Senior Power Systems Engineer

Your Opportunity

Stantec is looking for an Electrical Engineer with versatility to support our various client's needs. As a member of the Atlantic Region Delivery Center team based in Fredericton, NB, the candidate can be located at any of the following office locations: Fredericton (NB), Halifax (NS) and St. John’s (NL). The successful candidate will work with little supervision and direction, supported by a knowledgeable and experienced team, on average to large sized projects. At Stantec our offices offer a vibrant and dynamic environment with excellent opportunities for professional growth and flexibility to balance your life at home.

Your Key Responsibilities

The successful applicant will work within a multidisciplinary team of design and engineering professionals to deliver projects. Your primary duty will be to lead the electrical design and engineering portions of all phases of the projects you are assigned to, from planning through post-construction. 

Below are some of the responsibilities, but not limited to:

• Responsible for executing projects of average to large complexity and size.
• Accountable for overall electrical design; prioritizing quality while meeting deliverable deadlines, monitoring project scope, and adhering to project budgets.
• Support and mentor junior engineers and designers.
• Collaborate with project manager to provide status updates, identify additional scope, or request additional resources.
• Coordinating with Clients, Contractors, Utilities, and Vendors.
• Checking the work of others for accuracy and completeness.
• Manage multiple assignments while maintaining project schedules, budget, and quality requirements.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• A self-starter, skilled to navigate engineering design concerns and develop project scope documents, engineering schematics and plans, technical reports, cost estimates as well as support project proposals.
• Knowledge of industrial and utility protection and control systems using digital multifunction protection relays.
• Knowledge of performing protection and control system design computations, such as but not limited to overcurrent, differential, impedance, and voltage relay settings; including, instrumentation transformer sizing and saturation computations.
• Comprehensive understanding of design standards such as IEEE, codes such as the Canadian Electrical Code and electrical engineering design principles for electrical power systems.
• Skilled in the development of P&C narrative documentation.
• Familiarity with the operation of power generating stations including Hydro, Thermal, Combustion turbine systems will be considered an asset.
• Experience with medium and high voltage electrical systems including substations, transformers, switch gear, and protective relaying.
• Experience in evaluating electrical system performance, equipment ratings, voltage regulation, system reliability, and operational constraints.
• Experience with utility interconnections, renewable energy integrations, and large industrial facilities is an asset.
• Experience leading technical studies and presenting findings directly to clients.
• Experience in developing and validating power system models.
• Experience with power system analysis software tools such as ETAP, EasyPower, CYME, CDEGS, SKM Power*Tools, etc. is required.
• Perform or coordinate load-flow, short-circuit, protection coordination and relay settings, harmonic analysis, power quality assessment, grounding, motor starting, and arc-flash studies.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in a Canadian province and eligible for licensure in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and/or Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in Electrical Engineering & Design.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, contribute to exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us in a measurable way. Join us and redefine your personal best. 

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee; other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed at any time, with or without notice.
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