Your Opportunity
Our Burnaby office has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Automation Engineer to join the team. This position offers you the opportunity to work in a project team environment with other engineers and designers involved in the detailed electrical design and project management of high voltage substation and power projects.
The successful candidate will be working in the areas of substations, renewable energy, air & gas insulated substation engineering & equipment between the 5kV to 500kV levels. The candidate should understand substation and power system protection schemes as they relate to the design of protection and control systems.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Act as the Automation Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing technical governance across multiple projects and programs
- Perform quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) reviews of Automation designs and deliverables
- Prepare technical reports that clearly communicate engineering concepts and meet client requirements
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (e.g., electrical, civil, structural, telecom, P&C, SCADA) to deliver integrated designs
- Lead and mentor Junior and Intermediate engineers
- Provide review and approval of RTU, PLC, HMI, embedded controller, and communications system configurations
- Provide regular progress updates on assigned deliverables and project milestones
- Support commissioning activities, field engineering, and site troubleshooting
- Interface directly with clients and provide support in coordinating project execution
- Support drafting activities, as required, to complete deliverables
- Development of Project Estimates
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC) or equivalent.
- 15+ years of relevant P&C and Automation experience; experience working with utilities in North America is an asset (BC Hydro experience preferred).
Office Location and Schedule
- Typical office environment working with computers.
- Stantec offers a flexible work environment (a hybrid model of working in the office and at home).
- Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
- Hybrid work model to work from home is possible.
- Location – Vancouver / Edmonton / Calgary.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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About the TeamSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists BC or equivalent
- 15+ years of relevant protection and control and automation experience
- Experience working with utilities in North America
- BC Hydro experience
What We Do
We're active members of the communities we serve. That's why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 350 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy and resource, environmental, and infrastructure projects to life. Our work—engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics, from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning—begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Our local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with our world-class expertise, have allowed us to go anywhere to meet our clients' needs in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.
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