Duration: 12 months

Work Location: Edmonds, BC / Hybrid

Max INC Rate: $120.78

Max T4 Rate: $99.82

Role Overview
The Engineer E5 is a senior engineering professional responsible for delivering innovative engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services on medium to high complexity projects and operations. This role supports BC Hydro projects by providing safe, high-quality engineering solutions while ensuring work is completed within budget and on schedule. The position requires strong technical expertise in protection and control systems, leadership of multidisciplinary design teams, and the ability to make complex engineering decisions that support transmission system operations and project success within a utility environment.

Key Responsibilities

Develop safe engineering solutions through design development, technical analysis, problem resolution, and interpretation of engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments

Lead or coordinate multidisciplinary design teams on major engineering and utility infrastructure projects

Meet safety, cost, quality, and schedule objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending contractor payments, preparing progress reports, and coordinating work schedules

Resolve highly technical and unusual engineering and field issues through independent studies, analysis, and engineering judgment

Establish engineering design basis, criteria, and technical concepts for major work assignments

Participate in BC Hydro’s engineering practice by contributing to technical standards, engineering methods, and safe design practices

Provide mentorship, technical guidance, and support to engineering professionals and project teams

Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to define engineering scope, establish design criteria,



and support project execution

Review, approve, and manage technical documentation and engineering deliverables

Monitor project progress against engineering standards, objectives, and specifications

Support engineering governance, quality management, and risk management practices within BC Hydro

Protection & Control Responsibilities

Support the planning, design, and execution of protection and control projects within an electric utility environment

Provide technical expertise related to protection relays, automation systems, RTU, SCADA, RAS, and teleprotection devices

Coordinate engineering activities across multiple disciplines to ensure system integration and operational alignment

Review engineering deliverables prepared internally and by external consultants

Ensure designs consider transmission system impacts, operational requirements, and cross-functional project dependencies

Support field engineering activities, technical troubleshooting, and issue resolution during project execution

Maintain compliance with NERC requirements and BC Hydro engineering standards

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline

Registered Skilled Engineer (P.Eng.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC (EGBC), or eligible for immediate registration

Minimum 10 years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent





Minimum 4 years of experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary design teams

Strong electric utility engineering background with transmission system and operations perspective

Required Skills

Strong working knowledge of protection relays, control and automation devices, RTU, SCADA, RAS, and teleprotection systems

Good working knowledge of NERC requirements

Strong understanding of transmission system operations and multidisciplinary project interactions

Good working knowledge of project management principles and project delivery processes

Ability to manage engineering scope, schedule, quality, and cost objectives effectively

Strong technical problem-solving and engineering decision-making capability

Familiarity with CAD systems, drawing standards, and industry design/analysis software

Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Advanced written and verbal communication skills

Strong interpersonal, influencing, and conflict resolution skills

Nice to Have

Good working knowledge of substation design, protection systems, control systems, and telecom systems

Previous utility or BC Hydro project experience

Experience supporting multidisciplinary infrastructure projects within transmission environments

Regulatory & Compliance Requirements

Must hold or be eligible for a Permit to Practice (P2P) through EGBC prior to assignment start

Work must comply with BC Hydro’s Skilled Practice Management Plan (Quality Management Pillar)

Engineer must apply their own or their firm’s Permit to Practice number to sealed work

All engineering documentation produced will be retained by BC Hydro in accordance with EGBC bylaws

May be required to use digital signing and sealing technology (e.g., Notarius)

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