Specialist Engineer - Protection and Control Planning

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Specialist Engineer - Protection and Control Planning

Number of positions: 1 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: $ 127,900.00 - 161,800.00

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 a Specialist Engineer to provide technical leadership and expertise on 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 protection specialist provides technical leadership and guidance and

successfully carries out the following duties:

- Plans, evaluates and integrates protective relaying schemes and remedial action schemes, and associated teleprotection

and data communications.

- Performs digital fault studies and other relay or system studies to determine protection and control application

requirements and optimal settings for protective relays and control devices.

- Evaluates interconnection requests from customers and independent power producers for connection to the transmission

system.

- Provides technical leadership and acts as an expert resource responsible for providing professional/technical advice in

programs, projects, and initiatives within and outside the department.

- Analyzes and resolves challenging and unusual engineering problems with considerable independence.

- Provides technical direction to engineers, consultants, and technical support staff. Effectively manages resources and

develops innovative design solutions for engineering problems.

- Leads a technical area of responsibility on behalf of the department (e.g. compliance standards, estimating practices etc.)

- Mentors, supports, and provides advice to team members, encourages their work initiative, and helps them grow as

engineers and technical leaders. Demonstrates BC Hydro’s commitment to a diverse, respectful, and inclusive workforce.

What you bring

- A degree in Electrical Engineering recognized by Canadian Universities (preferably power engineering). Master's degree

or higher preferred.

- Registered, or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of British

Columbia (EGBC).

- A minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, design, and implementation of electric utility protection and control

systems.

- The successful candidate shall demonstrate:

o Technical knowledge in design, application and implementation of transmission and generation protection & control

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

and series capacitor, reactor, circuit breakers experience.

o Demonstrated experience meeting requirements and measures within relevant NERC PRC standards.

o Ability to communicate effectively and clearly including verbal and technical writing.

o Ability to investigate, analyze and solve a variety of engineering problems such as unexpected misoperation of protective

devices.

o Effectiveness in work leadership with ability to coordinate and lead multiple projects, and plan and manage project

resources.

o Experience with project management principles managing the engineering component (scope, schedule, cost, technical

risk) of large and/or technically complex projects.

o Ability to manage client relationships and expectations to ensure their needs are met and to work closely with

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

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What we offer

- A comprehensive benefits package

- A minimum of 15 paid vacation days

- A lifetime pension

- Flexible work model, depending on your role type

- Training and development courses

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

- Applicants who do not meet full qualifications or those with lesser work experience may be considered for a position at a

lower level.

- This is a hybrid position located at the BC Hydro Edmonds office in Burnaby BC. The successful candidate will be required

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

- Successful candidate will be required to occasionally travel to different areas of the province.

- A condition of employment for this job is that you maintain your Class 5 Driver's License In good standing.

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.

Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V3N 4X8

Date Posted: 2025-08-18 Closing Date: 2025-09-07

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