Manager, Contractor Oversight

About the Role

• Champion safety and ensure compliance with Occupational Health and Safety regulations. • Promote a strong safety culture and ensure adherence to Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Regulations. • Oversee the team responsible for compliance with the NS Power Contractor Safety Management System. • Develop and execute a Management Operating System, including detailed work plans, budgets, and contribution to long-term business planning. • Foster a high-performing team environment and administer the Collective Agreement with fairness and consistency. • Build and maintain strong internal and external partnerships to support operational success and service excellence. • Control costs related to contractor work execution and advance integration of technology solutions for dispatch and monitoring of the contractor network.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸safety compliance
• ▸team oversight
• ▸management system
• ▸cost control
• ▸tech integration
• ▸partnerships

What You Bring

Successful candidates will hold a bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or a related discipline, and bring 7-10 years of leadership experience in energy-utility operations with a strong focus on safety, contractor management, and customer service. Required competencies include proven leadership, communication, and organizational skills, while experience in resource planning and utility financial management is considered an asset. • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or a related field. • 7-10 years of leadership experience in energy utility operations, focusing on safety, contractor management, and customer service. • Proven leadership, communication, and organizational skills. • Experience in resource planning and utility financial management (asset).

Requirements

• ▸bachelor's
• ▸leadership
• ▸energy utility
• ▸safety
• ▸resource planning
• ▸financial management

Benefits

At the Emera Group, employees enjoy an inclusive, respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and supported. The company encourages individuals who are motivated to innovate, tackle challenges, and contribute to a cleaner energy future to apply by the closing date of February 6, 2026. • Hybrid work model providing flexibility. • Comprehensive benefits, virtual health care, on-site fitness centre, employee assistance, parental-leave top-up, and wellness programs. • Career growth opportunities, internal mobility, employee development, and sponsored education programs. • Community engagement initiatives, mentoring, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, committees, employee resource groups, and scholarships for employees' children. • Competitive compensation including short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Work Environment

Onsite