Power Supply Engineer - City of Ottawa, Ottawa

About this opportunity

Are you seeking prominent engineering jobs Ottawa candidates can grow with? The City of Ottawa has a permanent, full-time opening within the Transit Engineering Services of the Transit Services Department. As part of City of Ottawa careers, this role places you at the heart of municipal transit infrastructure development.

You are responsible for providing professional engineering leadership and oversight for Overhead Catenary System (OCS) infrastructure, Traction Power Sub-Station (TPSS) infrastructure, and related power supply and distribution assets across OC Transpo’s rail network. This includes assessing asset performance and condition, developing and applying quality metrics, reviewing technical analyses and design submissions, and advising management and technical teams on maintenance, repair, lifecycle, reliability, safety, and compliance matters.

As the technical lead for power-related issues, you monitor and report on the reliability and lifecycle performance of OCS, TPSS, and supporting assets, provide technical direction and recommendations on corrective actions, and coordinate with internal teams, contractors, consultants, and maintainers to support safe, reliable, and compliant rail operations.

Day-to-day

In this dynamic City of Ottawa job, your daily responsibilities focus on maintaining high standards of transit safety, performance, and asset integrity across the rail network.

• Provide professional engineering leadership and oversight for OCS infrastructure, TPSS infrastructure, and related power supply and distribution assets across OC Transpo rail networks.
• Assess asset performance and condition while developing and applying quality metrics.
• Review technical analyses and design submissions to advise management and technical teams on maintenance, repair, lifecycle, reliability, safety, and compliance.
• Monitor and report on reliability and lifecycle performance of OCS, TPSS, and supporting assets.
• Provide technical direction and recommendations on corrective actions.
• Coordinate with internal teams, contractors, consultants, and maintainers to support safe, reliable, and compliant rail operations.

What you'll bring

To qualify for this technical engineering role, applicants must meet specific education, licensing, knowledge, and competency standards. Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.

• Completion of a 4 year university degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible and practical railway or mass transit sector experience in power supply and distribution design, construction, maintenance and operation for infrastructure engineering in OCS and traction power.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
• Advanced technical experience with deployment, operation, and maintenance of traction power networks, TPSS equipment (AC and DC) including switchgear, protection systems, stray current control and overhead catenary systems.
• Understanding of system upgrade processes, configuration and change management, regression testing, and safety certification to support greenfield and brownfield deployment of traction power systems.
• Detailed knowledge of integrated systems such as track, vehicle, SCADA, and communications.
• Understanding of light rail systems integration issues including technical knowledge of the integration between train control, tunnel ventilation, and rail communication systems.
• In-depth understanding of rail systems engineering, lifecycle management, and performance governance.
• Familiarity with applicable codes and standards, including ANSI, NEMA, CSA, IEC, AREMA, EN 50122-1, IEEE1653 and EN 50121.
• Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers.
• Ability to carry out inspections to resolve project on-site problems and review contractors’ work based on contract deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgement and leadership in managing complex technical systems.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills to provide guidance in a high-risk operational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to perform data analysis, formulate recommendations, and create and maintain reports.
• Possess organizational skills and flexibility to plan, initiate, organize and prioritize own work, to deal effectively with multiple demands, conflicting priorities, pressures and deadlines, and to align technical outcomes with organizational objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to be able to effectively communicate and collaborate with staff and client teams within a matrix environment.
• Ability to write effective technical reports and deliver presentations.
• English oral, reading, writing language requirement.

What's on offer

The City of Ottawa provides competitive compensation, professional environments, and equitable hiring practices for those seeking jobs in Ottawa.

• Permanent full-time employment status working 35.00 hours per week.
• Annual salary range of $95,127.76 to $120,309.28 based on 2025 rates of pay.
• Affiliation with MPE/New City MPE.
• Adherence to the Canadian Human Rights Act and Ontario Human Rights Code, promoting principles of diversity and inclusion.
• Accommodations available to applicants during all parts of the hiring process upon request.