Kinectrics is a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies focused on providing life cycle management services in the energy and utility sector. We develop innovative solutions for the global electricity and medical industries, helping empower a sustainable future. Trusted by clients worldwide, our employees provide expertise in engineering, testing, and inspection across a wide range of services.

With offices worldwide and independent laboratories and testing facilities, we collaborate closely with clients to ensure utility assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their entire life cycle.

Visit our website to learn more: Field Operations Manager – High Voltage Testing Services Employment Type: Permanent Employment Level: Senior Reports to: Senior Director of Cable Life Cycle Management Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.

Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.

Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements. Serve as the central coordination point for all HVST field operations across Low Voltage, Medium Voltage, High Voltage, Transformer, and Grounding services.

Own the master resource schedule for the team of field engineers, technologists, and support personnel.

Balance competing priorities, project schedules, equipment availability, and workforce assignments.

Manage utilization and readiness of specialized testing equipment, trailers, tools, field assets, and laboratory resources.

Act as the primary escalation point for resource conflicts, schedule changes, and field execution issues.

Coordinate closely with Project Managers, Technical Leads, Business Development, and clients.





Support capital planning and business cases for new equipment, vehicles, technology, and staffing investments.

Support proposal development by providing execution strategies, resource planning, and equipment availability input.

Performance and Leadership

Lead and manage field operations personnel while maintaining strong visibility with field crews and office staff.

Establish priorities and make resource allocation decisions across multiple concurrent projects.

Drive accountability for safety, quality, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction.

Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on utilization, productivity, and operational consistency.

Build a high-performance culture focused on collaboration and problem solving. Support driving a culture of right first time/safety first and that all engineering work is conducted in compliance with municipal, provincial, and federal safety, workplace, or environmental regulations that apply to the facility.

Ensures quality of investigations to identify corrective action and non-recurrence.

Accountable for supporting error free culture & staff behaviors by implementing human performance tools. Maintain visibility by attending and actively participating in the planning and scheduling meetings, business reviews, forecasting etc.

Provide timely project updates in compliance with all financial reporting requirements.

Contribute timely input to invoicing and collections processes.

Support management on budgeting, business planning and reporting as needed.

Culture

Development

Drive a culture of high performance and safety where everyone is committed to and accountable for delivery of performance goals and operational KPIs, ensuring a customer first culture.

Provides training and skill development for both day-to-day operations as well as for growth and improved performance.

Develop a culture of continuous improvement in processes and initiate/monitor corrective actions required to improve performance.





Creates and maintains a positive culture focused on worker morale and corporate social responsibility. 10+ years of experience in electrical testing, commissioning, utility operations, EPCs, maintenance, or field services.

Experience managing field personnel, resource schedules, and equipment fleets in a multi-project environment.

Strong understanding of cable testing, switchgear, transformers, GIS, and other related utility assets.

Previous experience as a Field Service Manager, Operations Manager, Superintendent, Testing Supervisor, or similar role preferred.

Extensive project management experience in a multidisciplinary workplace.

Experience in managing groups of professional and technical staff.

Strong knowledge of health & safety requirements and quality assurance standards and practices. Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated a high commitment to quality and delivering on client commitments, including experience in leading technical projects to successful conclusions.

Proven ability to successfully manage large, complex, and multi-disciplinary projects and deliver on time and on budget.

Strong customer focus and commitment to business unit goals.

Strong team building, decision-making, mentorship, and people management skills.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.

Kinectrics

Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I;) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey.

The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I; and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

📌 Business Development Operation Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Kinectrics
📍 Toronto