Senior Engineer – Substation Protection & Control

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About the role

  • Senior Protection & Control Engineer leading teams in high-voltage substation projects for utility clients. Collaborating on diverse projects in electrical engineering with mentoring opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership to engineers and designers delivering protection, control, and metering systems for high-voltage substations
  • Serve as Technical Lead on assigned projects, guiding designs from conceptual planning through construction and commissioning
  • Develop and review protection planning and application documents
  • Develop and review one-lines, schematics, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams
  • Perform protection coordination studies and relay settings for utility transmission systems
  • Lead engineering design reviews, factory acceptance testing, and field inspections
  • Support construction, outage planning, and commissioning activities
  • Participate in client technical, Safety by Design, and constructability review meetings
  • Prepare or review project scopes, feasibility studies, estimates, and definition-phase deliverables
  • Collaborate with the Business Development team on proposals and estimates
  • Act as a technical point of contact for clients and external partners
  • Mentor and develop junior engineers while contributing to continuous improvement of P&C standards and practices

Requirements

  • 8–15 years of utility-focused protection, control, and metering engineering experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university
  • Eligibility for (or current) Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registration in Canada (U.S. PE considered an asset)
  • Strong experience in P&C detailed design drawings and substation protection philosophy development
  • Experience performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high-voltage transmission systems
  • Hands-on experience with relay software such as ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM, and relay platforms from SEL and GE
  • Practical knowledge of substation construction, commissioning, and outage planning
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience on EPC projects, and familiarity with utility maintenance and operational practices, are considered strong assets

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short and Long-Term Disability
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • EAP
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid time off
  • Holidays

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$120,000 - CA$160,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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