Senior Protection & Control Engineer leading high - voltage substation protection, control, and metering designs. Supporting utilities and renewable energy clients from concept through commissioning.
About the role
- Principal Protection & Control Engineer leading high-voltage substation protection and control projects for Qualus, a power infrastructure solutions firm. Providing technical governance, approvals, commissioning support, and mentorship.
Responsibilities
- Act as Qualus’ Protection & Control Subject Matter Expert, providing technical governance across multiple projects and programs
- Set and uphold protection, control, and metering philosophy, standards, and best practices for high-voltage substations
- Serve as Principal Engineer or Technical Authority on complex, high-risk, or non-standard projects, providing final technical approval and direction
- Review and approve protection planning, philosophy, and application documents
- Review and approve one-lines, schematics, logic diagrams, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams
- Oversee protection coordination studies and relay settings for utility transmission systems, including review and validation of others’ work
- Chair or participate in senior-level design reviews, hazard and risk assessments, and near-miss investigations
- Support Factory Acceptance Tests, Site Acceptance Tests, and critical field inspections for complex installations
- Advise project teams on construction sequencing, outage planning, and commissioning strategy
- Participate in client technical, Safety by Design, and constructability review meetings
- Provide technical oversight for project scopes, feasibility studies, cost estimates, and definition-phase deliverables, including review of assumptions and risks
- Support Business Development through technical strategy, execution approaches, and risk assessments for proposals and pursuits
- Act as a primary technical escalation point for clients, internal teams, and external partners
- Mentor senior and junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement of P&C standards, tools, and engineering practices
Requirements
- 15–20+ years of utility-focused protection, control, and metering engineering experience, with demonstrated system-level responsibility
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university
- Registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Canada, or eligibility to obtain
- U.S. PE considered an asset
- Recognized expertise in substation protection philosophy, including transmission line, transformer, bus, and feeder protection
- Extensive experience reviewing and approving detailed P&C design drawings and technical deliverables
- Experience performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high-voltage transmission systems
- Hands-on knowledge of protection software and platforms such as ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM, and SEL / GE relay families
- Practical experience with substation construction, commissioning, outage planning, and operational interfaces
- Proven ability to provide technical judgment on non standard, complex, or first of kind applications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience on EPC projects, and familiarity with utility maintenance and operational practices, are considered strong assets
- Demonstrated capability to mentor
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- RRSP match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- EAP
- Parental Leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
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