Operations Planning Engineer

Current ENMAX employees are encouraged to apply through their internal Workday access.

Posted: August 14, 2025 Closing Date: August 28, 2025 Position Type: Permanent Union: Exempt (MP) ENMAX Values

– Safety, Integrity, Accountability, Service, Teamwork, Agility, Innovation

At the hub of ENMAX Power is a highly technical Operations Planning Engineering team committed to operational excellence in reliability. We are looking for an

Engineer, Operations Planning

to join our team of passionate engineers. This role will coordinate and perform contingency studies for planned and unplanned outages on the ENMAX distribution and downtown network systems providing engineering support and training for real time System Control Center Operators for short and medium terms operations.

Major Responsibilities

- Update and maintain technical control center procedures for engineering and real time operators

- Perform control center operator training for specific engineering topics

- Study and mitigate real-time and short-term distribution and downtown network system outages – Perform contingency plans with proposed mitigation steps

- Use modelling and power flow software to communicate technical risk to EPC business units

- Perform AESO Waiver Process which documents load transfers between substations to meet compliance requirements

- Advise PD departments on actionable strategies, based on reliability metrics and operational considerations

- Develop staging plans for the integration of major projects into the distribution and network system

- Ensure compliance with the requirements of Alberta Reliability Standards (ARS) in terms of RSAW evidence and program adherence

- Coordinate multi-departmental EPC incident Management Team in responding to and recovering from system incidents

- Aid in system disturbance analysis data gathering and reporting

Education Required

- Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering

- Registration with APEGA as professional Engineer

Qualifications & Experience

- 4 years of utility or role related experience

- Sound understanding of electrical engineering theory along with utility/industry knowledge

- The ability to quickly learn new simulation packages and operating policies and procedures

- Understanding of distribution system issues including voltage concerns, overload mitigation, and schedule conflicts

- Understanding in the operations and/or planning of transmission and distribution power systems

- SQL, Python, DAX and VBA Programming experience

- SCADA, OMS, DMS and EMS experience would be a preference

- Computer Science Background would be a preference

- This is a Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) designated role. CIP training is required to be completed annually, as well as a requirement to have a criminal record check completed every 7 years and to pass a personal risk assessment

Personal Qualities

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to facilitate efficient discussion and produce effective documentation

- Superior organizational skills with the ability to manage a wide variety of projects/programs and the associated active issues and risks

- A desire to build relationships and trust amongst stakeholders utilizing an agility to adapt style to various audiences

- Takes ownership of projects and carries them through to completion with limited supervision

- Refined problem-solving skills

Did we mention the ENMAX Advantage?

We offer competitive compensation including a comprehensive flexible benefits program, non-downtown location that includes great building amenities such as free onsite fitness facility with programming geared to employee’s needs, onsite childcare centre (upon availability, offered from our ENMAX Place location 141 – 50 Ave. SE), free parking and much more. If you share our values and would like to make a difference with your career, join the team and see where the ENMAX possibilities can take you.

Location:

This role will be part of our hybrid (home and office) workforce with office workspace located at ENMAX Place

(141 - 50th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB)

. You will work from home on Mondays and Fridays and in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Note

- If we can provide an accommodation or adjustment to make the process more accessible for you, please let us know. ENMAX welcomes all qualified applicants to apply and is committed to a safe and respectful workplace. It is our aim to have a workplace which is inclusive and values safety, diversity, personal integrity, respect for individual differences, and encourages ownership and accountability for our actions.

- Every ENMAX employee is responsible to take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves, of all other workers, and of the public. Each employee must become familiar with safety procedures and rules applicable to their job and are required to follow them while working at ENMAX.

In the spirit of reconciliation, we respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. ENMAX headquarters is in Calgary, Alberta, the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, and Amskapi Piikuni Nations; the Tsuut’ina Nation; and the îyârhe Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney, and home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, as well as many diverse Indigenous people who have made the city their home. We are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous Nations and peoples in all communities where we operate, through respect and collaboration.