Lead Field Protection & Control Technician

Shermco; Fort St. John; Hybrid; CAD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Shermco Canada is seeking a Protection & Control Technician III who will be field-based in British Columbia and responsible for testing, commissioning, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex protection and control systems across transmission, distribution, generation, and industrial facilities.

You will lead field activities, support customers, provide guidance to junior technicians, and ensure work meets safety and quality standards while communicating findings to project stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical Power and Controls, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, military training, and relevant industry experience.
• Three to seven years of protection and control testing, commissioning, or maintenance experience.
• Strong knowledge of protective relays, AC/DC schematics, relay logic, substation control circuits, and protection principles.
• Experience commissioning transmission or distribution protection schemes.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and customer communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage assigned field work while meeting safety, quality, schedule, and customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Test, commission, maintain, and troubleshoot protection and control systems for transmission, distribution, generation, renewable energy, and industrial facilities.
• Perform relay testing, logic verification, functional testing, and commissioning on SEL and other microprocessor-based relay platforms.
• Test line, transformer, bus, breaker failure, generator, transfer trip, and communication-assisted protection schemes.
• Interpret AC/DC schematics, relay logic, wiring diagrams, protection philosophies, and technical specifications.
• Analyze relay event reports, oscillography, fault records, and sequence-of-events data.
• Troubleshoot SCADA, communications, control, and substation automation systems.
• Lead field activities during outages, maintenance programs, and commissioning projects.
• Prepare accurate test procedures, technical reports, deficiency documentation, and corrective-action recommendations.
• Communicate technical findings and project updates to customers, engineering teams, and project stakeholders.
• Review work and provide technical guidance and on-the-job training to junior technicians.
• Perform all work in accordance with Shermco, customer, quality, and safety requirements.

Skills

Protection testing

Relay testing

SCADA troubleshooting

Field leadership

Customer communication

Documentation

Education

Electrical Engineering Technology Diploma

Tools

SEL relays

AcSELerator QuickSet

SCADA

IEC 61850

DNP3

Modbus

Job description

Shermco Canada is seeking a Protection & Control Technician III who will be field-based in British Columbia and responsible for testing, commissioning, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex protection and control systems across transmission, distribution, generation, and industrial facilities.

You will lead field activities, support customers, provide guidance to junior technicians, and ensure work meets safety and quality standards while communicating findings to project stakeholders.