FortisAlberta is committed to providing safe, reliable and cost-effective electricity service to our customers.  The delivery of our services requires a dedicated team of professionals in the following fields and areas:

• Accounting/Finance
• Commerce/Business Administration
• Communications
• Customer Service Representatives
• Electrical Engineering Technology
• Engineering
• Environment
• Health and Safety
• Human Resources
• Information Technology
• Power Line Technician
• Procurement/Warehousing
• Stakeholder Relations

For profiles on these and other careers, please visit the Government of Canada's Job Futures website.

Working at FortisAlberta

FortisAlberta’s employees form the foundation of our business success and are shaping an exciting future for the company. We support an employee development culture in which our people feel empowered, able to influence business outcomes, and able to fulfill their professional goals, by providing them with the challenges and opportunities that will help them succeed as valuable contributors to the FortisAlberta team.

We offer:

• Competitive salary and incentive packages
• Comprehensive and flexible benefits package
• Retirement and financial benefits, including an internal financial education program
• A dynamic, team-based work environment
• Career and professional development opportunities, including:
  • Formal mentoring program
  • Internal leadership development program
  • Educational assistance program
  • Employee computer purchase program
  • Employee share purchase program
  • Employee referral program
  • Team mentoring sessions with executive members
  • Opportunities to work in a variety of positions throughout Alberta
  • Special projects and assignments

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Specialized Learning Opportunities

Power Line Technician Apprenticeship Program

FortisAlberta’s Power Line Technicians (PLTs) are responsible for the construction and maintenance of power lines throughout rural Alberta.

Some typical PLT duties include:

• Building, repairing and maintaining overhead and underground power lines and associated equipment
• Operating large equipment such as cranes, derricks and aerial man lifts
• Responding to customer needs and requirements

   How it works

Becoming a PLT requires highly-specialized training.  Employees are trained at our state-of-the-art Employee Development Centre (EDC) in Red Deer, using a program designed to equip our apprentices with the skills they need to support the delivery of reliable power in the safest and most efficient manner possible.

During each of the first three years of the program, apprentices undergo a minimum of 1,525 on-the-job training hours and four to five weeks of technical training and examinations at the EDC facility. In the fourth year, apprentices complete a minimum of 1,800 hours of additional on-the-job training and are certified with a national Red Seal certificate upon successful completion of the final exam.

   Minimum Requirements

Participants in the Power Line Technician Apprenticeship Program must have a High School Diploma with Alberta grade 12 math and grade 12 English, or equivalent.

Engineer-In-Training (EIT) Program

FortisAlberta supports the professional development of our new engineers through an individualized Engineer-In-Training (EIT) program which enables recent engineering graduates to gain the professional requirements and practical experience required to achieve their Professional Engineer (P. Eng) status.  As part of the program, FortisAlberta assigns a Professional Engineer to each EIT to ensure that the assigned work meets the P. Eng development requirements, while supporting the EIT’s individual interests and development goals.

Participants may also have the opportunity to work at other locations in the Fortis group of companies to provide an enhanced understanding of different electrical systems and opportunities to travel within Canada including Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island, and the Caribbean, including Belize, the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

   Placements

FortisAlberta EITs have the opportunity to circulate through a number of departments including:

• Distribution Planning
• Engineering
• Market Development
• Operations Processes
• Projects Design
• Standards and Power Quality

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