Senior Protection & Control Engineer.

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The Role:This role is for a senior engineer working on protection and control design for high voltage substation and power projects in western Canada.
The Person:The person will design protection and control systems, prepare engineering packages and reports, review deliverables, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, support commissioning and site troubleshooting, and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements:The role calls for detailed electrical design, protection and control engineering drawings, protection schemes, relay settings, control logic, QA/QC reviews, technical reports, commissioning, and SCADA-related coordination.

About the role

Our Western Canada Power Delivery team has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Protection & Control Engineer to join the team. This position offers you the opportunity to work in a project team environment with other engineers and designers involved in the detailed electrical design and project management of high voltage substation and power projects.

The successful candidate will be working in the areas of substations, renewable energy, air & gas insulated substation engineering & equipment between the 5kV to 500kV levels. The candidate should understand substation and power system protection schemes as they relate to the design of protection and control systems.

Your Key Responsibilities

Develop protection and control engineering drawings for substation and power system applications
Design protection schemes, including relay settings, control logic, control room layouts, and panel layouts
Prepare complete P&C engineering design packages, including drawings, specifications, and construction work packages
Perform quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) reviews of P&C designs and deliverables
Prepare technical reports that clearly communicate engineering concepts and meet client requirements
Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (e.g., civil, structural, telecom, SCADA) to deliver integrated designs
Lead and mentor Junior and Intermediate engineers
Provide regular progress updates on assigned deliverables and project milestones
Support commissioning activities, field engineering, and site troubleshooting
Interface directly with clients and provide support in coordinating project execution
Support drafting activities, as required, to complete deliverables
Development of Project Estimates

At Stantec, we know the work we do matters. From decarbonizing mines to modernizing electric grids and building the infrastructure that fuels communities, we’re powering the world. Our clients come to us with their biggest, most complex challenges because that’s where we thrive. And we’re looking for problem solvers, high achievers, and visionaries to help us.

Join us for a chance to grow professionally at one of the world’s top design firms while building our clean energy future.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Published August 14, 2026

Location Burnaby, Canada

Category None

Job Type Full-Time

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