Operations Planning Engineer in Training

Current ENMAX employees are encouraged to apply through their internal Workday access.

Posted: November 7, 2025

Closing Date: November 20, 2025

Position Type: Permanent

Union: CUPE
 

We are driven by our purpose of lighting the way to a brighter energy future, a future that includes a workplace where you'll experience belonging and unlock possibilities. We offer meaningful opportunities, strong collaboration and a career aligned to what matters to you. We're proud of who we are and the work we do to support our communities and customers who depend on us, because at ENMAX, we're lighting the way together. 

We're looking for an Operations Planning, Engineer-in-Training (EIT).  In this role, you will support experienced operations engineers with grid reliability statistics, audits, and reporting. You will also perform transmission and distribution power flow studies to support both planned and unplanned grid switching activities, all under the guidance of senior staff.

Major Responsibilities:

• Examine SCADA operations logs, SCADA loading tables, OMS Outage Management System logs, Field Comments and Operator Logs to support senior staff to calculate reliability statistics.

• Review transmission and distribution grid model parameters such as impedance, generation and load to perform power flow calculations for senior staff.  Studies will be used to analyze planned and unplanned switching activities.

• Support DA Distribution Automation and Protection and Controls with technical data retrieval and reporting for Senior Staff.

• Senior on Call accountabilities.  Support ENMAX Power during grid events by following the ICS Incident Command Structure.

• Develop career goals and gain technical and communication skills experience towards APEGA P.Eng.

• Support ENMAX internal and external data requests for operational information for report writing, business inquiry and analysis.  Data includes requests for reliability information, and power flow results.

• Maintain and update operational procedures that is reviewed by senior engineering staff.

Education Required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering 

• Registered as an Engineer-in-Training with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) 

Qualifications & Experience:

• 0-4 years of experience with directly applicable experience

• Basic understanding of distribution and transmission power flow and switching operations

• Experience in reviewing technical log data such as SCADA data and transmission and distribution switching logs

• Experience in PSSE and CYME would be a preference

Competencies:

• Takes responsibility for tasks or projects and keeps things moving, even when there are challenges or tight deadlines

• Thinks ahead to spot problems early and comes up with solutions before they become bigger issues

• Stays focused on the project goals while balancing different needs from others.

• Communicates well and builds strong working relationships

• Open to learning new things and adapting as needed

• Works well with others and values teamwork

Did we mention the ENMAX Advantage?

We offer competitive compensation including a comprehensive flexible benefits program, non-downtown location that includes great building amenities such as free onsite fitness facility, onsite massage, onsite child care centre (upon availability, offered from our ENMAX Place location 141 – 50 Ave. SE), free parking and much more. If you share our values and would like to make a difference with your career, join the team and see where the ENMAX possibilities can take you.

ENMAX Values – Safety, Integrity, Accountability, Service, Teamwork, Agility, Innovation

Salary: Engineer in Training Family Level A (Current CUPE 2025 rates)

$81, $86, $91, , $101,987.16

Location:  This role will be part of our hybrid (home and office) work force with office workspace located at ENMAX Place th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB). You will work from home on Mondays and Fridays and in the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Note: 

• If we can provide an accommodation or adjustment to make the process more accessible for you, please let us know. ENMAX welcomes all qualified applicants to apply and is committed to a safe and respectful workplace. It is our aim to have a workplace which is inclusive and values safety, diversity, personal integrity, respect for individual differences, and encourages ownership and accountability for our actions.

• Every ENMAX employee is responsible to take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves, of all other workers, and of the public.  Each employee must become familiar with safety procedures and rules applicable to their job and are required to follow them while working at ENMAX.

• Must be legal to work in Canada and requires the successful completion of a criminal background check.  Two pieces of valid Government issued ID will be required. 

In the spirit of reconciliation, we respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. ENMAX headquarters is in Calgary, Alberta, the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, and Amskapi Piikuni Nations; the Tsuut'ina Nation; and the îyârhe Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney, and home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, as well as many diverse Indigenous people who have made the city their home. We are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous Nations and peoples in all communities where we operate, through respect and collaboration.

Please visit our careers page to learn more about other opportunities at ENMAX Corporation.

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