Sr. Principal Engineer

Sr. Principal Engineer - Substation

About Us :

ENTRUST Canada is an engineering consulting firm with offices in Calgary and Regina that provides design and engineering services to the electric power delivery industry. Our expertise includes all aspects of Transmission Substation and Distribution systems for voltages ranging from 4160V to 500kV.

Opportunity :

ENTRUST Canada is currently seeking a Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer to join our team in Calgary to support the substation layouts design group. We offer a dynamic work environment with a highly experienced technical team where you will be offered guidance and hands on training and continuously challenged in all aspects of the engineering and design process.

Responsibilities :

Provide technical guidance and leadership to the substation layouts design team

Routinely review workload for the group to ensure the available manpower resources arealigned with the workload.

Engage in forecasting for future workload and resource planning.

Perform a project management role on engineering only projects.

Track project progress for engineering activities to ensure budgets and schedules are met.

Provide weekly updates to senior management regarding projects progress budgets andresourcing.

Provide on the job training for new hires and junior members of the team.

Maintain in depth knowledge of client and industry standards.

Oversee and review designs of all projects to ensure technical requirements are met and perform quality checks.

Complete detailed designs of major projects that require high levels of technical competency.

Identify and develop new tools and processes to increase working efficiency.

Develop major equipment specifications such as power transformers circuit breakers Gas Insulated Switchgear etc.

Engage vendors for procurement of major equipment and perform bid evaluations.

Attend factory acceptance testing (FAT) for major equipment

Complete engineering and material cost estimates for bids / proposals.

Complete technical writing for proposals.

Maintain excellent working relationships with existing clients.

Involved in business development strategy.

Identify potential new clients and engage in marketing activities

Actively promote Safety in Design.

Possibility of travel for site visits and to provide technical support during construction

Qualifications :

Proven track record in physical layout design of high voltage facilities.

Minimum 12 years work experience.

Excellent communication skills and ability to work with a wide spectrum of clients.

• . in Electrical Engineering and registered as an active member with APEGA. Must have your . designation.

Experience in the utility industry

Preferred :

1215 years experience working in utility substations

Previous experience managing a design team

What We Offer :

Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Design,Academics,AutoCAD 3D,Cafe,Fabrication,Java

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1