Principal Engineer - Protection & Control

Qualus; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short and Long-Term Disability

401(k) match

Flexible Spending Accounts

EAP

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

A leading power solutions firm in Vancouver is seeking a Principal Engineer – P&C to provide technical leadership and support for a team developing protection, control, and metering system designs for electrical substations. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of utility-specific design experience and a degree in Electrical Engineering, capable of mentoring junior engineers. The role includes developing planning documents, performing coordination studies, and supporting commissioning activities. Competitive benefits and compensation are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15+ years of utility-specific design experience.
• Ability to register as a Professional Engineer in Canada.
• 3-4 years of experience in high voltage protection coordination is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection planning documents for power systems.
• Perform protection coordination studies for high voltage systems.
• Support construction and commissioning activities.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Support business development with proposals and estimates.

Skills

Protection coordination studies

Relay settings

Technical leadership

Excellent communication skills

Mentoring

Education

Electrical Engineering Degree

Professional Engineer (Canada)

Tools

ASPEN

CAPE

EasyPower

SKM Power Tools

SEL relay programming software

GE relay programming software

Job description

Power your future with Qualus as a Principal Engineer – P&C in our Engineering department! If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast‑paced environment, this is the opportunity for you. You will be providing technical leadership and support to a team of engineers and designers to develop protection, control, and metering system design for electrical substations ranging from 12 kV to 500 kV from conceptual stage through construction and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Developing protection planning and application documents, one‑lines, schematics, panel layouts and wiring diagrams for power system protective relaying and metering systems.
• Performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high voltage utility transmission systems.
• Reviewing or preparing engineering drawings/documents, specifications, construction and outage staging plans, and inspection and testing plans/procedures.
• Supporting construction and commissioning activities.
• Performing factory inspections.
• Participating in client technical, Safety by Design and constructability review meetings.
• Reviewing or preparing project conceptual, feasibility and definition phase scopes and estimates.
• Supporting Business Development team in preparing proposals and estimates.
• Liaising with clients at the discipline level on technical matters.
• Reviewing new engineering standards, design practices, guides, etc. from clients and sharing with the P&C team.
• Enhancing and maintaining relationships with internal groups as well as external contractors and clients.
• Mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 + years of utility‑specific protection, control, and metering design experience.
• Electrical Engineering Degree from a recognized university along with the ability to register as a Professional Engineer in Canada.
• 3‑4 years of experience in performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high voltage utility transmission systems is considered an asset.
• Proven working experience of relay setting software such as ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM Power Tools as well as SEL and GE relay programming software.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven field experience with outage planning, construction sequencing and commissioning is considered an asset.
• Familiarity with utility protection and control maintenance and operational practices is considered an asset.

Benefits & Compensation

Qualus benefits offered include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long‑Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays, for those who qualify.

The expected compensation range for this position is based upon several factors, including but not limited to education, qualifications, prior relevant work experience and work location.

Company Overview

Qualus is a leading pure‑play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data centre and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, programme management and specialised field services. Qualus also provides software and technology‑enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management and secure data exchange. The firm has over 1,800 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

EEO

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