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About the role
The Lead Engineer, System Protection & Controls will serve as a senior technical expert in protection, control, coordination, and reliability engineering across Alberta’s electricity system. Reporting to the Manager, Project Engineering, this role will lead complex protection studies, disturbance investigations, reliability initiatives, and standards development.
What they're looking for
- Minimum 12 years of progressive engineering experience in the electric utility industry, with a focus on Protection & Controls
- Strong experience in protection studies, coordination reviews, performance assessments, and reliability initiatives
- Experience working with transmission operators, utilities, generation owners, regulators, and reliability organizations
- Demonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives and multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Strong knowledge of Alberta Reliability Standards, ISO Rules, NERC requirements, and regulatory compliance
- Expertise in protection coordination, RAS, anti-islanding, synch-check, power swing/out-of-step protection, grounding, and protection system performance
More about this role
System Protection & Controls Lead Engineer
- Fulltime Permanent
Raise is currently hiring a System Protection & Controls Lead Engineer on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to support the secure, reliable, and resilient operation of Alberta’s electricity system, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.
The Lead Engineer, System Protection & Controls will serve as a senior technical expert in protection, control, coordination, and reliability engineering across Alberta’s electricity system. Reporting to the Manager, Project Engineering, this role will lead complex protection studies, disturbance investigations, reliability initiatives, and standards development.
The successful candidate will collaborate with utilities, generators, regulators, industry partners, and internal teams across connection projects, system projects, operational engineering, operational planning, and power system modelling. This position will also provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance on strategic engineering and grid modernization initiatives.
- Serve as the senior technical expert for system protection, control, coordination, and reliability...
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