Senior Substation Protection & Control Lead (Remote)

Qualus; Calgary, Oakville; Hybrid; CAD 114,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

RRSP match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to join its Protection & Control team in Canada. You will lead designs for high-voltage substations from concept to commissioning, mentor junior engineers, and work on 12 kV to 500 kV projects across diverse clients.

8–10 years of utility-focused experience and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering are required, with P.Eng. eligibility being preferred. Remote work options exist within a broad Canadian footprint.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of utility-focused protection, control, and metering engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university.
• Eligibility for (or current) Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registration in Canada.
• 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.
• Practical knowledge of substation construction, commissioning, and outage planning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience on EPC projects is a strong asset.

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 design

Protection coordination

Relay settings

Substation protection

Mentoring

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

ASPEN

CAPE

EasyPower

SKM

SEL relays

GE relays

Job description

Qualus is seeking a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to join its Protection & Control team in Canada. You will lead designs for high-voltage substations from concept to commissioning, mentor junior engineers, and work on 12 kV to 500 kV projects across diverse clients.

8–10 years of utility-focused experience and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering are required, with P.Eng. eligibility being preferred. Remote work options exist within a broad Canadian footprint.