Electrical Engineer Manager

Electrical Engineer Manager

Lead the Team. Own the Discipline. Help Build What's Next.

CANUSA EPC is a growing, mid-sized EPC firm delivering complex energy and infrastructure projects across Canada and the United States.

Our current and upcoming portfolio includes CO₂ capture, natural gas processing, compression, helium recovery, and low-carbon power generation projects—and we're looking for an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager to lead and continue developing our electrical engineering team in Calgary.

This is a hands-on engineering leadership role with responsibility for both the people and technical performance of the electrical group.

You'll lead and develop engineers and designers, manage resources across projects, establish engineering standards, oversee quality and budgets, and serve as a senior electrical technical authority for our clients and multidisciplinary project teams.

If you're an experienced Electrical Engineer who wants the opportunity to build a team, influence how projects are executed, and play a meaningful role in the growth of an EPC organization, we'd like to meet you.

What You'll Lead

People & Department Leadership

As Electrical Engineering Manager, you'll be responsible for building a strong, technically capable electrical team.

You'll:

• Lead, mentor, and develop Electrical Engineers and Designers.
• Manage department staffing, workload, priorities, and resource allocation across multiple projects.
• Participate in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding electrical team members.
• Conduct performance reviews and support individual career and professional development.
• Identify current and future staffing requirements based on project demands.
• Establish expectations for technical quality, accountability, communication, and project execution.
• Promote collaboration and technical knowledge sharing across the department.
• Work with senior leadership to support the continued growth and development of the electrical engineering group.

Technical Leadership

You'll remain actively involved in the engineering while providing your team with the direction and support needed to execute successfully.

• Serve as a senior electrical technical authority for CANUSA EPC projects.
• Establish and maintain electrical engineering standards, specifications, procedures, templates, and design tools.
• Oversee electrical engineering quality and consistency across projects.
• Lead and review complex electrical designs and calculations.
• Provide technical review of critical electrical engineering deliverables.
• Lead or review power system studies including:
  • Load flow
  • Short-circuit
  • Protective device coordination
  • Arc-flash
  • Motor starting
  • Harmonic analysis
• Oversee the design and specification of:
  • MV and LV power distribution systems
  • Substations
  • Transformers
  • Switchgear and MCCs
  • Large motors and Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
  • Emergency and standby generation
  • Grounding systems
  • Electrical heat-tracing systems
• Provide technical leadership for hazardous-location electrical design.
• Ensure electrical designs comply with applicable Canadian codes, client requirements, and CANUSA EPC engineering and quality standards.

Project & Commercial Management

This role goes beyond technical engineering. You'll help ensure the electrical department executes projects successfully from both an engineering and business perspective.

• Manage electrical engineering man-hour budgets, schedules, deliverables, and resource forecasts.
• Monitor project performance and proactively identify scope, schedule, resource, or budget concerns.
• Coordinate electrical resources across multiple concurrent projects.
• Work closely with Project Managers to establish project scope, schedules, staffing plans, and engineering estimates.
• Support proposals, project estimates, and business development activities.
• Evaluate electrical scope changes and associated impacts to project cost and schedule.
• Support equipment procurement and technical bid evaluations.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design, constructability, and quality reviews.
• Support field engineering, construction, commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting activities as required.

Client Leadership

You'll also represent CANUSA EPC directly with our clients.

• Serve as a client-facing electrical engineering leader.
• Develop strong working relationships with client engineering, operations, and project teams.
• Lead electrical discussions during client, project, and vendor meetings.
• Communicate technical recommendations clearly and confidently.
• Help resolve complex engineering and project execution challenges.
• Represent CANUSA EPC's electrical engineering capabilities during proposals and business development discussions.

The Projects You'll Support

Our current and upcoming portfolio includes projects involving:

• Carbon Capture – facilities approximately 500–1,000 metric tonnes/day CO₂
• Power Generation – gas turbine and reciprocating engine facilities approximately 10–100 MW
• Natural Gas Processing – facilities up to approximately 100 MMscfd
• Natural Gas Compression – high-pressure compression facilities up to approximately 200 MMscfd
• Helium Recovery & Processing – recovery, purification, compression, and liquefaction facilities

Our work includes both greenfield and brownfield projects throughout Canada and the United States.

