Interconnections Manager- Ft

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Providing clean electricity to 4 million customers takes a diverse workforce and that’s where you come
in. We need your talent to help us build major projects to meet growing demand. To help our
customers find clean energy solutions for their homes and businesses and to be ready to respond
during storms and outages to keep our system reliable.

Working for BC Hydro is meaningful. And now, the stakes have been raised as we work towards a
solution to climate change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers.

We offer a healthy work life balance, training opportunities and career progression. We're proud to be
ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Join us as we
build an even cleaner B.C.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
**Duties**:

- Manages a number of Transmission Load Interconnection projects of significant size, diversity,

complexity, risk and assumes responsibility for their successful completion.
- Ensure the relevant terms of Tariffs and business practices are applied in implementing

Transmission Load Interconnection projects.
- Develops Interconnection project plans, including scope, budget, schedule and project team

responsibilities in order to accomplish project objectives.
- Lead and coordinate interaction and discussion with various

interests and requirements for
- Establishes standards and process for the implementation of the interconnection project and

monitors progress to ensure the work is carried out in the most cost effective manner using project
management practices.
- Ensures that internal and external resources with appropriate skill sets are provided, assigns

work and provides instructions, advice and technical leadership and guidance to project staff;
reviews work in progress and assesses completed work for accuracy, required results and quality
assurance.
- Manages implementation of the project within agreed upon scope, timeline and budget.
- Develops and oversees the implementation of risk mitigation and management plans, and

customer compensation measures within the terms of Tariffs.
- Investigates and analyses unusual problems, evaluates risks and applies innovative solutions.
- Develops and executes strategies to maximize synergies across multiple projects which are

related or have similar issues.
- Seeks new and unique technology, processes and products that will improve the delivery of

current and future interconnection projects.
- Leads strategic initiatives to facilitate the delivery of work or improve processes and procedures

related to the interconnection projects.
- Develops and/or accepts a wide variety of technical and process documents and maintains

technical standards and process charts for area of expertise.
- Develops and presents business cases, briefing notes, prepares project reports and, at

completion, finalizes all financial transactions and completes final reports.
- Represents

interconnection or increases in existing transmission customer loads.
- Consults and collaborates with other internal BC Hydro departments such as Customer Service,

Project Delivery, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Planning, and Engineering to ensure the ongoing
efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of interconnection service to customers.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline such as engineering or business plus project
- education may be considered.- Nine to twelve years experience in project management and utility experience.
- Good understanding of
- Good knowledge of other technical fields sufficient to provide coordination and leadership.
- Good understanding of
- Good understanding of
- Superior oral and written skills with excellent leadership capabilities.
- Well-developed facilitation, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent planning, organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills.
- Superb presentation and writing skills to explain complex matters in concise, logical, and easy to

understand manner.- Strong knowledge of system planning, operation, reliability related issues and ability to explain

them to non-technical audience.- Thorough knowledge of BC Hydro Interconnections processes, Tariffs, policies and requirements

for large load customers.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
- A condition of employment for this job is that you maintain the following requirements in good
- standing:

- Driver's License Type = Class 5- This is a temporary opportunity for approximately 1 year.
- This position is intended to be headquartered at Edmonds, however, other headquarter locations

may be considered depending on operational requirements and workspace availability. This can
- be discussed further in the selection process.
- We're always looking for exceptional people to bring new ideas, fresh thinking and the motivation
- to help shape the electricity system in B.C. It's an exciting time to be a part of our team as we
- in