Senior Substation Automation Engineer

Qualus Corporation; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Qualus seeks a Senior Automation Engineer to join our Protection & Control team in Canada. You will lead automation, protection, control, and communications systems for high-voltage substations on projects from concept through commissioning, while mentoring others and driving technical ownership.

This role offers long-term workload stability and exposure to a diverse portfolio with utility and renewable-energy clients across 12 kV–500 kV environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university.
• Eligible for (or current) P.Eng. registration in Canada.
• 8–15 years of utility automation, protection, control & metering engineering experience.
• Experience with SCADA, RTUs, PLCs, HMIs, telemetry, and substation communications.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership delivering automation, protection, control, and communications for high-voltage substations.
• Serve as Technical Lead guiding designs from conceptual planning through construction and commissioning.
• Develop and review automation philosophies, documents, and system configurations.
• Review one-lines, schematics, wiring diagrams, and panel layouts; support FAT/SAT and field inspections.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement of standards and practices.

Skills

Automation design

Protection & control

SCADA systems

Substation experience

Technical leadership

Mentoring

IEC 61850

HMI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLC configurations

RTU configurations

HMI

Telemetry systems

Job description

Qualus seeks a Senior Automation Engineer to join our Protection & Control team in Canada. You will lead automation, protection, control, and communications systems for high-voltage substations on projects from concept through commissioning, while mentoring others and driving technical ownership.

This role offers long-term workload stability and exposure to a diverse portfolio with utility and renewable-energy clients across 12 kV–500 kV environments.