Vice President, Energy Services and Generation

Vice President, Energy Services and Generation

The Oakville Enterprises Corporation (OEC) family of energy and infrastructure companies serves municipalities, telecommunications, electrical distribution, and energy infrastructure businesses throughout Canada and beyond. OEC is driven to create value for all customers; building trust through demonstrated competencies, reliability and sincerity.

The Vice President, Energy Services & Generation will report to the Chief Operating Officer, Energy & Infrastructure Services (EIS). The incumbent will execute the organizational strategy along with annual business objectives for the Energy Services and Generation lines of business; enabling growth and achieving competitive differentiation. The individual will lead an existing Energy Services business as well as a portfolio of renewable Generation projects. This position is focused on managing the P&L while identifying and developing new business opportunities.

This role is expected to have a meaningful business impact specific to operational excellence, financial performance, and continued business growth. 

OEC employees are:

1. Customer-centric – they understand and embrace the role of delivering exemplary customer service
2. Leaders – who lead by example through their actions and attitudes
3. Driven to execute – they deliver on commitments no matter their challenges
4. Innovative – they look for new opportunities to improve, do things differently, and add value for our customers and business
5. Strong communicators – they build relationships by connecting with people inside and outside of our organization
6. Experts – who know their business, the challenges in the industry and are able to build solutions that help our customers 

Position Accountability & Responsibility:

• Execute on the organizational strategy
• Manage the existing Energy Services and Generation line of business
• Develop new business and projects to achieve annual business objectives
• Provide recommendations to the COO, EIS with respect to prospective acquisitions that complement the EIS business development strategies
• Act as an Advisor to Oakville Hydro on projects such as:

• Distributed Generation & Resources
• Micro-Grid Technologies
• Solar PV
• Conservation & Demand enabling technologies
• Co-Generation
• Near or net zero emission projects 

Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications:

• Degree in, engineering, a related technical field or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience and a successful track record of developing solutions in the renewable and energy transition sectors
• Demonstrated experience in business development and in conducting mergers and acquisitions
• A strong appreciation and knowledge of the power sector and regulatory frameworks
• Demonstrated experience with effective and impactful interaction with Executive Teams and Board of Director corporate governance structures
• Ability to think strategically
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Strong influencing and relationship building skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Effective Presence and presentation skills and ability
• Ability to negotiate and network
• Strong problem solving & multi-tasking skills
• Strong customer service skills 

Success Factors:

• Collaborative – effectively building trust and fostering relationships
• Influential – offering compelling ideas, concepts, and insights to effect change
• Creative – building compelling value propositions and opportunities
• Practical – identifying priorities and deploying a practical and sustainable approach to building the desired capability
• Agile – demonstrating agility in wearing different business hats, adapting to changing issues and circumstances
• In-depth understanding of industry regulatory environment, industry safety regulations and requirements
• Understanding of applicable environmental impacts
• Flexible, strategic and persistent

Please send your resume with the position title in the subject line, to HR@oecorp.ca 

OEC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, OEC will provide accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform Human Resources staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.

June 1, 2018