Senior Protection & Control Tech: Substation Field Lead

Socket.dev; Fort St. John; On-site; CAD 214,906,000 - 272,765,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health, dental, and vision

Employer-supported retirement savings

Paid vacation and holidays

Professional development

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 British Columbia.

As a technical authority, you will mentor technicians, direct outage planning, review relay settings, and serve as the primary contact for customers, engineers, and project managers on major substations and renewable energy initiatives.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology or equivalent.
• 7+ years of protection and control testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience.
• Advanced expertise with microprocessor-based relays, communications systems, and substation automation technologies.
• Experience leading major substation commissioning, outage, or maintenance projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical reporting and presenting recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead testing, commissioning, startup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of complex protection and control systems.
• Lead field technician on major substation, utility, industrial, and renewable energy projects.
• Test advanced protection schemes, including line current differential, distance, bus differential, breaker failure, auto-reclosing, transfer trip, generator, and 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 consistent 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 systems

Substation testing

Relay testing

Troubleshooting

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Customer-facing

Documentation

Education

Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology

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 British Columbia.

As a technical authority, you will mentor technicians, direct outage planning, review relay settings, and serve as the primary contact for customers, engineers, and project managers on major substations and renewable energy initiatives.