Lead Engineer - Substation Protection & Control

Power your future with Qualus in our Transmission & Distribution Canada business.

We are seeking a Lead Protection & Control Engineer to join our well-established Protection & Control team of engineers and designers in Canada.

This role offers long-term workload stability, exposure to a diverse portfolio of projects, and the opportunity to provide technical leadership across utility and renewable energy clients.

You will work on projects ranging from 12 kV to 500 kV, supporting designs from early concept through construction and commissioning.

This opportunity is ideal for a lead engineer who enjoys technical ownership, mentoring others, and solving complex system-level challenges.

• Act as the Qualus’ Protection & Control Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing technical governance across multiple projects and programs
• Set and uphold protection, control, and metering philosophy, standards, and best practices for high-voltage substations
• Serve as Principal Engineer or Technical Authority on complex, high-risk, or non-standard projects, providing final technical approval and direction
• Provide review and approval of: Protection planning, philosophy, and application documents One-lines, schematics, logic diagrams, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams
• Protection planning, philosophy, and application documents
• One-lines, schematics, logic diagrams, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams
• Oversee protection coordination studies and relay settings for utility transmission systems, including review and validation of work performed by others
• Chair or participate in senior-level design reviews, hazard and risk assessments, and near miss investigations
• Support Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), Site Acceptance Tests (SATs), and critical field inspections for complex installations
• Advise project teams on construction sequencing, outage planning, and commissioning strategy
• Participate in client technical, Safety by Design, and constructability review meetings
• Provide technical oversight for project scopes, feasibility studies, cost estimates, and definition-phase deliverables, including review of assumptions and risks
• Support Business Development by contributing technical strategy, execution approaches, and risk assessments for proposals and pursuits