Electrical scope may include hazardous-location design, large motors and VFDs, MV/HV distribution, substations, generation systems, grounding, heat tracing, and DCS/SCADA integration.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized/accredited engineering program.
• Approximately 10+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience within oil & gas, natural gas processing, power generation, petrochemical, industrial energy, or a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, or managing engineers and/or designers.
• Strong industrial electrical engineering and power distribution experience.
• Experience managing technical deliverables, engineering resources, project priorities, and schedules.
• Strong understanding of hazardous-location electrical design.
• Working knowledge of applicable Canadian electrical codes and standards, including the Canadian Electrical Code (CSA C22.1) and other applicable CSA, IEEE, and industry standards.
• Strong technical decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work directly and confidently with clients.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.

Professional Registration

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registration with APEGA strongly preferred.
• Candidates who are currently eligible for registration with APEGA and able to obtain their P.Eng. within a reasonable timeframe are also encouraged to apply.
• Existing U.S. Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration or eligibility to pursue U.S. registration is considered an asset.

We'd Especially Like to See

These qualifications are valuable, but you don't need every one to apply:

• Previous experience as an Electrical Engineering Manager, Discipline Manager, Electrical Lead, or Principal/Senior Electrical Engineer.
• EPC or engineering consulting experience.
• Alberta oil & gas or natural gas processing experience.
• Natural gas compression experience.
• Carbon capture experience.
• Gas turbine or reciprocating engine power generation experience.
• Helium, LNG, or other cryogenic processing experience.
• Experience with ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, or similar electrical analysis software.
• Experience with MV/HV substations and distribution systems.
• Experience with large VFD and motor applications.
• Familiarity with U.S. NEC/NFPA 70 requirements.
• Experience supporting construction, commissioning, startup, or troubleshooting activities.

Who We're Looking For

You may already be an Electrical Engineering Manager or Discipline Manager.

Or you may be a strong Lead, Principal, or Senior Electrical Engineer who's ready to take the next step into management.

We're less concerned with having the perfect title on your résumé and more interested in finding someone who can successfully balance:

People leadership. Technical credibility. Client relationships. Project performance.

You should be comfortable developing engineers, balancing workloads, managing project budgets, communicating with clients, establishing standards, and stepping into technical decisions when your team needs direction.

We're looking for someone who wants to build and lead a strong electrical engineering team.

Location & Work Arrangement

This is a full-time position based in our Calgary, Alberta office and is not a fully remote role.

CANUSA EPC values in-person collaboration, particularly because our multidisciplinary engineering teams work closely together throughout project execution.

We provide hybrid flexibility as needed for appointments, personal obligations, and other circumstances, while maintaining an in-office collaborative environment as our standard work arrangement.

Periodic travel to client offices, project sites, and other CANUSA EPC locations throughout Canada and the United States may be required.

Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada and able to travel to project locations as required.

What We Offer

• A true engineering management role with the opportunity to influence how the electrical department operates and grows.
• Direct interaction with senior leadership.
• Opportunity to build, mentor, and develop your engineering team.
• Exposure to complex and evolving energy projects throughout North America.
• Competitive compensation.
• Extended health and dental benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Retirement savings benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Professional development support.
• Support for continued professional registration and technical development.

Ready to Lead?

If you're an experienced Electrical Engineer with strong technical judgment, project experience, and a passion for developing people, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on both our projects and the team delivering them.

Don't meet every preferred qualification? Apply anyway.

We're looking for the right engineering leader not someone who happens to check every box.

If you're currently a Lead or Senior Electrical Engineer who's ready to step into management, we want to hear from you too.

CANUSA EPC is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where every individual is treated with dignity and respect, and where different experiences and perspectives strengthen our team.