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Senior Electrical Engineer - Transmission Lines/Substations Design Team
Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Edmonds 07
Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid
Annual salary: $ 109,700.00 - 138,700.00
Position Highlights
The BC Hydro Engineering Team provides engineering expertise and support to hydroelectric facilities, high voltage
transmission, substations, and distribution facilities. Engineering also provides project management, design, contract, and
construction management as well as maintenance and emergency response services to the company and select external
clients.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Level Engineer in the Transmission Lines/Substations Electrical
Design team. These positions will be responsible for performing electrical studies for new and existing transmission
overhead systems & substations and developing & maintaining engineering standards.
What you'll do
- Conduct electrical studies related to the design of high voltage transmission lines including, but not limited to, grounding
system design, step and touch potentials calculations, AC interference with pipelines/railways, lightning protection, electrical
safety, radio interference, audible noise, and EMF analysis.
- Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary engineering team to design transmission lines/substations rated at 60 kV to 500
kV.
- Develop and maintain relevant engineering standards.
- Manage medium and large-sized projects and work packages, write technical specifications and standards, and prepare
estimates.
- Prepare, review, and sign the study reports and drawings.
- Provide technical and site support during the installation, commissioning and maintenance phases.
- Manage client relationships to ensure their needs are met and to work closely with stakeholders to drive innovation, find
engineering solutions that add value, address competing interests at least life cycle cost, and to reach consensus.
- Develop and maintain effective professional relationships with internal and external colleagues to determine relative
priorities, assess the impact of work on others and resolve issues of concern.
- Review the work of the consultants and contractors to ensure accuracy, achievement of required results, and adherence
to accepted engineering practice.
- You may perform the Owner's Engineer Lead role on projects where some or all the engineering work is done by a third
party such as an outside consultant or equipment vendor. As an Owner's Engineer Lead, you will coordinate and lead the
internal review and acceptance of work designed by a third party.
