Assistant Project Engineer

3 days ago

Burnaby, Canada Morson Talent (Canada & USA) Full time

Role : Assistant Project Engineer - Lines & Interconnections

Contract Duration : 12 months

Location of Services : Edmonds/Hybrid

Rate : INC $76.80 / T4 $63.47


Work Assignment Overview

This position is for an Assistant Project Engineer Consultant who will work with cross-functional teams to ensure that project designs are safe, effective, and meet all required standards.


Experience and Role Accountabilities

  • A minimum of four (4) years in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
  • Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgment to perform activities such as developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on low to medium complexity assignments for projects and/or operations.
  • Assist project or operations management to meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by performing activities such as proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules, and other similar tasks.
  • Conduct independent studies and analysis, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making typical decisions related to standard methods and designs.
  • Perform periodic tasks independently, which may include on-site construction quality control and monitoring to ensure design compliance.
  • Engage with senior engineering teams where engineering problems are difficult, complex, or unusual to support the management of engineering risks.


Education and Skills

  • University graduate in applied science or engineering.
  • Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC.
  • Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards.
  • Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software.
  • Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
  • Intermediate English skills for a professional environment, written and spoken.


Additional Experience and Role Accountabilities

  • Demonstrated experience with the electrical design for overhead lines and underground cables for operating voltages from 60kV to 500kV in an electric utility environment.
  • Prepare project documentation and deliverables (e.g., evaluation reports, specifications, proposals, estimates, design basis, calculations, hazard logs, and test plans).
  • Prepare design work packages, including scope, duration, and level-of-effort estimates.
  • Prepare signed/sealed engineering deliverables as a Professional of Record (PoR) in accordance with EGBC guidelines.
  • Provide technical assistance and construction support in the field and undertake field reviews as required by EGBC.
  • Prepare designs for existing and new facilities.
  • Perform various engineering calculations in accordance with regulatory and industry standards, such as electrical clearances, electromagnetic and electrostatic field calculations, transient overvoltage, switching voltages, AC interference, ampacity, radio interference, audible noise, lightning protection, grounding, arcing, soil resistivity, and EMTP.
  • Prepare designs, drawings, and specifications for electrical systems on transmission overhead lines, such as line surge arresters, line disconnect switches, lightning protection, circuit-to-circuit separation.
  • Prepare reports for internal and external clients detailing investigations, evaluations, analyses, conclusions, and recommendations.
  • Provide technical guidance and review of designs prepared by others following established practices.
  • Manage design tasks, including scope, schedule, and cost.


Work Assignment Requirements

  • A degree in Electrical Engineering and registered, or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (EGBC).
  • A minimum of 4 years of progressive and comprehensive engineering experience, with a primary focus on substation/transmission lines/protection and control is preferred. Engineering experience through the total project life cycle, from conceptual design through to testing and commissioning, is considered an asset.
  • An ability to understand the interactions and priorities required to deliver multi-discipline projects is an asset.
  • Excellent communication skills, including writing.
  • Experience with telecom and/or protection and control projects is an asset.
  • Experience with transmission lines projects is an asset.
  • Site experience on large construction projects, such as hydroelectric stations, substations, or transmission lines, is an asset.

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