Generation, Protection And Control Engineer 2

Powertech Labs Inc is a cleantech company with the mission of being a trusted innovation partner providing solutions, specialized testing, and technical expertise for a safe and sustainable global energy future. Powertech has a global reputation for delivering transformative solutions in both the electric power industry as well as the transport sector. A clean future will be driven by electric and hydrogen power, and we will help get there.

We are always guided by our values as a global clean-technology and engineering company:

• Safety: This top everything. We do our work safely or we do not do it at all.
• Excellence: Striving for excellence, acting with integrity, and having the highest standards in quality are core to what we do.
• Our Customers: Customers fuel this company and we constantly work with them to earn and retain their trust and loyalty. We expect that our customers hold us accountable to our commitments.
• Diverse Teams: We are strongest together and capitalize on our varied attributes – together we are more than the sum of parts.
• Challenges: We ready ourselves for the hardest challenges – through attaining accreditations, developing industry-leading innovative products & services, investing in our labs, hiring great people, and making them better.

Powertech’s Compliance Services team will support your facilities’ grid compliance needs with testing, modeling, and consulting services in accordance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), and other regional reliability standards.

The Compliance Services team provides field testing, modeling, and consulting services to support grid compliance. With more than 25 years of experience, our engineers have tested over 600 energy facilities (including thermal, hydraulic, nuclear, solar, wind, BESS, etc.) as well as FACTS devices (synchronous condenser, HVDC, etc.) in US, Canada, Australia, and many Asian and Mideast countries.

Under the Power System Studies Division, the Generation, Protection and Control Engineer will be involved in field testing and modeling study services for energy facilities to meet grid compliance requirements. The successful applicant will engage and work with clients to develop detailed test plans, perform on-site testing, and develop models based on comparison of computer simulation results with field measurement data. Duties include but will not be limited to the following

• Remote work will be considered if the above qualifications are met.
• Create and review technical proposals, cost estimates, and work schedules
• Perform simulation study and prepare detailed engineering reports
• Travel to industrial sites in multiple countries and carry out onsite generator model validation testing
• Review power plant technical information to prepare unit specific model validation test plans
• Perform peer review on technical reports

Qualifications

• The successful applicant preferably will have a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering specialized in power system. A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with direct work experience will be considered.
• Registered or eligible for immediate registration as a Professional Engineer with the Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC) or other jurisdictions.
• Knowledge and demonstrated experiences in power plant site commissioning and testing including regular field work, following procedures, data collection using digital DAQ systems, control equipment function and communication troubleshooting, safety training and awareness, etc.
• Must be able to travel to the USA with no restrictions and eligible to work in US for site testing
• At least 4 years of working experience in protection and control, power system analysis, or related post graduate research.
• Must hold a valid class 5 BC driver’s license or equivalent
• Strong knowledge and demonstrated experiences in power plant and generator protection and control theory and practice on relay instruments (SEL, Beckwith, GE Multilin, etc.).

Preference with be given to candidates with the following qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with one or more power system study software: DSATools, PSS/E, PSLF, PSCAD, etc.
• Field working experience on energy facility commissioning and control design
• Uncompromising dedication to safety and quality
• Demonstrates initiative and the aptitude to solve complex technical problems and varying challenges with minimal direction
• Experience operating generator AVR systems, exciters, governors, and/or protection and control systems
• Knowledge and/or experience on energy facility or other power system device dynamic model development
• Previous experience working on P&C coordination studies
• Proficient with one or more programming languages (Python, FORTRAN, Visual Basic, Labview, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft products including Word and Excel
• Ability to optimally adapt to a constrained schedule and perform under pressure
• Quality Management, Assurance and Control skills are desirable.
• Project management skills with the ability to organize and lead projects of a multidisciplinary nature.

Location: Surrey B.C.

Job Status: Full-Time Regular

Affiliation: M&P

Level: P2

• Applicants with lower qualifications are welcome to apply and may be considered for a lower level position commensurate with skills & experience.

Please be advised that this role has been assessed as safety sensitive and pre-qualification alcohol and drug testing will be required as a pre-condition to employment.

A condition of employment for this job is that you maintain your Driver's License (Class 5) in good standing.

For Powertech Lab positions, the flexible work model options are different due to their specific operational requirements and details will be discussed at the interview stage

ALL CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTACH A COPY OF THEIR COVER LETTER, RESUME and ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS.

Note that applicants are required to submit/upload a copy of their College transcripts and Diploma as proof of post secondary graduation. If applicable, a copy of your work visa is also required.

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