Lead Substation Protection & Control Engineer (Senior)

Qualus; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision care

Life Insurance

RRSP match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to join our Canada team, guiding protection, control, and metering design for high-voltage substations from concept to commissioning.

You will lead technical work, mentor junior engineers, and coordinate with clients and partners on EPC projects, with a focus on reliability and safety in utility and renewable energy contexts.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of utility-focused protection, control, and metering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Eligibility for (or current) P.Eng. registration in Canada.
• Strong experience with P&C detailed design drawings and protection philosophy.
• Experience performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for HV transmission.
• Hands-on relay software experience: ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM, SEL/GE relays.
• Knowledge of substation construction, commissioning, and outage planning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience on EPC projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to engineers delivering protection, control, and metering systems for high-voltage substations.
• Serve as Technical Lead on projects from planning through commissioning.
• Develop and review protection planning and application documents.
• Create and review one-lines, schematics, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams.
• Perform protection coordination studies and relay settings for transmission systems.
• Lead design reviews, FAT, and field inspections.
• Support construction, outage planning, and commissioning activities.
• Participate in client meetings for technical reviews and constructability.
• Prepare scopes, feasibility studies, estimates, and definition-phase deliverables.
• Collaborate with Business Development on proposals and estimates.
• Act as technical contact for clients and partners.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive P&C standards improvement.

Skills

P&C engineering

Protection coordination studies

Relay settings

Substation design

P&C software (ASPEN)

P&C software (CAPE)

P&C software (EasyPower)

P&C software (SKM)

Relay platforms (SEL, GE)

Team leadership / mentoring

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ASPEN

CAPE

EasyPower

SKM

SEL relays

GE relay platforms

Job description

Qualus is seeking a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to join our Canada team, guiding protection, control, and metering design for high-voltage substations from concept to commissioning.

You will lead technical work, mentor junior engineers, and coordinate with clients and partners on EPC projects, with a focus on reliability and safety in utility and renewable energy contexts.