Protection & Control Engineer

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Protection & Control Engineer
Competition #: NLH-NR-25-095
Status: Permanent
Location: Soldier's Pond

Our employees are at the heart of what we do. We're looking for passionate and performance focused people - people who want to make a difference for our customers and who share our values.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Protection and Control Engineer provides essential technical leadership for the safe and reliable operation of Soldier's Pond Terminal Station and the Muskrat Falls Generating Station. Core responsibilities include:
• Oversight, configuration, and validation of protection and control systems for generation, transmission, other generation assets;
• Real-time engineering support for system events, fault response, operational troubleshooting, and switching activities;
• Review, approval, and analysis of relay settings, maintenance test results, and engineering change requests;
• Execution of compliance-driven protection maintenance, documentation, and reporting obligations;
• Support for commissioning, outage planning, asset reliability initiatives, and continuous improvement of protection schemes;
• Providing technical guidance to operations, maintenance, and project teams to ensure safe work practices and system integrity.

What We're Looking For:

• Strong written and oral communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster effective working relationships with members of various teams;
• Excellent analytical skills and problem solving abilities.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree - Electrical Engineering preferred; Process or Mechatronics Engineering may also be considered; an equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered;
• Eligibility for membership in the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL) as either a professional member, engineer-in-training, or limited license holder (Eng. L.) within the discipline of Electrical Engineering: Instrumentation, Control Systems, and Protection;
• Experience in the design, implementation, and troubleshooting of protection and control equipment and systems;
• Experience in preparing specifications, schematics, and wiring diagrams;
• Experience in an assortment of controller and HMI programming languages would be an asset;
• Experience in the integration of various communication protocols would be an asset.

CLOSING DATE: January 6, 2025

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Our company values diversity and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from diverse candidates, including women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.

Submit your application online. Please quote the competition number with your application. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.