Engineer-E5: Generation - Stations

Morson Edge; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 195,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

BC Hydro in Burnaby, BC seeks an E5 Engineer: Generation - Stations to apply engineering knowledge on medium to high complexity projects and operations, delivering safe, quality outcomes on time and within budget.

This role requires a P.Eng./P.Geo, a track record in generation or electrical utility projects, and strong CAD/design software skills, with leadership of multi‑discipline teams.

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer or Geoscientist with EGBC.
• Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering.
• Experience in generation engineering and electrical utility projects.
• Strong knowledge of CAD systems and design standards.
• Proficient in MS Office; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead generation station design and planning tasks.
• Ensure safety, cost, quality, and schedule objectives.
• Provide engineering guidance to multi-discipline teams.
• Develop designs and solve complex engineering problems.
• Communicate with stakeholders and document progress.

Skills

CAD systems

MS Office

Engineering analysis

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Team leadership

Education

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or P.Geo

Electrical/Mechanical/Civil Eng degree

EGBC registration eligible

Tools

CAD software

Design/analysis software

Job description

Role: E5 – Engineer: Generation - Stations

Location: Burnaby, BC | Hybrid 3 days a week in office | 37.50 hours a week

Contract Duration: October 5, 2026 - October 4, 2027

Max T4 Rate: $99.82/

Max INC Rate: $120.78/

General Description

The E5 – Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide innovative engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium to high complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.

Experience and Role Accountabilities

• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments for BC Hydro projects and operations.
• Meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion at BC Hydro.
• Participate in BC Hydro’s engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability at BC Hydro.
• Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of engineering/geoscience services to be provided, establishing the basic design criteria with the client, approving all related technical documentation, and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications to support completion of projects safely, with quality, within budget and on time.
• Make decisions and recommendations of a complex technical nature including the establishment of design bases, criteria and concepts, and/or on matters affecting the management of engineering/geoscience resources and activities to support major work assignments for the engineering divisions at BC Hydro.

Education and Skills

• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC
• Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical is preferred), and registered, or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (EGBC).
• BC Hydro uses a Digital Sign and Seal Technology. You may be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius
• Intermediate English skills for professional environment, written and spoken
• Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards
• Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software
• Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Additional Experience and Role Accountabilities

• A minimum ten (10) years of generation engineering experience including significant time working in the electrical utility industry and a degree a relevant engineering discipline such as electrical, mechanical, or civil.
• A minimum of four (4) years of working experience in leading multi-discipline design teams and in generation station planning, design, and construction.

Additional Education and Skills

• Professional Engineer registered with EGBC
• Solid electric utility engineering background with the ability to think from a generation stations and operations perspective as well as an ability to understand the interactions and priorities of multi-discipline projects
• Good working knowledge project management principles and roles
• Good working knowledge of design and substations, an asset
• Advanced decision making and conflict resolution skills
• Advanced written and oral communication skills with the ability to brief senior management on complex project issues in a clear and concise manner

Other Requirements

• Permit to Practice with EGBC.
• BC Hydro uses a Digital Sign and Seal Technology. You will be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius.
• A Class 5 BC driver's license is required.