Plant Manager Wind Operations - Easter in Midlothian

As Plant Manager at the Easter location, you will play a pivotal leadership role in ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of Enbridge’s Easter Wind facility. As the senior Enbridge representative on site, you will be accountable for the overall performance of the plant, balancing operational excellence with a strong commitment to safety, environmental stewardship, and regulatory compliance. You will lead day-to-day operations while fostering a positive, inclusive, and safety-first culture aligned with Enbridge’s values and expectations.

What You Will Do

• Lead safe and reliable operations by managing all operational and maintenance activities for wind turbines and Balance of Plant (BOP) assets, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., NERC, CIP, FAA) and Enbridge safety standards.
• Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring adherence to safety policies and procedures, overseeing contractor and partner performance, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting and investigation of safety incidents and metrics.
• Manage people and contractors on site, including daily supervision, site orientations, performance oversight, and effective engagement with service providers, landowners, and internal stakeholders.
• Execute asset maintenance and integrity plans, ensuring all preventive, corrective, and major maintenance activities are planned, scheduled, tracked, and completed to Enbridge standards using systems such as MAXIMO.
• Oversee compliance and operational excellence, conducting audits, monitoring performance, managing lost production, and proactively addressing operational issues in collaboration with operations, engineering, and asset management teams.
• Drive financial performance and accountability by developing and managing the facility’s budget, forecasts.

Working Conditions

This role will require being on-call (24/7) to respond to emergencies and/or maintenance needs of the site (on a pre-determined, scheduled basis). Plant Manager must reside within 75 miles of the site due to on-call requirements. Travel may be required from time to time both within the United States and Canada (approximately 10-20%). The successful candidate will undergo various background screening that includes but is not limited to a 5-year driving record, criminal check, and a company-sponsored medical and drug testing.

Physical Requirements

Must meet requirements of fit for work which includes, but is not limited to, demonstrating hand, arm, back and leg coordination needed to ascend and descend a wind tower and comply with a weight restriction of 132 kg (or 290 lb) total climbing weight. Comfort with completing physically demanding tasks in all weather conditions and comfort working in enclosed spaces and at heights of 300 ft. Employee understands that these requirements may be modified at the Company’s discretion. Grasping, kneeling, light – moderate lifting (objects up to 45 pounds), reaching above shoulder, repetitive motion, sitting, standing, visual requirement (able to see screens, detect colour coding, read fine print), hearing requirement.

Mental Requirements

Ability to: understand, remember and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information, understand sophisticated problems and collaborate/explore alternative solutions, organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology, coordinate and prioritize work schedule on a short-term basis, make decisions which have moderate impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside this area, understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines, complete routine forms, compose letters, outlines, memoranda and basic reports and connect with individuals via telephone.

Benefits

• A flexible benefits program that allows each employee to select the level of coverage needed for their family in the areas of health, dental, insurance and disability.
• A paid maternity and parental leave benefit that offers up to 20 weeks of paid leave for birth-giving parents and up to 12 weeks for other eligible parents, providing flexibility and support during this important life event.
• Valuable retirement savings plans, including a savings plan with company stock as an investment option.
• Paid time off/vacation/sick, plus paid personal days off (depending on location), and paid holidays.
• An Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Wellness Program, which focuses on supporting healthier employees by providing tools, resources, and opportunities to improve physical, mental, social, and financial well-being.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Enbridge, we are dedicated to our core value of Inclusion. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to age, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, veteran status, Indigenous status, disability, or any other reason protected by federal, state, or local law. Applicants with disabilities can request accessible formats, communication supports, or other accessibility assistance by contacting careers@enbridge.com.