Senior Stations Maintenance Electrical Engineer – Reactive equipment
- Pay rate: $112.00/hour (based on experience)
- Contract Length:1 year
- Location: Burnaby, BC; Hybrid in office 2 days per week.
- Site visit required – 4 – 5 times per year
Raise is currently hiring a Senior Stations Maintenance Electrical Engineer – Reactive equipment 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 Senior Stations Maintenance Electrical Engineer – Reactive equipment is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.
Responsibilities:
- 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 complexity and scope assignments for projects and operations.
- Assist project or operations management to 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.
- Participate in 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.
Must Have Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
- Experience in reactive equipment area include HV power transformers/GSU, shunt reactors, CVT/VT/PT, CTs and station service transformers.
- Experience in reactive equipment area include HV power transformers/GSU, shunt reactors, CVT/VT/PT, CTs and station service transformers.
- Must be able to provide technical support to field operation staff with troubleshooting equipment failure.
- Must have demonstrated ability to perform analysis on inspection/diagnostic/commissioning/acceptance test results to guide decisions & recommendations.
- Knowledge of power system equipment (i.e. Surge arresters, ACDC Station service equipment, Switchgear/circuit breaker and disconnect switch)
- Prior to commencement on assignment, the selected candidate must have their own sole practitioner, or the use of their firm’s, Permit to Practice with EGBC.
- EGBC Registrants provided through this assignment shall work under companies Professional Practice Management Plan, Quality Management Pillar. The Registrant shall apply their own or their firm’s Permit to Practice Number to work that is Sealed by the Registrant. Retention and preservation of all project documentation produced by the Registrant during their contract will be retained to satisfy EGBC Bylaws.
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another decisions & recommendations.
- 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)
Nice to haves:
- Experience in power system maintenance, installation, or testing/commissioning of stations equipment are considered assets.
- Experience in power system design, maintenance, installation, or testing/commissioning of stations equipment are considered assets.
- Key aspects of the switchgear equipment area include MV and HV circuit breakers up to 550kV, HV GIS/GIB, metal clad switchgear, circuit switchers, disconnect switches, station service switchgear and station surge arresters.
- Key aspects of the reactive equipment area include HV power transformers/GSU, shunt reactors, CVT/VT/PT, CTs and station service transformers.
- NETA – International Electrical Testing Association certification.
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