Specialist Engineer - Protection and Control Planning

Overview

Hours of work:
Full-time (37.5 hrs/week). No. of positions: 2.

About the job:
We are seeking two Specialist Engineers to provide technical leadership and expertise on various Transmission and Generation relaying applications. The Protection, Control and Telecommunications Engineering Division engineers BC Hydro’s Protection & Control systems and Telecommunication Networks, ensuring safe and reliable operation while meeting performance requirements. The division provides engineering studies, standards, specifications, design solutions, construction documentation, and oversight of work by engineering service partners, with technical support during procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, and asset lifecycle support including critical failure analysis and emergency operational support.

The division deploys and sustains regulatory bulk electric system standards, including cybersecurity standards for Industrial Control and Telecommunication systems. P&C Planning defines protection architecture, functional criteria and specifications for relaying and control systems, and protection relay settings for transmission, distribution substations, and generation protection systems.

• Plans, evaluates and integrates protective relaying schemes and remedial action schemes, and associated teleprotection and data communications.
• Performs digital fault studies and other relay or system studies to determine protection and control application requirements and optimal settings for protective relays and control devices.
• Evaluates interconnection requests from customers and independent power producers for connection to the transmission system.
• Provides technical leadership and acts as an expert resource responsible for providing professional/technical advice in programs, projects, and initiatives within and outside the department.
• Analyzes and resolves challenging and unusual engineering problems with considerable independence.
• Provides technical direction to engineers, consultants, and technical support staff. Effectively manages resources and develops innovative design solutions for engineering problems.
• Leads a technical area of responsibility on behalf of the department (e.g. compliance standards, estimating practices etc.).
• Mentors, supports, and provides advice to team members, encourages their work initiative, and helps them grow as engineers and technical leaders. Demonstrates BC Hydro’s commitment to a diverse, respectful, and inclusive workforce.

• A degree in Electrical Engineering recognized by Canadian Universities (preferably power engineering). Master  degree or higher preferred.
• Registered, or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC).
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, design, and implementation of electric utility protection and control systems.
• The successful candidate shall demonstrate:
• Technical knowledge in design, application and implementation of transmission and generation protection & control system systems for utility substations from 12kV to 500kV with overhead and cable transmission line, transformer, shunt and series capacitor, reactor, circuit breakers experience.
• Demonstrated experience meeting requirements and measures within relevant NERC PRC standards.
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly including verbal and technical writing.
• Ability to investigate, analyze and solve a variety of engineering problems such as unexpected misoperation of protective devices.
• Effectiveness in work leadership with ability to coordinate and lead multiple projects, and plan and manage project resources.
• Experience with project management principles managing the engineering component (scope, schedule, cost, technical risk) of large and/or technically complex projects.
• Ability to manage client relationships and expectations to ensure their needs are met and to work closely with stakeholders to drive innovation, find engineering solutions that add value to reach consensus.

• A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
• Flexible work model, depending on your role type
• Training…