Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN), parent company of Liberty, is a diversified international generation, transmission, and distribution utility. AQN is committed to providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective energy and water solutions through our portfolio of utility investments to over one million customer connections, largely in the United States and Canada.
At Algonquin, our vision is to be the most trusted utility service provider in North America – a premium regulated utility, known for our customer focus, commitment to sustainability, and strong community partnerships. Our employees are at the heart of that vision. We believe that when people are empowered to learn, grow, and contribute their ideas, we can achieve remarkable results together.
We are building a culture that values integrity, inclusivity, and innovation. By joining Algonquin, you’ll be part of a team that is shaping the future of energy and water, while creating long-term value for our customers, communities, employees, and shareholders.
The Senior Manager Data Engineering is an enterprise individual‑contributor role accountable for the design, development, and sustainment of complex data engineering solutions that support analytics, operational reporting, and regulatory insight across Liberty Utilities. The role operates with a high degree of autonomy, applying advanced technical judgment to architect scalable data pipelines and platforms that impact multiple business units and utility commodities.
This position is responsible for technical leadership without direct people management, including setting engineering standards, influencing solution design decisions, and guiding lower‑level engineers. Work is performed within established IT governance frameworks but requires independent decision‑making on complex technical matters with enterprise‑wide implications.
- Accountable for the design and implementation of enterprise‑scale data pipelines, data models, and data warehouse solutions.
- Integrates and structures large, complex data sets from multiple internal and external sources.
- Ensures data reliability, scalability, performance optimization, and data quality standards are met across platforms.
- Applies advanced data engineering principles to address non‑routine and ambiguous technical challenges.
- Translates business and analytic requirements into technical data solutions through direct partnership with Data Architects, Analytics teams, and business stakeholders.
- Enables enterprise reporting, dashboards, and analytical products used for leadership decision‑making and operational performance.
- Evaluates solution alternatives and recommends approaches based on technical feasibility, risk, and long‑term sustainability.
- Establishes and maintains data engineering standards, coding frameworks, and best practices aligned with Liberty IT governance.
- Provides technical direction and guidance to lower‑level Data Engineers without formal supervisory authority.
- Serves as a subject matter expert for complex enhancements and architectural decisions.
- Provides advanced technical consulting, incident support, and root‑cause analysis for production data solutions.
- Supports full lifecycle delivery using Agile methodologies, including design, development, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
- Ensures solutions meet defined quality, security, and release standards.
- Produces and maintains technical documentation, design artifacts, and solution standards to support auditability, regulatory review, and knowledge transfer.
- Ensures alignment with enterprise change and release management processes.
- University - Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in related field of study
- 10+ years in Data Engineering
- 5+ years as Lead, Principle, or Manager-level responsibilities in Data Engineering
- Prior utility industry experience preferrable
Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.
As the successful candidate
Our Mission
We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization—it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.
Our Vision
We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.
Our Guiding Principles
- Customer Centric
- Integrity
- Entrepreneurial
- Teamwork
- Owner mindset
- Outcome focused
- Continuous learning
What we offer
Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy
401k Plan with matching
Share purchase/match plan
Leadership Development Program
Volunteer paid days off
Employee Assistance Program
Achievement fund
Free parking
Variety of Health & Wellness programs
Discount and Perks program
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.
Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.
