Essential Responsibilities:

• Ability to provide protection, automation and control design for electrical utility, Oil & Gas, Offshore Wind transmission and distribution substations (12kV to 500kV). The P&C Engineer must be creative and able to lead their project design team to deliver a high-quality product while promoting ease of installation, operation and maintenance of the system.
• Able to work independently on the following P&C drawings: one line protection and metering diagrams, tripping tables/matrix, logic diagrams, Aux power DC and AC one line diagrams, relay protection and control schematics, metering, monitoring and alarm schematics, SCADA block diagram, racks and panels views, wiring diagrams, control house layouts, cable schedules and bill of materials. Develop optimized designs with a safety mindset .
• Coordinate P&C design with Electrical layout engineers and designers, Relay Setting Engineers, site managers, commissioning engineers and field personnel
• Coordinate with vendors and manufacturers and review technical documentation related to P&C design
• Leverage working experience with application of IEDs from GE, SEL, ABB for engineering and design of T&D lines, transformers, busses, reactors and cap banks to define project’s protection and control philosophy and theory of operations.
• Prepare P&C engineering estimates. Estimate P&C equipment quantities and costs for proposals.
• At the beginning of a project, assess the estimated resources and material. Identify issues that may need to be further clarified or defined and form a project execution plan
• During project execution, communicate regularly with the Project Engineering Manager. Identify possible risks to the project and resolve engineering and design aspects that impact material cost, schedule, engineering budget, safety and quality
• Perform applicable design calculations required for DC battery and charger sizing, voltage drop calculations, aux AC power design and to define CT and PT/CCVT parameters to be specified.  
• Create and support development of FAT, SAT, Outages and cutover plans and procedures. Support field testing and commissioning either from office or by on site presence.
• Perform engineering and constructability reviews of P&C deliverables of own project and those of other teams (peer review).
• Support the engineering manager in meeting business KPIs and department goals. Be an active participant and contributor to improvements in design procedures, standards development, quality, productivity. Proactively participate in Return of Experience and Lessons learned
• Execute projects while maintaining compliance to business policies, tools, procedures, methods. Embrace a culture of humility, transparency and deliver with focus.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Utility, Renewable and/or Industrial HV & EHV substation’s P&C and SCADA design

Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability and willingness to travel 20% of the time, including international, and must comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies
• Ability to obtain Professional Engineering license within 1 year

Desired Characteristics:

• Licensed as an Electrical (Power) Professional Engineer and willingness to serve as the responsible engineer
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Strong presence in front of customer to resolve technical issues
• Excellent computer skills, including knowledge of software to develop productivity tools and familiarity with CAD software (AutoCAD, EBase)
• Knowledge of power system analysis software such as ETAP, Aspen Oneliner for relay coordination, load flows, short circuit and arc flash studies.
• Familiarity with creation of Relay Settings and SCADA configuration files.
• Experience with GIS substation projects, as well as AIS
• Equipment and P&C field testing, commissioning and troubleshooting experience  influencing Protection, Control and SCADA designs
• Understanding of safety, operation, maintenance and testing practices common to utility substations, transmission and generation facilities
• Familiarity with IEC 61850 based Digital Substations
• Familiarity with NERC-CIP standards and guidelines for Cyber Security, Grid Interconnection
• Familiarity with US Electric Utility customer design and construction standards and industry codes and standards such as NEC, ANSI, NERC- CIP
• Masters in Power Systems
• Active participant in professional organizations such as IEEE, CIGRE
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Familiarity with project management and commercial aspects

For Canada:

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada for this opening.

This position requires access to and/or use of information subject to U.S. Export Control Laws, which mandate all citizenships (including dual citizenships) be from the U.S. Department of Energy’s List of Generally Authorized Countries (10 CFR Part 810 Appendix A, which includes Canada and can be found here: ) unless a specific authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy is obtained or unless you are a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or protected individual under the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). More information can be found here: https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/10-cfr-part-810.

You must have legal authorization to work in Canada and any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation. The drug screen requirement in the background check process is not required if the role is based in Canada.

For candidates applying to a Canadian-based position, the pay range for this position is between $92,300 and $138,500 CAD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. 

Bonus eligibility: Discretionary annual bonus

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Strong consideration will be given to Indigenous persons. The term Indigenous refers to individuals who identify as being descended from the original inhabitants (the first peoples) of what is now known as Canada. In this context, Indigenous people are First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit