# Director, Grid Operations

Lead the operation of a large and complex distribution grid while shaping how it will operate tomorrow. As Director, Grid Operations, you will be accountable for the safe, reliable and resilient operation of Toronto’s electrical distribution system, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, serving the customers and communities who depend on it. Reporting to the VP, Distribution Operations, you will lead the control room, dispatch, emergency response and operational technology teams that keep the lights on and enable the delivery of Toronto Hydro’s capital and maintenance programs. You will also lead the development and implementation of modernization strategies for the tools, systems and processes at the heart of grid operations, enabling better real-time decision-making and a safer, more reliable and resilient grid. Working closely with internal business units, external partners, Hydro One and the IESO, this is a senior leadership role where day-to-day reliability meets long-term grid modernization. This posting is for an existing vacancy. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Accountable for the safe, reliable and resilient operation of the distribution system 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Builds str

- **Id**: 3973079
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/toronto-hydro-director-grid-operations>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Toronto, 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**: 2026-11-09T16:56:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T05:26:25Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6776
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Gym membership, Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Energy & Utilities

## Company

- **Id**: 1825770
- **Name**: Toronto Hydro
- **Domain**: torontohydro.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/torontohydro-com>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T16:56:42Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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