Engineering Team Lead - Heavy Equipment

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Engineering Team Lead - Heavy Equipment

Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Edmonds A01

Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid

Annual salary: $ 127,900.00 - 161,800.00

Position Highlights

The Generation Stations Mechanical Engineering division has an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Engineering Team

Lead to join as the leader of the Heavy Equipment team.

The team is based at BC Hydro’s Edmonds facility in Burnaby and consists of mechanical engineers and consultants who

support the delivery of BCH generation capital projects involving large mechanical equipment such as cranes, hydraulic

valves and gates. 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.

What you'll do

Working closely with other Engineering teams, Stations Asset Planning, Project Delivery and Operations groups, the Heavy

Equipment Team Lead will provide leadership to a 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

customized 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.

- Develop engineering capabilities of the team and drive ongoing improvements in the planning for and execution of work.

- 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 their work complies with the Engineers and Geoscientists BC Quality Management Guidelines and BC

Hydro’s Professional Practice Management Plan (PPMP).

- 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, equivalent degree

- A minimum of 10 years of progressive engineering experience

- Registration or eligibility for immediate registration as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientist of British

Columbia (EGBC). The individual shall be proficient with EGBC quality management guidelines.

- Experience related to one or more of the following equipment: hoists; bridge and gantry cranes; spillway and operating

gates; and hydraulic valves. This could include experience with: detailed design; performance investigations; repairs/

modifications; seismic and other upgrades; installation of new equipment. Experience with other, similar industrial

equipment may be considered.

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

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

- Ability to 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.

- The ability to travel occasionally to our project sites within the province.

- 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.

Driver's License Type = Class 5

EGBC: Engineers & GeoScientists BC = In Good Standing

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.

What else you should know

Don't forget to update your Candidate Profile with your current resume and copies of your certifications. If applicable,

include your Trades Qualification. This will ensure we have all the necessary information to assess your application without

any delays.

Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada V3N 4X8

Date Posted: 2025-12-01 Closing Date: 2026-01-01

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