Electrical Engineer – Construction

Job title: Electrical Engineer – Construction

Job description: Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

Responsible for providing primary technical guidance and support to the utility interconnection and high voltage design work on various renewable energy projects within the Business Development Construction group at Liberty.

Accountabilities

• Provide engineering support for the ongoing development of utility interconnection schemes for renewable energy projects (wind and solar) currently underway. This work will involve the following types of tasks:

• Direct interface with the interconnected utility in terms of design and technical standards,
• Obtain, review, understand and assimilate various interconnection codes (distribution and transmission), standards, specifications, guidelines, regulations (NERC & FERC) and rules. These may be published by transmission or distribution companies or independent system operators (ISO’s)
• Work with and supervise directly the work of retained electrical engineering consultants, regarding circuit design and study scope and results (grounding, protection, load-flow, fault levels, harmonics, etc.)
• Attend meetings with utility representatives during development of interconnection schemes and studies
• Provide over-sight of retained electrical engineering consultants for the production of relevant electrical designs for the following components of renewable energy projects:

• Metering
• Protection and control
• SCADA and data management
• Medium voltage distribution and collection circuits
• Voltage transformation and protection schemes
• Power factor correction and VAR support

• Provide direct support to projects under construction, including the following:

• Review of commissioning plans provided by equipment suppliers and consulting engineers,
• Interface with the utilities regarding sequence of events, testing and test results,
• Attendance on site for various tests and commissioning exercises
• Expedite test results, commissioning results, as-built drawings, etc.
• Specification of testing requirements for electrical equipment,
• Lead trouble-shooting exercises and change orders

• Direct interface with equipment suppliers for the following types of activities

• Interpretation and application of specifications,
• Review of bids for technical compliance
• Request For Information management during bidding cycles
• Shop inspections for technical compliance

• Operation transition of completed facilities – provide leadership regarding electrical components (training, technical documentation and drawings)
• Manage external contractors and consultants including the preparation of scope of work and request for proposal documents, evaluating proposals, executing commercial paperwork, and managing the work.

Education and Experience

• University degree in electrical engineering or equivalent education/industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years progressive experience in power and controls, preferably in the power generation industry.
• Candidates with direct experience/working knowledge in the following areas are preferred:

• high voltage substation equipment: 12 kV to 345 kV,
• power generation: hydro, wind, solar
• controls and automation: PLC’s, SCADA, instrumentation, governors, excitation control,
• protection and control: protective relaying, device coordination, metering, and
• electrical testing.
• Preference will be given to candidates who hold or are eligible to obtain an Ontario Professional Engineering license or other Canadian province equivalent.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

What we offer

Company funded Pension program

401k with Company match

Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase/match plan

Defined Contribution savings plan

Top Talent Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

Free parking, including free electrical charging

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.

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