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SASKATCHEWAN’S TOP EMPLOYERS (2025)
SaskEnergy offers flexibility and opportunity
W
hen Curtis
Hatch
graduated with
a materials
engineering
degree, he had a tough choice to
make: to accept a more lucrative
remote job in the oil industry or
join SaskEnergy Incorporated to
stay close to his family and still be
challenged by diverse projects.
Thirteen years later, he’s even
more sure he made the right
choice. Now, the Saskatoon-based
operations manager oversees a
team responsible for the safe and
reliable operation of the distribution, transmission and storage
facilities for Saskatchewan’s
natural gas company.
“SaskEnergy gave me opportunities. Within my initial
engineering role in system integrity, I learned a whole bunch
of skills that became valuable to
me as an operations manager,”
says Hatch. “I’ve never looked
back. I feel like we do enough
diverse things that I’m constantly
engaged and constantly feeling
challenged.”
Currently, he is working with a
project manager on the construction of a new natural gas station
in Prud’homme, which his operations teams will oversee. Slated to
open in late 2026, the $200-million project also includes the
construction of large pipelines.
Maria McCullough, executive
vice president, human resources
and safety, has tremendous respect for SaskEnergy’s operations
team. “They are the heartbeat of
the company,” she says. “They
make sure the system is safe
and reliable and operating as it
should.”
The team plays a vital role in
helping SaskEnergy meet the
growing demand for natural
gas throughout the province
and delivering on the company’s commitment to reduce its
greenhouse gas emissions from
operations by 35 per cent by 2030,
says McCullough.
Hatch jumps at the chance
to attend job fairs to promote
SaskEnergy to engineering
students. “There are a lot of
different opportunities, whether it
is planning, designing or building
pipelines, pipeline facilities or
compressor stations,” he says,
adding that engineers also work
on inspecting and maintaining
infrastructure, as well as emissions
reductions programs. “You have
opportunities to work in the
field without having to work too
remotely.”
Each year, SaskEnergy’s co-op
program welcomes about 45 students in programs ranging from
engineering to human resources.
The company also recruits young
people interested in becoming
operations technicians. If accepted
into the two-year technician
training program, they are paid to
work while they learn.
I feel like we do enough
diverse things that I’m
constantly engaged
and constantly feeling
challenged.
— Curtis Hatch
SaskEnergy Operations
Manager
Curtis Hatch, operations manager at SaskEnergy, values the comprehensive employee benefits package he
receives.
“I think size matters in an
organization. We’re small enough
that you can get your hands dirty
but not so small that you can’t
get involved with a new group of
people or with new initiatives,”
says McCullough of the company’s
nearly 1,200 employees.
SaskEnergy also offers employees flexible work schedules. The
company’s permanent hybrid
model gives many of them the
option to work two days a week
from home. Flex time and job
sharing are also available.
Hatch appreciates the flexibility
his employer offers. If either of
his two young daughters are sick,
