Senior Electrical Engineer Protection Settings

Type of position: Regular

Your future role on our team

Join BBA and make the most of your experience by actively contributing to the various stages of major electrical engineering projects, from the earliest stages of the business relationship to on-site equipment commissioning. You’ll be using your leadership skills every day, whether it’s to develop trusting relationships with our partners in the region, train the next generation or manage a passionate team. This role will give you the opportunity to take the lead, while also being in the thick of the action by working closely with talented people.

With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...

• Execute day-to-day technical and strategic mandates based on areas of expertise and in coordination with BBA's internal disciplines located across Canada
  
• Deliver protection and design solutions: Equipment and Design specifications, detail design, vendor bid evaluation, factory acceptance testing, vendor drawing review
  
• Develop HV/MV designs: single lines, layouts, BOMs, schematics, wiring
  
• Design relays, settings, configurations for various applications (line, transformer, cap banks, etc.)
  
• Perform system studies (short circuit, load flow, interconnection, protection)
  
• Conduct technical reviews and oversee engineering and design activities
  
• Lead various design phases of projects: proposal development, design development, design basis, detail design
  
• Mentor junior engineers
  
• Provide exposure to potential new clients and expand relationships with existing clients
  
• Support execution of BBA strategy and action plan

Overview of certifications and job requirements

• Electrical Engineering degree and registered as a Professional in Canada
  
• 12 years of experience, specializing in Protection Engineering
  
• Experience within large industrial, power generation and utility sectors
  
• Demonstrated experience with different vendors and different protection schemes
  
• Strong communications, interpersonal and relationship-building skills
  
• Demonstrated ability to perform widely varied tasks and meet widely varied challenges
  
• Proven knowledge of project-management practices
• Working knowledge of electrical design standards (CSA, IEEE, ANSI/IEC)

Do your qualities and values match our corporate culture?

• Knowledge sharing and development of resources
  
• Accountability and results-driven mindset
  
• Innovation
• Client-orientation and business acumen

At BBA, you get many benefits

• Long-term hiring (not just project-based)
  
• Interesting growth opportunities to match your ambitions
  
• Wide playing field, based on your interests, from technical and team management to project management
  
• Participation in innovation projects
  
• Access to a leadership program
  
• Group insurance plan starting day one including short-term and long-term disability insurance for regular employees
  
• Retirement saving plan for regular employees
  
• Annual premium program for regular employees
  
• Access to a time bank
  
• Vacation and sick leave

About BBA
For over 40 years, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of engineering to serve our clients in the Energy and Natural Resources sector. At BBA, we develop innovative, flexible and sustainable solutions, from strategy to execution. BBA is one of Canada’s leading private consulting engineering firms, focused on practice (PCB), with a network of 18 offices. Our teams work closely to deliver projects that shape tomorrow’s industry at the local, national and international levels.

Our goal is to ensure a diverse and inclusive work environment. We do everything we can to build a workplace where all of our employees want to excel and where they feel respected, heard and valued. Every day.

Our people’s passion and excellence make BBA one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.
We have unique talents, and we’re committed to providing a workplace where you can be yourself. Job postings are written in gender-neutral language.
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