Electrical Protection and Controls Engineer
- St. John's, NL, Canada
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- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Your future role within our team
Join BBA and put your experience to work by actively contributing to various project phases as a Protection and Controls (P&C) Design Engineer. You will be involved in the design of protection and controls systems for high‑voltage/medium-voltage (HV/MV) transmission systems, distribution systems and power plants across Canada. You will also be responsible for supporting site mandates to ensure work quality and system compliance before energization. You will play a key role in project management, client coordination, and delivering high‑quality projects with the BBA team.
With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...
- Prepare protection and controls deliverables such as electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, protection logic, and control schemes
- Preparation of protection relay setting and configuration files (GE UR relays, SEL, ABB, Siemens IED devices, etc.)
- Preparation of engineering studies and reports (protection coordination studies, short circuit analysis, power flow calculation, arc flash analysis, battery and charger calculation, transformer sizing etc.)
- Develop HMIs, network architectures, and RTU configurations
- Support in the preparation of the technical specifications, reports, and other documentation related to protection and control systems
- Assist with commissioning and testing of protection and control systems
- Review, propose optimization and seal (P. Eng.) protection and control designs
- Develop or review outage, cut-over, and testing procedures
- Interface with customer technical representatives
- Work on development of proposals including writing and/or reviewing technical specifications, and estimating project cost
Do your qualities and goals match the BBA culture?
- A desire to learn and push yourself further
- A willingness to collaborate in a positive environment
- A human‑centered approach that puts people first
- A drive to be at the heart of the action
- Strong rigor and ethical sense
- Ability to communicate and share knowledge effectively
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Protection and Controls Design Engineer at BBA will design protection and control systems, prepare relay settings and engineering studies, support commissioning and testing, and work with clients on proposals.
Requirements
Candidates need experience in power system protection and controls, familiarity with major relay platforms and engineering studies, and the ability to seal designs as a P.Eng. Strong communication skills are expected.
Skills
- Electrical schematics
- Wiring diagrams
- Protection logic
- Control schemes
- GE UR relays
- SEL relays
- ABB IED
- Siemens IED
- Protection coordination studies
- Short circuit analysis
- Power flow calculation
- Arc flash analysis
- Battery and charger sizing
- Transformer sizing
- HMI development
- Network architecture
- RTU configuration
- Technical specifications
- Commissioning and testing
- Outage and cut-over procedures
- Cost estimating
- Proposal writing
- Client coordination
- Professional engineering seal
Categories
- Engineering
- Energy
- Consulting
Keywords
- Protection and controls engineer
- P&C design
- Protection relay settings
- GE UR
- SEL relays
- ABB relays
- Siemens IED
- Protection coordination study
- Short circuit analysis
- Power flow
- Arc flash analysis
- Transformer sizing
- Battery and charger calculation
- HMI
- RTU configuration
- Substation automation
- Commissioning
- P.Eng.
- Electrical engineering
- Power systems
Tools
- GE UR relays
- SEL relays
- ABB IED
- Siemens IED
- RTU
Languages
- English
Fields of study
- Electrical engineering