Senior Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Engineer- Water

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity Stantec is growing, and we're looking for an experienced Senior Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to join our Water team in Dartmouth, NS or St. John’s, NL. In this role, you'll help lead the electrical, instrumentation, and controls design for a variety of water and wastewater projects across Atlantic Canada. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you'll support critical infrastructure that helps communities improve, reuse, and protect water resources. If you're interested in making an impact close to home while working on meaningful, technically complex projects, we'd love to connect.

Our team is regularly tasked with some of the most interesting projects in North America, including PLC/SCADA or DCS deployments up to 250,000 IO and controlling up to a billion litres/day of liquid treatment. We regularly design for and support the latest technologies including Thermal Hydrolysis, and Combined Heat and Power applications, and have a focus on growing our analytics team which are changing the way we approach water treatment.

Our team is deeply involved in shaping water infrastructure projects across Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Atlantic Canada. You'll have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that directly impact local communities, while benefiting from the support of a national and global network of technical experts. We combine local expertise with global resources, giving you the chance to grow your career while tackling some of the region's most complex and innovative engineering challenges.

Your Key Responsibilities The successful applicant will work within a multidisciplinary team of design and engineering professionals to deliver water and wastewater projects for public and private sector clients. Primary duties will include leading electrical design and engineering activities across all phases of assigned projects, from planning through post-construction, while also supporting instrumentation, controls, automation, PLC/HMI/SCADA planning, process control strategies, construction support, commissioning, and troubleshooting.

Leadership And Project Delivery Activities, Including

Acting as electrical discipline lead on multidisciplinary water and wastewater projects.

Acting as technical lead and/or project manager on electrical, instrumentation, and controls projects.

Serving as a senior technical resource and task lead on large, complex, or technically specialized projects.

Acting as electrical engineer-of-record for projects and project components of varying complexity.

Developing and managing electrical and I&C scope, budgets, staffing plans, and schedules.

Conducting and/or overseeing field reviews to assess existing as-built conditions, equipment, control systems, control panels, and communication networks.

Leading the preparation of electrical and I&C studies, assessments, technical memorandums, reports, calculations, and planning documents.

Evaluating and selecting electrical products, instrumentation, control systems, and engineered systems for use on projects.

Leading the preparation and coordination of construction drawings, including single line diagrams, power and lighting plans, grounding and lightning protection plans, elevations, wiring diagrams, motor control schematics, riser diagrams, installation details, panel schedules, cable schedules, P&IDs, communication network architecture diagrams, control panel details, CCTV and access control drawings, and instrument installation details.

Leading the development of technical specifications, equipment and instrument datasheets, detailed control strategies and narratives, testing and commissioning plans, and construction packages.

Coordinating electrical and I&C technical specifications and drawings with construction documents and other disciplines, including process, mechanical, civil, and structural teams.

Leading modeling, study, and analysis of power systems, including load flow, short circuit, protective device coordination, arc flash, and motor acceleration studies.

Supporting PLC, HMI, SCADA, and DCS planning, design, programming, upgrades, automation design, and process control strategy development.

Providing guidance, training, and mentorship to junior and intermediate engineers, designers, and technologists.

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