Senior Electrical Engineer - Hydropower & Dams

Position Overview

Technical and Project Leadership

• Serve as a senior electrical technical resource on hydropower and dam projects.
• Lead and support electrical system design for generation, distribution, protection, and grounding.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design packages and support procurement packages and system studies.

Collaboration and Mentorship

• Collaborate with internal engineers, construction personnel, external design partners, clients, regulators, subconsultants, and project stakeholders.
• Mentor junior and intermediate engineers through technical guidance and knowledge sharing.
• Promote a collaborative environment focused on quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

Practice Development and Quality

• Support pursuits, technical proposals, business development, and client engagement.
• Contribute to HDH practice growth, lessons learned, design efficiency, and new tools or workflows.
• Promote safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement in design delivery.
• Support implementation and improvement of the design quality management system.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 10 or more years of relevant engineering experience.
• Demonstrated engineering and design experience on hydropower and dam projects.
• Professional Engineer license in Canada.
• Experience with ETAP or similar tools and proficiency in plant-level electrical systems studies.
• Proficiency designing protection and control systems.
• Strong knowledge of electrical codes and standards, especially ANSI/IEEE and NEC.
• Willingness to travel periodically to project offices and job sites.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with refurbishments on operating facilities.
• Experience as a design manager, deputy design manager, project engineer, or design coordinator on multidisciplinary projects.
• More than 15 years of electrical engineering design experience and on-site construction experience are preferred.
• Familiarity with design-build delivery models is preferred.
• Fluent English is preferred, and French is an asset.

Location and Work Arrangement

• The position is based out of Oakville, Ontario, or Burnaby, British Columbia.
• Remote or hybrid work arrangements may be considered.
• Occasional travel to project offices and job sites is required.

Compensation

• Base compensation is listed as 120-150 K CAD per year, subject to education, experience, skillset, and location.

Benefits

• Full-time staff receive medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plans with matching, and paid time off.