# System Optimization Specialist Engineer (FTT)

Job Location: Edmonds, Burnaby, BC (Lower Mainland) Employment type: Temporary, Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk), approximately 14 months (until about December 2027) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid Annual Salary: $131,100.00 - $165,800.00 Requisition: 52518811 A workplace powered by you At BC Hydro, we're working towards creating a cleaner and more sustainable future for all British Columbians and need people like you to help us. A career at BC Hydro is meaningful and provides you the opportunity to be part of a talented, inclusive, and diverse team. We offer a healthy work-life balance, competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, and training opportunities to support you in your career growth. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. What you'll do Generation System Operations (GSO) is providing an exciting 14 month rotation opportunity to work with our experienced engineers within the System Optimization group. BC Hydro operates a 13,200 MW system of hydroelectric, thermal, and market resources. Within Generation System Operations (GSO), energy, capacity, and water planning are managed by teams organized by planning time

- **Id**: 3741145
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/bc-hydro-system-optimization-specialist-engineer-ftt>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Burnaby, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-29T19:36:33Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-09-29T19:36:33Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 40
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6892
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Energy & Utilities, Smart Home Devices, Energy Efficiency

## Company

- **Id**: 1767244
- **Name**: BC Hydro
- **Domain**: bchydro.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/bchydro-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Salary

- **Min**: 131100
- **Max**: 165800
- **Currency**: CAD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 118475

## Technologies

- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Power BI** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 40

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T11:46:23Z

## Visa

- Country: CA; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Positions approved through LMIA in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

## Liveness

- **Score**: 24
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 0.6
- **P active**: 0.726
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 39
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: seen:39, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 118475
- **Is top pay**: no

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