POSITION BACKGROUND:The General Manager – Power Services is a senior leadership role responsible for driving strategic growth, operational excellence, and overall financial performance across the division. Reporting directly to senior executive leadership, this position oversees a comprehensive operational portfolio that includes five core service areas: Electrical Projects, Electrical Maintenance, Electrical Engineering & Design, Electrical Shop & Field Labour, and Automation.Each service area is led by dedicated functional managers/supervisors. The General Manager provides overarching direction, alignment, and mentorship to these leaders while maintaining Profit & Loss (P&L;) accountability, delivering on revenue and contribution targets, and managing operations that serve both internal business requirements and external client contracts.CORE DUTIES:Strategic & Financial Leadership• P&L; Management: Direct and manage total divisional Profit & Loss, taking full accountability for meeting or exceeding revenue, gross margin, and net contribution targets.• Strategic Planning: Develop and execute strategic business plans to advance market share, profitability, and service diversification.• Resource Utilization & Pricing: Establish competitive pricing structures, oversee quote approval workflows, and optimize resource allocation across shop, field, and engineering operations.• Expense Control: Authorize expenditure approvals, direct budgeting processes, and build business cases for new equipment or technology investments.Operational & Quality Oversight• Cross-Functional Integration: Align the five functional streams (Projects, Maintenance, Engineering/Design, Shop/Field Labour, and Automation) to ensure seamless delivery on complex technical scopes.• Internal & External Delivery: Balance operational priorities to efficiently support internal requests of other divisions while maintaining high-service level of safety,



quality and execution for all.• Standards & Compliance: Drive adherence to quality management systems (such as ISO 9001), corporate safety compliance programs, and relevant regulatory codes.• Process Optimization: Empower meaningful communication between office engineering, shop production, and field execution teams and other divisions to mitigate operational friction and enhance productivity, quality and safety.Business Development & Client Relations• Market Expansion: Drive growth strategies across external client sectors through active prospect identification, major contract negotiations, and RFP responses.• Account Management: Oversee business development and account management efforts to secure strategic partnerships and retain existing client relationships.• Contract Administration: Serve as the primary contract authority and senior escalation point for key client relationships and commercial resolution.People & Team Leadership• Leadership Development: Manage, coach, and evaluate the functional leaders across Projects, Maintenance, Engineering, Shop/Field Labour, and Automation.• Culture & Safety: Foster a high-performance culture grounded in safety, technical innovation, environmental stewardship, and accountability.• Workforce Planning: Communicate with other internal divisions, Human Resources to support proactive recruitment, succession planning, skill development, and performance management across the division.QUALIFICATIONSRequired• Red Seal Journeyman Electrician.• Minimum 5 years of senior management experience.• Minimum 10 years of industrial, oilfield,



and/or construction experience.• Fluent in the English language (reading, written, spoken).• Proficient with the Canadian Electrical Code.• Experience reading blueprints and technical drawings.• Strong MS Office skills (Excel, Word).• Excellent business acumen.• Assertive leader able to successfully manage team members and other stakeholders.• Capable of explaining complex technical specifications in a concise manner to Clients, Project Managers and administrators.• Ability to deal with the public in a positive, courteous, and respectful manner.• Proven ability to produce high-quality work while facing competing priorities and strict deadlines.• Ability to handle multiple tasks and frequent demanding deadlines.• Ability to handle changing schedules and priorities, with high-level prioritization skills.• Strong work ethic and organizational planning skills with attention to detail.• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team as required.• Effective verbal and listening communication skills.Preferred• Knowledge and/or experience with ISO 9001 Quality Management System.• Knowledge and/or experience with Occupational Health and Safety.• Knowledge of a variety of industry-specific electrical code.WORKING CONDITIONS:Physical Demands• Regularly required to stand/sit, talk/hear, use hands/fingers to operate a computer and telephone, stoop, and kneel.• Prolonged exposure to computer screens.• Exposure to loud noises while in shop, or site environment.Work Environment• Office workplace (80%), yard and shop environment (10%), Site Visits/Client Visits (10%)• On call 24/7• May be required to work weekends and outside of regular office hours.• May be required to travel to project sites, meetings, and conferences.• Pre-Access drug and alcohol testing may be required for Client site visits.
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📌 General Manager – Power Services (Alberta)
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📍 Alberta