Lead Protection & Control Field Technician

Shermco Industries, Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 103,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health

Dental and vision

Retirement plan

Employee assistance program

Paid vacation and holidays

Professional development

Tools and PPE provided

Travel allowances

Job summary

Shermco Canada is seeking a Protection and Control Technician IV to lead complex testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of protection and control systems in field-based projects across Canada. You will serve as a technical authority, guide field execution, and mentor junior technicians while ensuring safety and quality.

The role requires senior expertise in protection schemes, substation automation, and customer-facing communication, with opportunities to support outages and

Qualifications

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology or related discipline.
• At least seven years of protection and control testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience.
• Advanced expertise with microprocessor-based relays, communications, and substation automation technologies.
• Experience leading major substation commissioning, outage, or maintenance projects.
• Strong diagnostic, leadership, mentoring, and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead testing, commissioning, startup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of complex protection and control systems.
• Serve as the lead field technician on major substation, utility, industrial, and renewable energy projects.
• Test advanced protection schemes (line current differential, distance, bus differential, breaker failure, auto-reclosing, transfer trip, generator, transformer protection).
• Direct outage planning, testing strategies, functional verification, and commissioning activities.
• Diagnose complex relay, SCADA, communications, automation, and control-system issues.
• Review relay settings, protection philosophies, schematics, and commissioning plans for technical accuracy.
• Lead root-cause investigations involving protection-system failures and recommend corrective actions.
• Act as the primary technical contact for customers, engineers, project managers, and field teams.
• Develop and improve testing procedures, technical standards, and field practices.
• Mentor and train technicians while promoting safety, quality, and technical performance.
• Provide field leadership to support project schedules, customer expectations, and operational requirements.
• Support customer relationships and business-development activities by providing technical expertise.

Skills

Protection testing

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Diploma in Electrical Eng Tech/Electrical Power and Controls

ASTTBC registration (preferred)

NETA certification (preferred)

Tools

SEL relays

AcSELerator QuickSet

SCADA

IEC 61850

DNP3

Modbus

Job description

Shermco Canada is seeking a Protection and Control Technician IV to lead complex testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of protection and control systems in field-based projects across Canada. You will serve as a technical authority, guide field execution, and mentor junior technicians while ensuring safety and quality.

The role requires senior expertise in protection schemes, substation automation, and customer-facing communication, with opportunities to support outages and