Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer - Hybrid

Stantec; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Wellness program

Retirement savings plan

Employee stock purchase

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to join our Western Canada Power Delivery team in BC. You will work on high voltage substation and power projects, designing P&C systems for 5kV–500kV scopes, and coordinating with civil, structural, telecom, and SCADA teams.

The role includes mentoring engineers, preparing engineering packages, and supporting commissioning and site fieldwork, with a hybrid office/field schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with EGBC or equivalent.
• 12+ years of relevant P&C experience; North American utilities experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection and control engineering drawings for substation and power system applications.
• Design protection schemes including relay settings, control logic, and panel layouts.
• Prepare complete P&C engineering design packages with drawings and specs.
• QA/QC reviews of P&C designs and deliverables.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated designs.
• Lead and mentor junior and intermediate engineers.
• Support commissioning activities and field engineering.

Skills

Protection & Control

Substation design

Relay settings

QA/QC

Client coordination

Team mentoring

Field data collection

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer eligible (EGBC)

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam/Adobe Acrobat

MS Office

Job description

Stantec is seeking a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to join our Western Canada Power Delivery team in BC. You will work on high voltage substation and power projects, designing P&C systems for 5kV–500kV scopes, and coordinating with civil, structural, telecom, and SCADA teams.

The role includes mentoring engineers, preparing engineering packages, and supporting commissioning and site fieldwork, with a hybrid office/field schedule.