Qualus
Qualus
Qualus is a power services firm focused on helping organizations navigate the energy transition and modernize critical infrastructure. Its work spans grid modernization, resilience, security, and sustainability, combining advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus supports utilities, commercial and industrial organizations, data centers, government clients, renewable energy and energy storage developers, and other participants in the power sector. The company also develops software and technology-enabled services for challenges including distributed resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange.

Principal SCADA Engineer – Vancouver Onsite

Provide technical leadership for Qualus utility and renewable-energy substation projects in Vancouver. Govern SCADA, protection, control, commissioning, and automation standards across complex high-voltage work.

Description

  • Serve as Qualus’s Automation, Protection, and Control subject matter expert across multiple projects and programs
  • Establish and maintain automation standards and best practices for high-voltage substations
  • Act as Principal Engineer or Technical Authority on complex, high-risk, and non-standard projects, providing final technical direction and approval
  • Review and approve protection planning, philosophy, and application documentation
  • Review and approve one-line diagrams, schematics, logic diagrams, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams
  • Review and approve configurations for RTUs, PLCs, HMIs, embedded controllers, and communications systems
  • Lead or participate in senior design reviews, hazard and risk assessments, and near-miss investigations
  • Guide project teams on construction sequencing, outage planning, and commissioning strategies
  • Oversee technical aspects of project scopes, feasibility studies, cost estimates, and definition-phase deliverables, including assumptions and risks
  • Support business development with technical strategies, execution plans, and proposal risk assessments
  • Serve as a primary technical escalation contact for clients, internal teams, and external partners
  • Mentor both senior and junior engineers
  • Advance Automation standards, tools, and engineering practices through continuous improvement
  • Support projects from concept through construction and commissioning across 12 kV to 500 kV systems

Requirements

  • At least 20 years of utility-focused protection, control, and metering engineering experience with demonstrated system-level responsibility
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized university
  • Canadian Professional Engineer registration or eligibility to obtain it; a U.S. PE is an asset
  • Recognized expertise in substation protection philosophy, including transmission line, transformer, bus, and feeder protection
  • Extensive experience with EMS, DMS, SCADA masters, RTUs, PLCs, HMIs, telemetry, and communications protocols
  • Strong knowledge of DNP3, Modbus, IEC 61850, and related utility protocols
  • Experience conducting protection coordination studies and developing relay settings for high-voltage transmission systems
  • Demonstrated success in system architecture, field commissioning, troubleshooting, and stakeholder engagement
  • Practical experience with substation construction, commissioning, outage planning, and operational interfaces
  • Sound technical judgment for complex, non-standard, and first-of-kind applications
  • Strong understanding of NERC compliance and its effect on design activities
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • EPC project experience and familiarity with utility maintenance and operational practices are strong assets
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Retirement savings plans, including employer matching where applicable
  • Flexible Spending and/or Health Spending Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Programs
  • Parental leave
  • Paid time off
  • Company holidays

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