Electrical Engineer in Training

PowerON Energy Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

PowerON Energy Solutions is seeking an Electrical Engineer-in-Training to support design delivery for large‑scale electrification projects, including fleet charging, battery storage, solar PV, and HVAC decarbonization. You will work under the Design Manager across multiple projects, contributing to concept designs, layout optimization, and client communications.

The role targets an EIT with 2+ years’ relevant design experience, offering growth toward P.Eng.

Qualifications

• University degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Must be P.Eng or registered EIT with PEO for eligibility of a P.Eng within 1–2 years.
• 2+ years of demonstrable experience developing designs and concept layouts for electrical infrastructure.
• Engineering/Design experience in creating SLDs and layouts for medium and high-power applications.
• Experience with electrical infrastructure requiring utility upgrades.
• Understanding of transformers, switchgear, protection controls, and the Ontario electrical safety code.
• Ability to lead, or be part of, a site walk-through and gather sufficient information to create proposals/SLDs/Layouts.
• High level understanding of Battery Energy Storage, and Solar energy solutions and their operating structures.

Responsibilities

• Interface with internal and external teams to gather requirements and align designs with client vision.
• Coordinate with engineer of record consultants, review designs, and respond to RFIs.
• Review engineering drawings for layout, sizing, and charger technology improvements.
• Review equipment shop drawings for utility coordination and procurement during design and proposal stages.
• Draft drawings in AutoCAD for electrification infrastructure (Solar, Charging, Batteries, facility distribution).
• Perform site visits to develop initial conceptual designs and layouts for proposals and budgeting.

Skills

Electrical design

AutoCAD

Team coordination

Client support

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

PEO eligibility (EIT or P.Eng)

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Reporting to the Design Manager, you will be part of a team developing energy solutions for large business and institutional customers including fleet charging (fast charging), battery storage, solar PV and HVAC Decarbonization. This role will be an instrumental part of both early-stage projects for complex charging solutions, as well as instrumental in the on-going design development of existing large-scale projects.

This position is ideal for an Electrical EIT looking to own larger design deliverables, and playing a key role in large scale infrastructure deployment. You will be supporting multiple technical leads across varying electrification projects to support in day to day drawing development, report write-up, design coordination, and owning first pass responses to any technical queries from clients.

Responsibilities

• Interface with both internal and external teams to gather requirements, and ensure concept designs align with the long‑term vision of the client and PowerON teams.
• Be a key coordination interface for engineer of record consultants providing initial comments, answering RFIs, and ensure senior engineers have reviewed and approved designs prior to going to client.
• Assist in the review of engineering drawings for improvements to layout, sizing, and charger technology.
• Assist in the review of equipment shop drawings to assist in utility coordination as well as the procurement for the projects during design, proposal stages and execution.
• Draft drawings, in AutoCAD or other software, for electrification infrastructure (Solar, Charging, Batteries, facility distribution etc.).
• Perform site visits for new projects to develop initial conceptual designs and layouts to facilitate proposal development and costing on a budgetary basis.
• Support and work through complex design decisions with multiple stakeholders.
• Support in the development of quality control processes, standards and documentation to support companywide processes.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

• University degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Must be P.Eng or registered EIT with PEO for eligibility of a P.Eng within 1–2 years.
• 2+ years of demonstrable experience developing designs and concept layouts for electrical infrastructure.
• Engineering/Design experience in creating SLDs and layouts for medium and high-power applications.
• Experience with electrical infrastructure requiring utility upgrades.
• Understanding of transformers, switchgear, protection controls, and the Ontario electrical safety code.
• Ability to lead, or be part of, a site walk-through and gather sufficient information to create proposals/SLDs/Layouts.
• High level understanding of Battery Energy Storage, and Solar energy solutions and their respective operating structures.

While all qualified candidates are invited to apply, we particularly welcome applications from women, persons with disabilities, First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, members of visible minorities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. PowerON will accommodate candidates under the AODA legislation in all aspects of the hiring process. Please notify us if accommodation is required.