Protection & Control (Electrical) Engineer

We are currently seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer (Protection & Controls) for our Mississauga, Ontario office. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities

• Review and accept project man-hour estimates for required activities and control work to meet these estimates; plan and schedule project work of the discipline to meet project schedules, monitor progress and man-hours used, and report regularly to the Discipline manager on project status.
• Ensure that work is executed by sound engineering principles, the Project Execution Plan, Project Engineering Plan, the contract, and established procedures and practices.
• Design new and modify existing protection and control systems for lines and substations up to 500kV, providing CAD engineering drawings including, single line diagrams, relay functional, AC/DC wiring diagrams, equipment wiring, communication diagrams, BOM, and relay panel layout.
• Perform protective relay calculations, fault studies, and coordination for up to 500kV substations and transmission lines.
• Provide technical assistance to the client during the project construction phase and project close-out.
• Initiate written change requests for job-hour budgets, schedules, and construction commodity quantities, when required.
• Create protective relay settings for the protection and monitoring of transmission lines, distribution feeders, transformer banks, capacitor banks, and station buses.
• Recommend to the Discipline manager, the need to engage outside engineering consultants/specialists, as required; direct and remain responsible for the project-related work of these consultants.
• Responsible for scoping engineering projects during the planning phase for accurate Protection and control work and resources.
• Be responsible for performing engineering designs for the analysis, specification, and application of protective relaying, control systems, and equipment monitoring for transmission, distribution, and generation substations.
• Advise the Discipline manager on project staffing requirements.
• Manage designs and deliverables of other designers, reviewing their engineering designs for accuracy, quality, and compliance.
• Carry out with the assigned team, all engineering and design works of electrical power Transmission and Distribution.

Qualifications

• A University degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years in engineering specification and design of Protection, Control, and Metering systems, including technical specifications, I/O lists, panel electrical drawings, interlocks, electrical protection design and protection SLD, control architecture, communication network, relay logics, etc. is considered an asset.
• Previous experience in Transmission and distribution, power generation, consulting engineering fields, and renewables/sustainable industries.

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