Distribution Lead

**Company Description** Welcome to a place where people are at the heart of everything we do.**

Welcome to people with an inspiring vision and who seek stimulating challenges. At CIMA+, you’ll find a place where you’ll have many opportunities to learn and develop while working on engaging projects.

We are a firm 100% owned by its employees and we value a collaborative and entrepreneurial mindset. You will have the flexibility to manage your work on your own terms and define what work-life balance means to you.

When you join CIMA+, we welcome you to a place that you can call home.
**Job Description** Mission**

CIMA+ has a long history of success in Eastern Canada and is made up of over 3000 employees across the country.

Our offices in Western Canada are in the middle of a large growth trajectory. This means new, exciting complex projects that you will have the ability to shape and be a part of. We are actively looking for people who want to develop their skillsets, take on new challenges, and advance their careers within the organization.

We are looking for an individual who wants to be challenged and is ready to join a dynamic team that is rapidly expanding. This position will be based out of our Vancouver offices. The role of the Distribution Lead is to provide design specifications and drawings for outside plant infrastructure (poles, wires, vault, duct bank, and cable) in accordance with engineering principles, guidelines, policies, and safety standards.

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion.
- Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of Distribution engineering services to be provided, establishing the basic design criteria with the client, approving all related technical documentation, and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications to support completion of projects safely, with quality, within budget and on time.
- Exercise independent judgement and critical thinking in the analysis and problem solving of highly complex, undefined, critical and broad scope problems. Carry out options analysis and associated risk evaluations.
- Provide expert guidance and recommendations on intricate technical matters, establish design bases and criteria, and oversee the management of resources to support major utility projects
- Provide specialized expertise in Distribution and actively mentor, coach, and set high standards for work performance, influencing the establishment of standards, frameworks, and targets
- Exercise innovation to propose creative modifications to improve work processes, guidelines, instructions, procedures and standards where possible.
- Design overhead line structures and associated facilities for voltages from 12kV to 500kV in an electric utility environment, including telecommunication towers.
- Develop design work packages with scope, duration, and effort estimates
- Design transmission stations from 25kV to 500kV, including structural analysis/detailing for concrete, steel, masonry, and timber structures
- Perform structural design for substation facilities like buildings, equipment supports/foundations, termination structures, manholes/vaults, duct banks, and seismic analysis
- Conduct civil design/analysis for substation site development, access roads, embankments, drainage, spill containment systems

**Qualifications**
- 10+ years experience in an electrical engineering role with specific Distribution knowledge ideally within British Columbia
- Experience related to expertise in Overhead - and underground electric utility distribution systems operating at voltages at or below 35kV and in the electrical, mechanical, civil, and operating requirements of components used to build such systems.
- Extensive knowledge of power system analysis, protection and control and automation, project delivery, policies, practices and procedures as applicable to Distribution Engineering
- Good communications skills to adequately articulate and discuss technical options and ability to present proposed solutions to a wide range of audiences, adapting to the different understanding levels of the audience.
- Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards.
- Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software.
- Well-developed technical writing, analytical, interpersonal, and presentation skills

For more information about this job opportunity, please contact Eric Fenyedi

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**Additional Information**

Accommodations are available on request. Your Business Partner will process your request.