SCADA Engineer
- Pay rate: $77.66/hour (based on experience)
- Contract Length: 1 year
- Location: Burnaby, BC; Must be able to come to office on hybrid basis.
Raise is currently hiring a SCADA Engineer team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.
Note: The primary pay rate is based on the rate for an incorporated contractor who owns their own business. However, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in a T4 arrangement, where applicable.
Description
The P&C Engineering SCADA Design Team provides engineering expertise and support to high voltage transmission substations, generating stations and distribution facilities. Our team also provides project management, design, maintenance and emergency response services to the company and selected external clients. The successful candidate will be part of the SCADA design team delivering complex, multi-discipline capital projects. The work is focused on SCADA systems used in transmission stations with operating voltages from 12kV to 500kV.
Responsibilities:
- Duties will primarily be focused on delivering capital work involving integration of remote monitoring and control equipment of the power system. Providing design, development and testing of equipment used in substations, generating stations and the distribution system
- Undertakes a variety of engineering assignments and is responsible for a project or part of a project. providing instructions, advice, and technical leadership, including reviewing work and ensuring compliance with standards and procedures; interacting with external service providers and reviewing designs for compliance with company standards & practices
- Uses initiative and judgment to develop innovative engineering techniques and applies theoretical and practical knowledge in the analysis and resolution of problems. Discusses unusual problems with senior engineers or the supervisor.
- Maintain strong constructive relationships with internal and external clients and across the organization also including external service providers, contractors and suppliers as required.
- Works under general supervision, with work assigned in terms of specific objectives.
- Reviews overall plans and provides guidance for unusual features.
- Completed work is normally accepted as technically accurate and is reviewed for feasibility and soundness of judgment.
- Checks work and provides guidance to assigned staff.
Role Deliverables:
- Prepare project documentation and deliverables in accordance with 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 company Design Practices.
- Provide technical assistance and construction support in the field, and undertake field reviews as required by EGBC.
- Prepare detailed SCADA design packages, device point assignments, and configurations.
- Configuring/program RTUs, gateway devices, user interfaces, network switches/routers, and other IEDs related to the SCADA systems.
- Specify and procure materials, panel assemblies and other related equipment.
- Test and validate device configurations in a lab environment.
- Prepare and execute pre-commissioning test plans for SCADA systems.
- Provide technical guidance and support throughout the design process (cross-discipline integration, factory testing, installation, commissioning).
- Provide training for end-users and peers on the theory and operational use of the installed or modified equipment/systems.
Qualifications:
- University graduate in applied science or engineering
- 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
- You may be required to subscribe to a digital seal technology service offered by Notarius
- Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards
- Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software
- Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Intermediate English skills for professional environment, written and spoken
Must haves:
- 4+ years of in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
- This role requires experience with the design, configuration, testing and troubleshooting of SCADA systems in electrical utility substations with operating voltages from 12kV to 500kV.
- Demonstrated experience working with utility SCADA systems design, including the design, configuration, testing, and maintenance of GE RTU products (i.e. GE D400, D20, D200, D25, IBOX), Ethernet networks, DNP3 protocol, Modbus Plus® protocol, and protocol test equipment and software and other similar systems used in electrical utility substations.
- P. Eng. and valid P2P
Nice to haves:
- Experience with DNP3, MODBUS, networking protocols, Cyber Security and delivering M2M networking applications is desired.
- Experience with programming of GE Remote Terminal Units.
- Knowledge of NERC standards is desired”
- Utility experience
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