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Opportunities are in the pipeline at SaskEnergy
F
or Jeddalyn Nadeau, no two
days on the job are exactly
the same. Whether she’s
installing a natural gas meter,
helping a customer change a furnace
filter or responding to a potential
emergency, Nadeau is happy to not
only provide a valuable service but
be a role model for women coming
up behind her at SaskEnergy
Incorporated.
As the only female operations
technician working in the Saskatoon
city office, she often gets a surprised
look when she shows up at a customer’s door to help. “The best part
for me is serving people however I
can,” she says. “We are on the front
lines of keeping our customers safe
and making sure the infrastructure is
maintained and dependable.”
“I love the job. The best part
for me is serving people
however I can.”
— Jeddalyn Nadeau
Operations Technician
Now, she’s encouraging other
women to follow in her footsteps
and become certified technicians
for Saskatchewan’s natural gas distribution company. Having received
support and guidance from women
in the position before her, she tries to
do the same for others. “I want more
women to join, I want to continue to
create a path for women to work in
this field,” she says.
Nadeau took a winding route
to get to her current position. She
joined SaskEnergy in 2014, five
years after moving to Canada from
the Philippines. She worked as a
customer service representative in
Prince Albert, Sask., for four years
before moving to Saskatoon to take
on a new dispatcher role. A female
trainer there encouraged her to look
into SaskEnergy’s technician training
program.
“The fact that someone thought
I could do it was enough motivation for me to apply,” she says. “I
had always been interested in the
operations technician role, but I
thought it was way too advanced for
me. I didn’t have any experience in
plumbing or gas.”
In 2019, she was accepted into
the two-year technician training
program where she was paid to
receive both classroom instruction
and on-the-job training. As part of
the training, she worked alongside
qualified technicians, some of whom
were women.
“Working for a company like
SaskEnergy, there is a diverse set of
opportunities for employees. We will
support you in your career path,”
says Kevin Adair, executive vice president, customer service operations.
SaskEnergy encourages its more
than 1,100 employees to continue
developing their skills by providing
both training and career options to
move within the company. “Being
able to offer employees a breadth of
opportunities also keeps them with
the company longer,” Adair says.
When Nadeau takes off her
toolbelt and returns to the office, you
won’t often find her stuck behind a
computer. She could be helping to
organize a cultural event or taking
part in a discussion facilitated by
the Joint Diversity and Inclusion
Committee. For more than three
decades, the committee has provided
Jeddalyn Nadeau, operations technician, at SaskEnergy.
an avenue to celebrate the company’s
diversity.
“I’m in this non-traditional role,
so I thought it would be helpful
to share my ideas about how to
create a more inclusive and diverse
workplace,” says Nadeau.
Thanks to the dedicated,
community-minded employees at
SaskEnergy, the company is known
as Saskatchewan’s Champion of
Volunteers, supporting hundreds
of programs and events each year
in the province, says Adair. He also
credits the company’s employees for
continuing to bring safe, affordable
energy to customers and delivering
on its commitment to reduce its
greenhouse gas emissions from
operations by 35 per cent by 2030.
“We are an integral part of
Saskatchewan,” he says. “We live our
values, and you can see that in our
people.” ¢
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