Job prospects Power Engineer in Northwest Territories

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "power engineer" in Northwest Territories or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Limited for power engineers and power systems operators (NOC 92100) in Northwest Territories for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• From 2021-2040, 36 job openings are forecast for power engineers and power systems operators in the Northwest Territories (Government of Northwest Territories, 2023).
• Individuals in this occupation must be certified in order to be issued permits for work done under the Boilers and Pressure Vessels Act (Government of Northwest Territories, 2025).
• Certification can be transferred from another province or territory or be gained through an exam.

Here are some key facts about power engineers and power systems operators in Northwest Territories:

• Power engineers and power systems operators mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Utilities (NAICS 22): 46%
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 21%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 11%
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 7%
  • Transportation and warehousing (NAICS 48-49): 7%
• 75% of power engineers and power systems operators work all year, while 25% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 22% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 17% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 39% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a