Protection & Control Electrical Technician

Your Impact

Our multidisciplinary engineering teams deliver innovative and reliable solutions for electrical power systems, including transmission and distribution substations, generating stations, and high-voltage infrastructure projects. By combining technical expertise, practical field experience, and a deep understanding of utility standards, we help our clients develop safe, reliable, and cost-effective power systems.

As a Protection & Control Electrical Technician, you will play a key role in the design and integration of protection, control, automation, and monitoring systems for medium- and high-voltage substations. You will work closely with engineers, project managers, equipment manufacturers, and utility clients to deliver high-quality technical solutions throughout all phases of a project.

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed electrical drawings, including single-line diagrams, AC and DC schematics, protection and control diagrams, elementary diagrams, three-line diagrams, logic diagrams, and interconnection drawings.
• Develop detailed wiring and termination drawings for protection relays, control panels, RTUs, PLCs, SCADA systems, annunciators, metering devices, and communication equipment.
• Design and document relay protection systems for transmission and distribution substations, including line, transformer, bus, reactor, capacitor bank, and feeder protection schemes.
• Prepare relay input/output (I/O) allocation tables and control logic diagrams for digital protection and automation systems.
• Develop cable schedules, conduit schedules, material take-offs, bills of materials, and equipment specifications.
• Participate in the configuration and integration of modern microprocessor-based protection relays, including SEL, GE Vernova, Siemens, ABB, Schneider Electric, or equivalent platforms.
• Support the development of automation and supervisory control architectures, including SCADA, HMI, RTU, IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, and other substation communication protocols.
• Review vendor drawings and coordinate technical interfaces between protection systems, switchgear, transformers, breakers, communication networks, and utility control centers.
• Coordinate technical activities with engineers and project managers to ensure project schedules, budgets, and quality objectives are achieved.
• Participate in design reviews, hazard assessments, and constructability reviews.
• Perform site surveys and field verification activities to validate existing installations and collect information required for engineering design.
• Provide technical support during equipment installation, commissioning, testing, and energization activities.
• Assist clients in resolving technical issues related to protection, control, automation, and substation operation.

Qualifications and Experience

• College Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology or equivalent discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in protection and control design for electrical utility, industrial, or consulting engineering projects.
• Strong experience with high-voltage and medium-voltage substations and associated protection and control systems.
• Proven knowledge of modern digital protection relays and intelligent electronic devices (IEDs).
• Experience preparing relay schematics, tripping circuits, control circuits, alarm circuits, interlocking schemes, and automation logic.
• Working knowledge of substation communication networks and protocols, including IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, and Ethernet-based systems.
• Experience with relay I/O mapping, panel design, marshalling cabinets, junction boxes, and field wiring.
• Familiarity with utility standards and practices, including Hydro-Québec standards and those of other North American utilities.
• Experience with power transformer, transmission line, busbar, feeder, capacitor bank, and breaker protection applications.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and other electrical drafting software (E3).
• Strong understanding of construction practices and field installation requirements.
• ASP Construction Health and Safety Certification.
• Experience with protection relay settings, functional testing, or commissioning activities.
• Familiarity with SEL AcSELerator, GE EnerVista, ABB PCM600, Siemens DIGSI, or similar engineering software.
• Knowledge of NERC, NPCC, IEEE, CSA, and utility protection standards.
• Ability to mentor junior technicians and provide technical leadership on multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong communication skills in English, with French considered an asset for collaboration with our Quebec office and some clients.

The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in:

• Protective relays and IEDs.
• AC and DC station service systems.
• Relay I/O design and control logic development.
• IEC 61850 station bus and process bus architectures.
• SCADA and substation automation systems.
• Control panel and marshalling cabinet design.
• Utility transmission and distribution protection schemes.
• Equipment integration, commissioning support, and field engineering activities

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