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Engineer I-IV
One regular unionized position
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Salary Range: $34.70 to $57.72 hourly based on 40 hours per week
Competition #E22660-2026
At NB Power we are a team, committed to offering the best customer experience, ensuring energy security, and accelerating a sustainable clean energy transition. Why? Because we're New Brunswickers too, we care about our customers and future generations, and today we are actively looking for a new member to join us.
As part of the Asset Management Team, the Engineer I-IV is responsible for providing engineering support and for ensuring transmission, distribution and generation assets meet reliability, safety, and environmental requirements, and ensuring the assets deliver maximum value throughout their lifecycle.
Key functions include:
- Engineering and Technical Support: Providing engineering support for field resources for maintenance activities, and for new equipment installations that are part of our capital work programs. This would include reviewing apparatus test results, providing solutions when maintenance or apparatus issues arise, sourcing replacement parts when field technicians or stores personnel cannot find direct replacement parts, dealing with installation issues for new equipment, reviewing commissioning results on new equipment; reviewing apparatus test results (maintenance and commissioning) to ensure the health of the equipment is appropriate; dealing with maintenance and operational issues that arise on Transmission and Distribution apparatus.
- Operational Support: Providing operational support for Power System Operator or Distribution System Operator for any operational concerns on Transmission and Distribution Apparatus; dealing with maintenance and operational issues that arise on Transmission and Distribution apparatus.
- Asset Lifecycle, Reliability, and Stakeholder Collaboration: Supporting asset lifecycle, maintenance, and reliability initiatives by evaluating asset condition and lifespan, planning replacements and repairs, developing asset care strategies, reducing equipment downtime, managing maintenance projects, and collaborating with procurement, operations, and other stakeholders to ensure asset availability and readiness.
Our ideal teammate will have:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Registered, or eligible for immediate registration, with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB) as a Member-in-Training or a Professional Engineer.
- A preference will be given to candidates who have a minimum of two years' experience in substation design, or installation of high voltage apparatus (power transformers, high voltage circuit breakers and instrument transformers, 69KV and above).
An equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered. Subject to competition response, the minimum qualifications may be modified.
An Eligibility List generated from this competition may be used to fill future vacancies at the same level within a period of up to 12 months.
We care for our team, and as a member you will have access to:
- Health & Dental plans that provide flexible options to meet your needs
- Health Spending Account, allowing for further flexibility
- New Brunswick Public Service Pension Plan, offering retirement financial security
- Wellness options, including our Employee Family Assistance Program
- Benefits that allow for financial protection in the event it is needed
- Various options for paid or unpaid leaves
- Representation of the IBEW Local 37 Union
- Career development and growth throughout the organization
- Competitive wages
Could you be our next team member? Apply today!
Please ensure a resume and a copy of your degree/diploma/certificate are attached to your online application.
NB Power will accept foreign credentials if they are considered acceptable by a recognized Canadian educational institution. Candidates with foreign education credentials are required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Any applicable fees are the responsibility of the candidate. For more information, you may refer to the Canadian Information Centre of International Credentials
To be considered for this employment opportunity you must be eligible to work in Canada.
For questions concerning this job opening please contact Tamsin Otvos at [email protected]
Please note that only applications submitted through the NB Power website will be considered, as the showing of our postings on various websites may not have been requested or approved.
Please note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted regarding the next steps.
Closing date: 11:59 p.m. AST, October 8, 2026
NB Power is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity.