Senior Engineer - Protection and Control Planning

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At BC Hydro, we’re working towards creating a cleaner and more sustainable future for all British Columbians and need

people like you to help us. A career at BC Hydro is meaningful and provides you the opportunity to be part of a talented,

inclusive, and diverse team. We offer a healthy work-life balance, competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package,

and training opportunities to support you in your career growth. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers

and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers.

We invite you to join us as we build an even cleaner B.C. We welcome applications from all qualified job seekers. If you’re a

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Senior Engineer - Protection and Control Planning

Number of positions: 2 Job Location: Edmonds 05

Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid

Annual salary: $ 107,000.00 - 135,300.00

What you'll do

The Protection, Control and Telecommunications Engineering Division is responsible for engineering BC Hydro’s Protection

& Control systems and Telecommunication Networks, and ensuring these systems contribute to safe and reliable operation

of BC Hydro’s electric system while meeting performance requirements of system planners, regulators, customers, and

other stakeholders. The division provides engineering studies, standards, specifications, design solutions, construction

documentation, and engineering oversight of work done by engineering service partners. We provide technical support

during procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, and provide asset lifecycle support with critical failure

analysis and emergency operational support for restoring customer supply in the event of forced outages. The division is

responsible for deploying and sustaining numerous regulatory bulk electric system standards, including cybersecurity

standards for Industrial Control and Telecommunication systems.

We have an exciting opportunity in the P&C Planning department within the P&C/Telecom Engineering Division. We are

seeking two (2) Senior Engineer positions to provide technical leadership and guidance to specify and set protection

systems for various Transmission and Generation relaying applications. P&C Planning is responsible for defining protection

architecture, functional criteria and specifications for relaying and control systems, and protection relay settings for

transmission, distribution substations, and generation protection systems.

Working closely with other P&C Planners, the senior planner provides technical expertise and successfully carries out the

following duties:

and data communications.

requirements and optimal settings for protective relays and control devices.

system.

Engineering Division.

develops innovative design solutions for engineering problems.

compliance standards, estimating practices etc.).

and inclusive workforce.

What you bring

engineering).

Columbia (EGBC).

systems.

The successful candidate shall demonstrate:

system systems for utility substations from 12kV to 500kV with overhead and cable transmission line, transformer, shunt

and series capacitor, reactor, circuit breakers experience.

devices.

stakeholders to drive innovation, find engineering solutions that add value to reach consensus.

What we offer

For more information on the benefits we offer, visit bchydro.com/benefits.

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.

What else you should know

lower level.

to work from the office minimum 3 days a week, details to be discussed during the recruitment process.

for this job is that you maintain your Class 5 Driver's License In good standing.

Before you apply, please confirm you meet BC Hydro’s time in role requirement. M&P employees must meet the time in role

requirement specified in their most recent offer letter. For MoveUP and IBEW employees, the current time in role as

outlined in the Collective Agreements will apply.

Don't forget to update your Candidate Profile with your current resume and copies of your certifications. If applicable,

include your Trades Qualification. This will ensure we have all the necessary information to assess your application without

any delays.

Date Posted: 2025-07-02 Closing Date: 2025-07-30

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