual technical problems, to evaluate risks, and to develop solutions to problems.

* Develop team business objectives, standards, and performance measurements.

* Manage the team performance to meet objectives.

* Ensure that team resources resolve all queries in a timely manner.

* Facilitate the development of employee soft skills including persuasive influence, collaboration, and conflict resolution.

* Drive ongoing improvements in work planning and execution.

* Lead by example by demonstrating BC Hydro’s commitment to a diverse, respectful, and inclusive workforce.

* Advocate for professional practice and ensure team members are knowledgeable about professional practice requirements and how their work complies with the Engineers and Geoscientists BC Quality Management Guidelines.

* Develop and maintain effective working relationships with equipment suppliers, consultants, contractors, and other parts of BC Hydro.

What you bring

The successful candidate must demonstrate:

* A minimum Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering or other relevant discipline

* A minimum of 10 years of progressive engineering experience

* Registration or eligibility for immediate registration as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC). The individual shall be proficient with EGBC quality management guidelines.

* Fire Protection skills:

-Experience related to fire detection or suppression systems: fire water pumps & headers, sprinklers, deluge systems, detectors, fire alarm panels and alarms.

-Familiarity with the relevant fire protection codes and standards. Experience with NFPA 850 is preferred.

-Experience with industrial fire protection equipment is preferred.

-Understanding of and the ability to communicate the difference between regulatory and business requirements in a fire protection context.

* Knowledge of the hydropower industry and similar transferrable experience is an asset.

* Values of safety, teamwork, service, integrity, accountability, and ingenuity.

* Ability to lead and manage a group of 8 or more people.

* Leadership skills:

-Interpersonal skills & relationship management

-Team building

-Conflict management

-Coaching/mentoring

* Business skills:

-Strong strategic thinking and business planning skills.

-A sense of ownership and a proactive effort to identify, pursue, and champion process improvements and other business initiatives.

-A successful, creative, and persistent approach to influencing outcomes and meeting objectives.

-Curiosity to understand stakeholder needs and the broader business context of the team.

-The ability to prioritize and manage conflicting needs from stakeholders.

* Good command of both written and oral English, combined with strong communication skills. This should include both business & technical writing and presentation skills, including comfort presenting to peers and senior management.

* Understanding of project management processes.

What we Offer

- A comprehensive benefits package

- A minimum of 15 paid vacation days

- A lifetime pension

- Flexible work model, depending on your role type

- Training and development courses

For more information on the benefits we offer, visit bchydro.com/benefits

What else you should know

* Please be advised that this role has been assessed as safety sensitive and pre-qualification alcohol and drug testing will be required as a pre-condition to employment.

* A condition of employment for this job is that you maintain a Driver's License: Class 5 In Good Standing.

* A condition of employment for this job is that you maintain registration with EGBC: In Good Standing

* Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete an online leadership assessment as part of the interview process.