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Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
Nine-day work cycle, typically resulting in every other Monday off to support a balanced approach to work, family life and community.
Flex-time and partially remote work schedule (providing the option to work remotely 3 days per 2-week period), depending on nature of work, operational requirements and work location.
Position Overview
We are seeking a permanent Principal Network Studies Engineer to join our System Performance Department in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Under the consultative direction of the Integrated Network Performance Engineer, the Principal Network Studies Engineer provides leadership and technical expertise for interconnection and interface-related system studies. This includes leading the seasonal, operational, and long-term interface studies;

coordinating withneighbouring utilities (including MISO, US utilities, SaskPower, and IESO);

ensuring timely completion of seasonal limits, temporary operating studies, and transfer capability assessments;

and overseeing ManitobaHydro's participation in MISO basecase review and model validation processes. The engineer leads the interface study team to ensure high-quality deliverables, consistent processes, and effective communication with System Control and external entities.




Responsibilities
This role is responsible for ensuring Manitoba Hydro's interface capability studies, seasonal operating limits, and regional model submissions are carried out accurately, on schedule, and in full coordination with neighbouring utilities and reliability entities.
Lead the interface study program for the Saskatchewan, USA, and Ontario, ensuring accurate, timely transfer limits and operating guidelines are delivered to the System Control Department.
Coordinate and communicate with neighbouring utilities (including MISO, SPC, SaskPower, and IESO) to support joint studies, outage coordination, transfer capability assessments, and cross-border modeling consistency.
Lead and manage seasonal study cycles, ensuring all summer and winter system operating limits, ATC/NTC updates, and temporary operating studies are completed on schedule and meet reliability standards.
Oversee temporary operating studies and develop operating recommendations for planned outages, abnormal system configurations, and dynamic system conditions.
Provide leadership to the interface studies team, ensuring clear responsibilities, smooth workflow, consistent methods, and effective knowledge transfer within the team.
Review and validate modelling assumptions, load flow cases, and dynamic models to ensure accuracy and consistency between Manitoba Hydro and neighbouring utilities.




Provide study support and recommendations to System Control on interconnection capability, equipment ratings, stability limits, and corrective actions during system disturbances.
Represent Manitoba Hydro on regional and inter-utility technical committees related to transfer capability, interconnection studies, MISO model development, and reliability requirements.
Ensure all study documentation, models, and recommendations are maintained, organized, and available for operational, planning, and regulatory review.
Support continuous improvement of analysis tools, study processes, and modelling methodologies for reliability, efficiency, and accuracy.
Develop and maintain concepts, models and data for existing and future engineering and system control analysis tools. Promote research opportunities to develop and improve techniques for enhancing system reliability.
Perform administrative duties such as training, employee performance appraisals, work scheduling and preparation of progress reports.
Undertake a program of career development to ensure awareness technological advancements.
Analyze the behaviour of the integrated AC and HVDC systems during normal system operation, and system disturbances, and investigate the effectiveness of corrective actions considering under and over-voltages, under and over-frequency, system stability and equipment overloads. Prepare and issue documentation of disturbance analysis and of required corrective actions, to all concerned departments, neighbouring utilities, and reliability organizations.
Provide liaison on system performance technical issues with representatives of other utilities and with Manitoba Hydro stakeholders in other departments.
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📌 Principal Network Studies Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Manitoba Hydro
📍 Toronto