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Stantec

Senior Automation Engineer - Substations

500-4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby, BC, V5H 0C6, Canada

Job type: Full-time
Working hours: 20 hours per week
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 23, 2026

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Your Opportunity

Our Burnaby office has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Automation 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

Act as the Automation Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing technical governance across multiple projects and programs
Perform quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) reviews of Automation designs and deliverables
Prepare technical reports that clearly communicate engineering concepts and meet client requirements
Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (e.g., electrical, civil, structural, telecom, P&C, SCADA) to deliver integrated designs
Lead and mentor Junior and Intermediate engineers
Provide review and approval of RTU, PLC, HMI, embedded controller, and communications system configurations
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

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC) or equivalent.
15+ years of relevant P&C and Automation experience; experience working with utilities in North America is an asset (BC Hydro experience preferred).

Office Location and Schedule

Typical office environment working with computers.
Stantec offers a flexible work environment (a hybrid model of working in the office and at home).
Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
Hybrid work model to work from home is possible.
Location – Vancouver / Edmonton / Calgary.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. #EnergyAcceleration

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.

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Responsibilities

The Senior Automation Engineer will act as a subject matter expert, providing technical governance and QA/QC reviews for substation automation designs. They will also coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, and support commissioning and client-facing project execution.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and be eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer with EGBC. A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in protection, control, and automation within the North American utility sector is required.

Skills

Substation design
Power system protection
Automation engineering
RTU configuration
PLC programming
HMI design
Technical governance
QA/QC
Project management
SCADA
Protection and control
Electrical engineering
Commissioning
Field engineering
Mentoring
Client relations

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Wellness program
Health care spending account
Wellness spending account
Employee stock purchase program
Group tax-free savings account
Life insurance
Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
Short-term disability plan
Long-term disability plan
Emergency travel benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Professional membership fee coverage
Paid time off

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Keywords

Substation
Automation
High voltage
Protection and control
RTU
PLC
HMI
SCADA
Electrical design
Renewable energy
QA/QC
Technical governance
Commissioning
Field engineering
EGBC
Professional Engineer
Utilities
Power systems
Embedded controller
Telecom
Project management
Stantec
Hybrid work
Engineering
Energy

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