At BC Hydro, we’re working towards creating a cleaner and more sustainable future for all British Columbians and need
people like you to help us. A career at BC Hydro is meaningful and provides you the opportunity to be part of a talented,
inclusive, and diverse team. We offer a healthy work-life balance, competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package,
and training opportunities to support you in your career growth. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers
and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers.
We invite you to join us as we build an even cleaner B.C. We welcome applications from all qualified job seekers. If you’re a
person with a disability, please let us know by emailing [email protected], as adjustments can be made to
help support you in your application process.
The Protection, Control and Telecommunications Engineering Division is responsible for engineering BC Hydro’s Protection
& Control systems and Telecommunication Networks, and ensuring these systems contribute to safe and reliable operation
of BC Hydro’s electric system while meeting performance requirements of system planners, regulators, customers and
other stakeholders. The division provides engineering studies, standards, specifications, design solutions, construction
documentation, and engineering oversight of work done by engineering service partners. We provide technical support
during procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, and provide asset lifecycle support with critical failure
analysis and emergency operational support for restoring customer supply in the event of forced outages. The division is
responsible for deploying and sustaining numerous regulatory bulk electric system standards, including cybersecurity
standards for Industrial Control and Telecommunication systems.
We have several exciting opportunities in the P&C Planning department within the P&C/Telecom Engineering Division. We
are seeking Engineers to provide technical leadership and expertise on various Transmission and Generation relaying
applications. P&C Planning is responsible for defining protection architecture, functional criteria and specifications for
relaying and control systems, and protection relay settings for transmission, distribution substations, and generation
protection systems.
Working closely with other P&C Planners, the protection specialist provides technical leadership and guidance and
successfully carries out the following duties:
- Plans, evaluates and integrates protective relaying schemes and remedial action schemes, and associated teleprotection
and data communications.
- Performs digital fault studies and other relay or system studies to determine protection and control application
requirements and optimal settings for protective relays and control devices.
- Evaluates interconnection requests from customers and independent power producers for connection to the transmission
system.
- Provides technical leadership and acts as an expert resource responsible for providing professional/technical advice in
programs, projects, and initiatives within and outside the department.
- Analyzes and resolves challenging and unusual engineering problems with considerable independence.
- Provides technical direction to engineers, consultants, and technical support staff. Effectively manages resources and
develops innovative design solutions for engineering problems.
- Leads a technical area of responsibility on behalf of the department (e.g. compliance standards, estimating practices etc.)
- Mentors, supports, and provides advice to team members, encourages their work initiative, and helps them grow as
engineers and technical leaders. Demonstrates BC Hydro’s commitment to a diverse, respectful, and inclusive workforce.
