Protection & Control Panel Design Engineer
- Markham, ON, Canada
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- Minimum 5 years of experience in protection and control panel design for power generation, transmission, and distribution systems.
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Original job description
Hiring: Application Engineer II – Protection & Control Panel Design
Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada
Duration: October 2026 – October 2027
Job Type: Contract
We are looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer with strong expertise in Protection & Control (P&C) panel design, relay protection, and power systems to support critical power infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design protection, control, SCADA, automation, RTU, and telecom panels.
- Prepare single-line, three-line, schematic, power, control, and wiring diagrams, BOMs, and engineering documentation.
- Perform load calculations and heat-rise analysis.
- Develop control schemes, including transfer, synchronizing, and auto-restoration schemes.
- Prepare test procedures and reports and support factory/site testing and commissioning.
- Review engineering designs and coordinate technical requirements with customers and drafting teams.
Mandatory Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in protection and control panel design for power generation, transmission, and distribution systems.
- Hands-on experience with AutoCAD and/or E-Base.
- Strong knowledge of power systems, protection schemes, communication applications, and electrical design specifications.
- Experience with protection relay programming, including GE UR family relays or third-party protection relays.
- Experience developing FAT/SAT and commissioning test procedures.
- Strong understanding of distance, line differential, transformer differential, bus, feeder, generator, and large motor protection.
- Experience designing transfer and automatic restoration control schemes.
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Responsibilities
Design protection, control, SCADA, automation, RTU, and telecommunications panels, and prepare electrical diagrams, bills of materials, calculations, and engineering documentation. Develop control schemes and test procedures, support factory and site testing and commissioning, and coordinate design requirements with customers and drafting teams.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and at least five years of protection and control panel design experience in power generation, transmission, or distribution. Candidates must have hands-on AutoCAD and/or E-Base experience, strong power systems and protection knowledge, relay programming experience, and experience with testing, commissioning, and transfer or automatic restoration schemes.
Skills
- Protection And Control Panel Design
- Electrical Engineering
- Power Systems
- Relay Protection
- AutoCAD
- E-Base
- SCADA
- Automation
- RTU
- Telecommunications Panels
- Electrical Schematics And Wiring Diagrams
- Load Calculations
- Heat-Rise Analysis
- Protection Relay Programming
- FAT/SAT Testing
- Commissioning
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Categories
- Engineering
- Energy
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- Protection And Control
- P&C Panel Design
- Electrical Engineering
- Power Generation
- Power Transmission
- Power Distribution
- Power Systems
- Protection Relays
- GE UR Family Relays
- AutoCAD
- E-Base
- SCADA
- Automation
- RTU
- Telecommunications
- Single-Line Diagrams
- Three-Line Diagrams
- Electrical Schematics
- Wiring Diagrams
- Bills Of Materials
- Load Calculations
- Heat-Rise Analysis
- Transfer Schemes
- Synchronizing Schemes
- Automatic Restoration
- FAT/SAT
- Commissioning
- Distance Protection
- Differential Protection
- Bus And Feeder Protection