Stations Electrical Engineer - E5

Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Job ID: 83213
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia

Overview: 
The E5 – Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide innovative engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium to high complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.

What you will be doing:

• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments for the company projects and operations. 

• Meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks. 

• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion at the company. 

• Participate in the company’s engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability at the company. 

• Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of engineering/geoscience services to be provided, establishing the basic design criteria with the client, approving all related technical documentation, and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications to support completion of projects safely, with quality, within budget and on time. 

• Make decisions and recommendations of a complex technical nature including the establishment of design bases, criteria and concepts, and/or on matters affecting the management of engineering/geoscience resources and activities to support major work assignments for the engineering divisions at the company.

• This role requires experience with the design of electrical utility substations with operating voltages from 12kV to 500kV and demonstrated experience working with utility design solutions a in an electric utility environment. 

• This position is needed to help with an increasing work load in capital project, emergency replacement and restoration work, asset management strategic OMA work programs and Owners Engineer review work. 

• Prepare project documentation and deliverables in accordance with BC Hydro project and Engineering Design Practices (i.e. evaluation reports, specifications, proposals, estimates, design basis', calculations, hazard logs, test plans). 

• Prepare design work packages including scope, duration, and level of effort estimates. 

• Prepare signed/sealed engineering deliverables as a Professional of Record (PoR) in accordance with EGBC and the company Design Practices. 

• Provide technical assistance and construction support in the field, and undertake field reviews as required by EGBC. 

Design for the following Electrical Systems related to Transmission Stations: 

• Ground Grid 

• Site Layout and equipment clearances 

• Control, feeder and compressor buildings o Electrical equipment supports 

• Perform various engineering calculations: short-circuit forces, ampacity, cable design, lightning protection, voltage drop, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.

What you must have:

• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC 

• BC Hydro uses a Digital Sign and Seal Technology. You may be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius 

• Intermediate English skills for professional environment, written and spoken 

• Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards 

• Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software 

• Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

• Ability to provide technical directions to junior engineers 

• Ability to manage design tasks including scope, schedule and cost 

• Ability to find engineering solutions that add value and to reach consensus 

• Ability to communicate efficiently including verbal and technical writing in the English language, analytical, interpersonal communications and presentation skills 

• Experience in project management including estimating, cost control and project administration

Salary/Rate Range: $99.00 -$122 per hour


Term: 16-month contract; most likely to extend


Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. If you are selected to move forward in the process, we will contact you directly. If you do not hear from us, we encourage you to continue visiting our website for other roles that may be a good fit.


For more information about TEEMA and to consider other career opportunities, please visit our website at www.teemagroup.com