Principal Engineer – Substation Protection & Control
Location
Canada
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$165K - $190K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Engineer – Substation Protection & Control
Qualus
• Act as the Qualus’ Protection & Control Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing technical governance across multiple projects and programs • Set and uphold protection, control, and metering philosophy, standards, and best practices for high voltage substations • Serve as Principal Engineer or Technical Authority on complex, high risk, or non-standard projects, providing final technical approval and direction • Provide review and approval of: -Protection planning, philosophy, and application documents -One-lines, schematics, logic diagrams, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams • Oversee protection coordination studies and relay settings for utility transmission systems, including review and validation of work performed by others • Chair or participate in senior-level design reviews, hazard and risk assessments, and near miss investigations • Support Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), Site Acceptance Tests (SATs), and critical field inspections for complex installations • Advise project teams on construction sequencing, outage planning, and commissioning strategy • Participate in client technical, Safety by Design, and constructability review meetings • Provide technical oversight for project scopes, feasibility studies, cost estimates, and definition-phase deliverables, including review of assumptions and risks • Support Business Development by contributing technical strategy, execution approaches, and risk assessments for proposals and pursuits • Act as a primary technical escalation point for clients, internal teams, and external partners • Mentor senior and junior engineers, and play a key role in the continuous improvement of P&C standards, tools, and engineering practices
Job Requirements
- 20+ years of utility-focused protection, control, and metering engineering experience, with demonstrated system-level responsibility
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university
- Registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Canada, or eligibility to obtain (U.S. PE considered an asset)
- Recognized expertise in substation protection philosophy, including transmission line, transformer, bus, and feeder protection
- Extensive experience reviewing and approving detailed P&C design drawings and technical deliverables
- Experience performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high-voltage transmission systems
- Hands-on knowledge of protection software and platforms such as ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM, and SEL / GE relay families
- Practical experience with substation construction, commissioning, outage planning, and operational interfaces
- Proven ability to provide technical judgment on non-standard, complex, or first of kind applications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience on EPC projects, and familiarity with utility maintenance and operational practices, are considered strong assets
- Demonstrated capability to mentor
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- EAP
- Parental Leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
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