Engineer - Electrical

Overview

Join us to transform today's energy challenges into sustainable solutions for tomorrow and make a difference for our planet and future generations.

Boralex has been providing renewable and affordable energy for over 30 years. The Group, composed of more than 800 employees, operates renewable assets with an installed capacity of over 3 GW and is developing a project portfolio of 6.8 GW in wind, solar, and energy storage.

• Promote and actively reinforce a strong electrical safety culture, ensuring strict adherence to LOTO procedures, high‑voltage work rules, energized work policies, and North American switching and tagging practices.
• Support and review energization plans, switching procedures, and startup sequences for new or modified electrical equipment.
• Provide technical input related to arc flash mitigation, electrical risk assessments, and safe work practices.
• Ensure compliance with NERC, ERCOT, SPP, OSHA, and local and state regulations.
• Lead or actively participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis (RCA), and the implementation of corrective and preventive actions following electrical events or near misses.
• Lead technical troubleshooting for major electrical failures impacting plant availability or grid compliance.
• Analyze failures of transformers, breakers, generators and protection relays and auxiliary systems.
• Develop and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance strategies aligned with asset criticality and operational risk.
• Support condition‑based monitoring (DGA, thermography, relay diagnostics).
• Lead or technically support O&M capital projects, including equipment replacements, substation upgrades, protection system updates, and plant optimization initiatives.
• Review and validate electrical engineering deliverables from OEMs, EPCs, and engineering consultants to ensure alignment with Boralex standards and operational requirements.
• Support commissioning and re‑commissioning activities, including site acceptance testing, energization, and post‑project performance verification.
• Contribute to lifecycle planning and capital prioritization for aging or high‑risk electrical assets.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, technology adoption, and standardization of electrical O&M practices across the fleet.
• Capture and share lessons learned from incidents, outages, and major projects to improve fleet‑wide reliability.
• Mentor and support junior engineers and field technicians, strengthening onsite technical autonomy and decision‑making capabilities.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of engineering standards, guidelines, and best practices.

• 7–10+ years of experience in power systems, substations, and utility‑scale generation assets (wind, solar, BESS, hydro or thermal).
• Experience in an IPP, utility, ISO/RTO, or large industrial power environment.
• Strong knowledge of high‑voltage substations, transformers, breakers, generators, protection and control systems.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex electrical issues affecting plant availability and grid compliance.
• Proven capability to review, challenge, and validate engineering studies and technical documentation (protection settings, coordination studies, arc flash, grounding, etc.).
• Solid analytical skills to support failure analysis and performance optimization.
• Good knowledge of ERCOT/SPP operating rules, interconnection requirements, and grid compliance obligations.
• Familiarity with applicable NERC standards (PRC, FAC, MOD).
• Experience supporting compliance, grid event, disturbance analysis, misoperations, and post‑event reporting.
• Experience leading or contributing to root cause analysis (RCA) for electrical failures and reliability events.
• Understanding…