Senior Engineer – Engineering Standards Program Lead

Source: BC Hydro

Job Title: Senior Engineer - Engineering Standards Program Lead

Job Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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JOB DESCRIPTION
Duties:

• Lead and modernize the Engineering Standards Program at BC Hydro. In this senior engineering role, you will lead practical improvements to how engineering standards are governed, published, accessed, maintained, and used across Engineering so engineers can find, trust, and apply the right standards to support safe, consistent, high-quality engineering work. This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly established team, influence practices across engineering disciplines and divisions, and modernize how engineering standards are governed, maintained, published, and continuously improved. Working with standards owners, governance committees, engineering divisions, Records and Information Operations, IT partners, and other stakeholders, you will work to align practices, resolve standards-related challenges, and deliver practical improvements that strengthen quality, consistency, compliance, and usability. Although the Engineering Practices team is part of Distribution Engineering and Standards, this role has Engineering-wide influence and provides functional leadership rather than direct people leadership. This role may be a strong fit for you if you enjoy working at the intersection of engineering, governance, information management, digital tools, and continuous improvement; bringing people together across divisions; and turning complex standards-related issues into clear actions, decisions, and practical improvements. Specific Duties:
• Provide functional leadership for the Engineering Standards Program by improving governance frameworks, lifecycle requirements, procedures, templates, roles, guidance, performance measures, and continuous improvement priorities.
• Lead the Engineering Standards Working Group (ESWG) by identifying, prioritizing, driving, tracking, and reporting on cross-divisional action items, and escalating issues, risks, and recommendations to the Engineering Standards Governance Committee (ESGC) for decision-making by division managers.
• Develop and improve digital tools, dashboards, and tracking systems that strengthen standards governance, controlled publishing, searchability, reporting, publication readiness, and alignment with engineering standards requirements.
• Establish and manage a structured intake process for engineering standards suggestions, ensuring proposed changes are captured, prioritized, assigned, tracked, and carried forward into future revision cycles using approved collaboration tools.
• Apply engineering governance judgement to assess publication readiness, including approvals, documentation completeness, information classification, quality expectations, and related publication risks.
• Develop dashboards, metrics, reports, recommendations, presentations, and senior-management briefings that provide visibility into the health of the Engineering Standards Program, action-item status, risk, and improvement priorities.
• Support safety through effective governance of the Engineering Standards Program. Recognize and escalate safety implications when they arise. Ensure standards-development processes prompt accountable technical parties to apply Safety by Design principles.
• Build effective relationships across engineering divisions, bring stakeholders together to resolve cross-series issues, and provide coaching, guidance, and knowledge-sharing to support consistent engineering standards practices.
• Leverage emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, to assess, develop, and improve processes and tools that enhance the effectiveness of the Engineering Standards Program.
• Support other Engineering Practices initiatives and improvement efforts as priorities evolve, contributing technical expertise, coordination, analysis, and implementation support as required.

Qualifications:

• Degree in engineering from a recognized post-secondary institution.
• Registered, or eligible for registration, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists BC.
• At least eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in engineering, engineering standards, professional practice, governance, quality management, asset management, engineering delivery, or a related area. Strong candidates who do not yet meet the Senior Engineer experience requirements may also be considered at the P2 Intermediate Engineer level.
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, presentation, and writing skills, including the ability to influence decisions, explain complex issues clearly, and work effectively across multidisciplinary groups.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to exercise independent judgement, identify and assess risks and complex problems, and develop and implement practical, customized, risk- informed solutions.
• Experience using digital tools, automation, data visualization, dashboards, or AI-enabled solutions to improve engineering workflows, governance processes, reporting, or decision support. Additional experience that would be considered an asset includes:
• Practical experience developing, applying, reviewing, or governing engineering standards in design, construction, operations, maintenance, asset management, or engineering project delivery.
• Experience in standards governance, engineering quality management, technical assurance, professional practice, regulatory compliance, risk management, or process improvement.
• Experience with controlled publishing, records management, information classification, metadata, repository governance, search, or standards-management systems.
• Electric utility experience in generation, transmission, distribution, asset management, engineering delivery, operations, maintenance, or sustainment.
• Additional education or training in information management, records and information management, project management, quality management, facilitation, change management, or process improvement.

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. 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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• A condition of employment for this job is that you maintain your Driver's License: Class 5 In Good Standing.
• Applicants who do not meet full qualifications or those with lesser work experience may be considered for a lower level position.
• Questions about the role? Prospective internal applicants are encouraged to contact the hiring manager to learn more about the opportunity and discuss how their background and experience may align with the position Before you apply, please confirm you meet BC Hydro’s time in role requirement. M&P employees must meet the time in role requirements specified in the updated M&P TIR policy. For MoveUP and IBEW employees, the current time in role as outlined in the Collective Agreements will apply. 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

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their applications online at https://app.bchydro.com/careers/current_opp.html  by November 17, 2026.

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Flexible work model role definitions

• IBEW/Field – No option to work from home
• Resident – Works primarily (4+ days per week) in the office.
• Hybrid – May be able to work from home up to 3 days per week.
• Remote – Works from home 4+ days per week