Junior Instrumentation Control and Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Junior Instrumentation Control and Electrical Engineer to join the Retube Tooling & Field Services Department. This role is ideal for an engineer looking to build expertise in instrumentation, automation, electrical systems, testing, and field execution while supporting advanced nuclear tooling systems used in reactor refurbishment projects. The successful candidate will contribute to design, integration, testing, commissioning, and field support activities while working with multidisciplinary project teams.

Your role

• Support the design, development, integration, testing, and maintenance of instrumentation, control, automation, and electrical systems for specialized tooling and equipment.
• Develop and support PLC, HMI, SCADA, LabVIEW, and DAQ system applications, Industrial network applications, commissioning, and test environments.
• Prepare and maintain engineering documentation including drawings, procedures, reports, commissioning plans, and operation manuals.
• Participate in system integration, testing, validation, FAT, DVT, Code Conversion Testing (CCT), and commissioning activities.
• Troubleshoot instrumentation, electrical, controls, and software issues during testing and field operations.
• Support field deployment, outage execution, equipment maintenance, and commissioning activities at nuclear generating stations.
• Support hardware selection, qualification, engineering change control, configuration management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with project teams, vendors, manufacturing personnel, and senior engineers to deliver high-quality technical solutions.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with Industrial LAN Local Area Network setups, implementation, commissioning and testing.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
• Eligibility for Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registration with PEO.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant engineering experience in instrumentation, controls, automation, electrical engineering, manufacturing systems, or industrial projects.
• Experience or familiarity with Siemens PLC programming, including TIA Portal, Step 7, industrial networking, PROFIBUS, and PROFINET.
• Experience with HMI and SCADA systems, including WinCC or equivalent industrial platforms.
• Knowledge of engineering change control, testing, validation, and troubleshooting practices.
• Understanding of motion control systems, including VFDs, servo drives, and industrial communications.
• Familiarity with LabVIEW development, National Instruments hardware, instrumentation systems, and data acquisition technologies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel and support project execution activities at customer sites.
• Ability to obtain and maintain applicable nuclear security clearances.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.