Engineer and Team Leader - Digital Power Systems

December 20 2024
Industries Architecture, Engineering and related
Categories Electrical, Power, Hydraulic, Wind, Nuclear,
Montreal, QC • Full time

Type of position: Regular

An overview of your future role at BBA

As an engineer and depending on your expertise, you'll be required to perform the following tasks:

  • Carry out engineering projects based on the IEC 61850 - Digital Power Systems standard
  • Serve in various roles, including project leader and proposal leader
  • Design protection diagrams (logic and control diagrams)
  • Design the architecture and configuration of substation HMI/SCADA
  • Configure smart electronic devices (relays, substations controllers, etc.)
  • Conduct testing in the BBA digital power systems lab
  • Commission digital power systems

As team leader, you'll be required to:

  • Manage the team effectively and create a climate that fosters motivation and recognition
  • Regularly communicate with team members, regardless of where they work
  • Help ensure quality relationships among team members, disciplines and project management
  • Promote quality by applying the quality management system and using BBA's tools and work methods
  • Onboard new resources as well as coach, advise, guide and support team members
  • Plan, carry out and follow up on employee evaluation or development meetings, including defining performance objectives
  • Provide feedback to employees on your team
  • Ensure the firm's policies and internal programs are applied
  • Manage personnel, more specifically by monitoring teamwork planning
  • Identify skills development and training needs
  • Evaluate and monitor career plans
  • Help with the hiring process
  • Identify and resolve performance or behavioural issues, if any
  • Monitor productivity


Do your qualities and values match our corporate culture?

  • Entrepreneurial spirit
  • Results-driven
  • Thirst to learn and excel
  • Inspirational leadership
  • Willingness to work together while having fun
  • Ability to see beyond established standards
  • Rigour and ethical

Overview of certifications and job requirements

  • University degree in Engineering
  • Five or more years of experience in the power systems industry
  • Experience managing a team (of two to five resources)
  • Willingness to take the "From Professional to Manager" training offered by the HR department (after starting the position)
  • Available for short- and long-term work assignments at client sites in Canada
  • Bilingual (English and French)
  • Knowledge of electrical substation technologies
  • Knowledge of protection relay configuration
  • Asset: knowledge of the IEC 61850 standard
  • Asset: knowledge of HMI/SCADA system configuration
  • Asset: knowledge of protection relay test equipment
  • Asset: graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

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
  • A collaborative team that shares its ideas and knowledge
  • Custom training and development plans
  • Access to a leadership program


BBA is committed to promoting diversity and employment equity. We thank you for your interest in our firm. Please note that only those candidates selected will be contacted.

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 people's passion and excellence make BBA a Canada's Best Employer and 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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