Senior HV Protection & Control Engineer - Lead & Design

Qualus; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Short and Long-Term Disability

RRSP match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to lead technical efforts across a portfolio of high-voltage substations and protection projects in Canada. The role emphasizes ownership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration with design teams and clients.

You’ll guide protection philosophy, relay settings, and coordination studies from concept through commissioning, working with utilities and renewable energy clients to deliver robust P&C solutions.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of utility-focused Protection & Control experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Eligibility for (or current) Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registration in Canada (U.S. PE considered an asset).
• Strong experience in P&C detailed design drawings and substation protection philosophy development.
• Experience performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high-voltage transmission systems.
• Hands-on experience with relay software such as ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM, and relay platforms from SEL and GE.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to engineers and designers delivering protection, control, and metering systems for high-voltage substations.
• Serve as Technical Lead on assigned projects, guiding designs from conceptual planning through construction and commissioning.
• Develop and review protection planning and application documents.
• Develop and review one-lines, schematics, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams.
• Perform protection coordination studies and relay settings for utility transmission systems.
• Lead engineering design reviews, factory acceptance testing, and field inspections.
• Support construction, outage planning, and commissioning activities.
• Participate in client technical, Safety by Design, and constructability review meetings.
• Prepare or review project scopes, feasibility studies, estimates, and definition-phase deliverables.
• Collaborate with the Business Development team on proposals and estimates.
• Act as a technical point of contact for clients and external partners.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers while contributing to continuous improvement of P&C standards and practices.

Skills

P&C engineering

Relay settings

Protection coordination

High-voltage design

Mentoring

Client leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

P.Eng. eligibility in Canada

Tools

ASPEN

CAPE

EasyPower

SKM

SEL/GE relays

Job description

Qualus is seeking a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to lead technical efforts across a portfolio of high-voltage substations and protection projects in Canada. The role emphasizes ownership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration with design teams and clients.

You’ll guide protection philosophy, relay settings, and coordination studies from concept through commissioning, working with utilities and renewable energy clients to deliver robust P&C solutions.