Sr Director Enterprise Efficiency

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Communications & Enterprise Efficiency

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Power (NSP) is a full-service utility operating in all aspects of the electricity supply chain in Nova Scotia. A wholly owned subsidiary of Emera Inc., NSP is a diversified energy and services company. NSP provides 95% of the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power used by over 557,000 customers and is focused on new technologies to enhance customer service and reliability, reduce emissions, and add renewable energy sources. Committed to providing safe, reliable electricity so that communities across our beautiful province can thrive, NSP team members are proud to live and work here. 

NSP is seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Efficiency to lead the design and implementation of a comprehensive strategy that enhances operational performance and effectiveness across the organization. This newly created, high-impact role will drive meaningful, measurable improvements in organizational effectiveness, cost optimization and operational excellence. 

Key elements of this role include:

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, People, Communications & Enterprise Efficiency, the Senior Director will develop and implement an enterprise-wide efficiency strategy to enhance NSP's agility, responsiveness, productivity and effectiveness. This role leads a growing, high-performing team responsible for identifying and delivering cross-functional initiatives, and works closely with senior executives and functional experts across the organization to simplify, standardize, and modernize how work gets done, ensuring processes, systems, and structures enable NSP's strategic goals and drive lasting impact for the business, its people, and Nova Scotia's clean energy future.

These skills will make you successful:

As the ideal candidate, you:

• Bring senior leadership experience driving enterprise-wide efficiency, operational excellence, and organizational transformation in large, complex organizations.
• Have a background in industrial engineering or continuous improvement with proven experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior leaders in technically sophisticated environments.
• Have a strong track record of executing high-impact initiatives that improve performance, transform organizational culture and help achieve long-term strategic goals.  
• Have proven experience leading cross-functional teams, influencing senior leaders, and aligning people, processes, and culture to strengthen collaboration and accountability.
• Have experience using OCM practices to drive large/complex change to longstanding work processes.
• Have experience with both high risk and low risk initiatives and how to position both types of initiatives for success.
• Have successfully guided organizations through operational and cultural transformation, delivering measurable results in complex environments.
• Bring strong command of continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean and/or Six Sigma. Exposure to large, regulated industries is considered an asset.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we've listed above, please consider applying.  

Learn more about our culture and values

At the Emera Group of Companies, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.  

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. 

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• Flexibility: One flexible remote workday. 
• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.

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