Project Engineer - Substations

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Western Canadian Power Delivery team is offering opportunities for Project Engineers to work on HV/EHV AC and DC substation projects across North America. Opportunities exist across our western Canadian offices.

• Work closely with Project Managers to manage the scope, schedule, and cost of projects and provide technical oversight.
• Identify and manage project technical risks.
• Act as project technical lead to collaborate with internal engineering teams, clients, and third party stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate with internal engineering teams to complete tasks such as reviewing vendor drawings of equipment, inter-disciplinary reviews of deliverables, maintaining and updating project technical documents of record, internal QA, and coordinating resolution of complex technical challenges.
• Develop design plans, strategies, schedules and resource planning for engineering activities at Identification, Definition and Implementation phases.
• Coordinate and oversee the development of technical documents such as specifications, drawings and reports.
• Work with construction management, engineering, and procurement management to ensure technical support is available and issues are addressed in a timely manner during construction, fabrication, and testing & commissioning phases.
• Assist in preparing proposals, project plans and estimates.
• Follow internal QA/QC procedures to deliver high quality engineering services to clients.
• Conduct site visits to verify existing installations, define project scopes, prepare for detailed designs and provide construction site support as required.
• May conduct detailed engineering work such as design, specifications, and studies as needed.

• Field experience in commissioning and testing is considered an asset.
• Proven knowledge in Geotechnical, Civil/Structural, P&C, SCADA, Telecom, Mechanical, and Architectural is an asset.
• Equipment engineering experience is an asset.
• Excellent computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, and Micro Station.
• Effective interpersonal skills (written & verbal) are essential for interacting with multi-disciplinary teams, suppliers, sub-consultants and managing client relationships.
• Demonstrated capability to efficiently handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Holding a valid Class 5 (or equivalent) driver’s license.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (specialization in Power System) with minimum 8 years of proven experience as a project engineer in high voltage substations for utilities in North America.
• 6 years of direct experience on Physical Design of high voltage (69kV and above) substation projects is required.
• Professional Engineer registered with the Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC), or related association in Canada.

Typical office environment with a hybrid work model; field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities and may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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