Supervisor, Electrical Engineering & Operations

Job Posting – Supervisor, Electrical Engineering & Operations

Job Posting:
Supervisor, Electrical Engineering & Operations

Reports To: Director of Electrical Operations

About Us
Lakefront Utility Services Inc. (LUSI) is a progressive, multi-service utility based in Cobourg, Ontario. We deliver essential electricity and water services to the communities we serve and support our municipal partners through innovation, resiliency, and regulatory excellence. LUSI is committed to safety, reliability, cost-effectiveness, and forward-thinking solutions, including intelligent grid systems and sustainable energy and water initiatives. As a regulated utility operating within the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) framework, we maintain high standards of governance, compliance, and operational integrity.

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Position Summary
The Supervisor, Electrical Engineering & Operations provides leadership, direction and support to a small team of technical staff and has accountabilities for all aspects of distribution system management, including short and long-term planning and design, system capacity forecasting, metering, customer connections and operations, and will ensure work is completed in a timely manner in accordance with all applicable rules, regulations and procedures set out by LUSI.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the construction and maintenance of the overhead and underground electric distribution system.
• Prepare and execute distribution system plans, including capital, maintenance and metering.
• Establish capital and operating budgets and create schedules for the electric distribution system in the areas of expansions, connections and enhancements.
• Design distribution system customer connections, including cost estimates, offer-to-connects, work order, municipal approval packages, material lists, tenders and RFP’s, etc.
• Responsible for the quality and quantity of work, maintenance of work schedules and safety of all personnel working under their supervision, and the safety of the public.
• Manage the construction and verification program, ensuring work completion with established construction, material standards and specifications for the electric distribution system, in compliance with O. Reg 22/04.
• Manage the capital workflow processes ensuring optimum efficiency in delivering expansion, connection and enhancement projects in the Distribution Department.
• Ensure there are processes ensuring optimum efficiency in delivering expansion, connection and enhancement projects in the Distribution Department.
• Ensure there are processes in place to provide a timely and effective response to system breakdowns and outages.
• Administer and facilitate the connection of distributed energy resources to the electric distribution system including interfacing on all aspects from connection requirements to commissioning.
• Establish and maintain construction and material standards and specifications for the electric distribution system.
• Develop long-range planning studies, including research of load growth patterns for capacity and guidelines for new development including Conditions of Service.
• Manage the electric metering assets and daily operations which includes maintaining and prioritizing work plans for meter re-verification, new meter installs, meter communication issues, electronic meter programming, records, etc.
• Manage the operation, updating and maintenance of the distribution GIS, SCADA, and utility owned fiber network.
• Coordinate safe and efficient work practices and procedures of all staff and external contract resources in the execution of distribution system capital and maintenance plan.
• Engage your team to innovate and evolve the electric distribution system capabilities through automation, enhanced…