Wind Electrical Engineer (Temporary) - Pincher Creek, AB

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"Powering Economies and Communities"

TransAlta owns, operates, and develops a diverse fleet of electrical generation assets in Canada, the United States and Australia, providing municipalities, industries and businesses with safe, low-cost and reliable clean electricity. For over 100 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and proud community-member where its employees work and live. We are committed to fostering a dynamic, productive, and safe work environment. Our employees contribute to a diverse, open, and transparent culture with clear accountabilities, strong leadership, and challenging opportunities for personal career growth.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking to a hire a Electrical Engineer for a 12-month maternity leave contract commencing February 2025 with the possibility of extension. The position would be located at our Pincher Creek Wind Farm but will support the entire Wind and Limited Partnership (LP) gas fleet across North America. This role is considere safety sensitive and is subject to pre-employment testing.

If you are an enthusiastic engineer who has a passion for accuracy, a strong work ethic and the adaptability to find creative solutions to unplanned roadblocks then this temporary role is for you! This is a fast-paced role that will include diverse deliverables and time spent in the field with high voltage equipment. The role is for someone who also wants quality, hands-on experience and is willing to work hard for it—not just to sit in the office all day!

This role is considered safety sensitive therefore pre-employment testing is required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the Plant Engineering Team to ensure safe and reliable operation of the plant by application of Engineering principles, practices and technical standards
• Provide technical support to daily operations and maintenance activities
• Support the fleet's compliance program in Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick market rules (NERC, IESO, AESO, NBSO, etc.) and acting at the internal Reliability Standard Process Owner for LP Gas and Wind Fleet
• Create high level scoping documents including cost estimates and justifications for selected capital projects, and act as a resource and plant customer during design, implementation, and commissioning
• Supply technical support during maintenance of facility digital relays upgrades. Document engineering requests during the outage and create outage reports for future reference
• Identify opportunities for plant productivity, reliability, safety, and environmental performance
• Optimize equipment performance and costs through improved maintenance operating procedures and design improvements following on site management of change standards
• Provide problem definitions and scoping studies on deficiencies recommending solutions through upgrades, redesign, revised operating or maintenance procedures
• Coordinate engineering changes and ensure they are effectively integrated into existing systems per Management of Change guidelines
• Ensure the consistent application of TransAlta's design standards, processes and equipment guidelines
• Provide technical support to capital projects, oversee commission activities, site inspections, factory inspections and major site maintenance activities and outages
• Business travel as required

ABOUT YOU

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Registered professional engineer (P. Eng.). preferred however E.I.T.s will also be considered.
• 3+ years of Professional Engineering experience in a power plant, substations or another industrial environment is preferred however strong new graduate candidates will also be considered and are encouraged to apply.
• Multidisciplinary experience in different power plant areas and processes will be a definite asset.
• Full driving licenses required

Desired Technical Knowledge

• NERC, IESO and ESA compliance requirements (System Impact Assessments, Equipment Registration, ESA Planned Reviews and other documents and procedures)
• LV, MV, HV electrical distribution systems in general; protection, grounding, code compliance, testing and operations
• 230KV ring bus protection circuits, synchronizing circuits; specifying, designing installing, commissioning, operating, blocking maintaining and testing
• (N6S & N7S) 230kV transfer trip protection circuits to Hydro One; specifying, designing installing, commissioning, operating, blocking maintaining and testing
• Relay protection schemes for medium voltage feeders, tie lines, generators, transformers, buses
• Generators, excitation systems, voltage regulators, synchronizing systems
• HV, MV, LV Switchgear, Breakers, Transformers, Cables
• Electronic SEL and GE relays; settings, testing, alarm and fault analysis data (wave forms, etc.)
• UPS and DC battery charger systems and emergency generators
• Safety requirements for electrical systems (arc flash and voltage boundaries, grounding, energized work procedures and other maintenance and operating procedures and equipment isolation)
• Ability to create electrical project scopes/drawings, equipment specifications, bid packages, etc. (and where required ESA Plan Review Documents, IESO System Impact Study Applications)

Come on board!

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