Power Systems Specialist I

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About the role

  • Power Systems Specialist supporting Qualus’s power infrastructure engineering, studies, designs, and field testing. Developing arc flash analyses, mitigation solutions, reports, and project documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical and engineering support for field work and office work
  • Perform engineering studies and design work and generate engineering study and field test reports
  • Update client electrical drawings, including one-lines, wiring diagrams, and schematics, using AutoCAD or Bluebeam PDF markups
  • Collect field data and perform arc flash, coordination, and short circuit studies using SKM, ETAP, and/or Easypower
  • Perform additional studies and services including load flow, harmonics, grounding, motor starting, buried cable heat rise, infrared scanning, and LOTO creation
  • Apply knowledge of low- and medium-voltage switchgear, motor control centers, circuit breakers, panel boards, and disconnects to determine cost-effective mitigation solutions
  • Develop relay protective setpoints and settings files
  • Develop and/or implement arc flash mitigation designs
  • Develop study reports and communicate results and recommendations to customers
  • Support field service teams on electrical testing projects
  • Adhere to company, industry, client, and safety protocols and standards
  • Assess project resource needs and coordinate assignments with the project manager
  • Learn to oversee projects from start to finish in compliance with company practices and procedures
  • Manage project expenses and recommend expense reductions
  • Coordinate project handoffs between sales and operations/engineering
  • Participate in project kickoff meetings covering scope, specifications, budgets, schedules, and safety requirements
  • Coordinate activities with other departments
  • Execute small- to medium-sized projects with limited oversight
  • Provide documentation for timely and accurate engineering-project invoicing, including SAFs, weekly timekeeping, change orders, test reports, and other deliverables
  • Maintain project documentation and records in the proper location

Requirements

  • BS Degree in Electrical Engineering OR Electrical Engineering Technologist Certification
  • 0 to 2 years of experience in power systems engineering or experience directly related to working with electricity
  • Ability to effectively communicate with internal, client and regulatory counterparts
  • Ability to maintain production in a changing environment
  • Knowledge of CEC/OESC, Z462 and other applicable codes and standards
  • Strong computer and communication skills
  • Microsoft Office programs experience: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
  • Willingness to learn and operate client-provided programs and systems
  • Ability to carry out written or oral instructions and deal with problems involving several concrete variables
  • Ability to perform computations involving electrical power
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and identify urgent issues
  • Ability to develop project plans, order resources and materials, hold job kickoff meetings, and identify changes in work scopes
  • Ability to examine information, facts, and data and draw logical conclusions
  • Ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple project assignments simultaneously
  • Safety-focused approach
  • Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, and use fingers and hands to feel objects and tools for up to 75% of the time
  • Ability to spend full days on feet and work on uneven ground during site inspections
  • Frequent use of a computer and smartphone
  • Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Retirement savings plans, including employer matching where applicable
  • Flexible Spending and/or Health Spending Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Parental leave
  • Paid time off
  • Company holidays

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Flash

Location requirements

OnsiteBoltonCanada

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