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$134k – $178k per year
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Randstad Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of the Dutch staffing group Randstad N.V., headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It provides temporary and contract staffing, permanent placement, executive recruitment and managed workforce services in IT, engineering, finance and accounting, administration and industrial work. It advertises client positions such as SCADA engineers, Power Platform developers, civil engineering technicians and compliance analysts in Toronto, Quebec City, Montreal and other Canadian cities.
Ready to make a difference? Join our client as Project Engineer (Protection and Control)! Your mission: ensure safety, quality, and timeliness, all while staying within budget. Be the driving force behind our success! 🚀
General Description
• The E5 – Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide innovative engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium to high complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.
Advantages
Edmonds - Hybrid
High chance of extension for the right candidate.
This is an opportunity to work with a renowned company at a competitve pay rate
Responsibilities
• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments for projects and operations.
• Meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion.
• Participate in engineering practices by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability.
• Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of engineering/geoscience services to be provided, establishing the basic design criteria with the client, approving all related technical documentation, and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications to support completion of projects safely, with quality, within budget and on time.
• Make decisions and recommendations of a complex technical nature including the establishment of design bases, criteria and concepts, and/or on matters affecting the management of engineering/geoscience resources and activities to support major work assignments for the engineering divisions.
Qualifications
• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• A minimum four (4) years of working experience in leading or coordinating multi-discipline design teams
• Good working experience with typical protection and control components including:
Protection relays, control and automation devices, RTU, SCADA, RAS, and other tele protection devices.
• Professional Engineer registered with EGBC
• Good working knowledge on NERC requirement
• Solid electric utility engineering background with the ability to think from a transmission system and operations perspective as well as an ability to understand the interactions and priorities of multi-discipline projects
• Good working knowledge project management principles and roles
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills as well as interpersonal, influencing, and conflict resolution skills
Nice to have:
• Good working knowledge of design, substations, protection, control, and telecom systems, is an asset
Work Assignment Requirements
• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• A minimum four (4) years of working experience in leading or coordinating multi-discipline design teams
• Good working experience with typical protection and control components including:
Protection relays, control and automation devices, RTU, SCADA, RAS, and other tele protection devices.
• Professional Engineer registered with EGBC
• Good working knowledge on NERC requirement
• Solid electric utility engineering background with the ability to think from a transmission system and operations perspective as well as an ability to understand the interactions and priorities of multi-discipline projects
Summary
Interested candidates can submit their resumes to John Yamazaki at [email protected]
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
General Description
• The E5 – Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide innovative engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium to high complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.
Advantages
Edmonds - Hybrid
High chance of extension for the right candidate.
This is an opportunity to work with a renowned company at a competitve pay rate
Responsibilities
• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications on medium to highly complex assignments for projects and operations.
• Meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks.
• Resolve highly technical and unusual design and field engineering problems by conducting independent studies and analysis, exercising independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs to support successful operations and/or project completion.
• Participate in engineering practices by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability.
• Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of engineering/geoscience services to be provided, establishing the basic design criteria with the client, approving all related technical documentation, and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications to support completion of projects safely, with quality, within budget and on time.
• Make decisions and recommendations of a complex technical nature including the establishment of design bases, criteria and concepts, and/or on matters affecting the management of engineering/geoscience resources and activities to support major work assignments for the engineering divisions.
Qualifications
• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• A minimum four (4) years of working experience in leading or coordinating multi-discipline design teams
• Good working experience with typical protection and control components including:
Protection relays, control and automation devices, RTU, SCADA, RAS, and other tele protection devices.
• Professional Engineer registered with EGBC
• Good working knowledge on NERC requirement
• Solid electric utility engineering background with the ability to think from a transmission system and operations perspective as well as an ability to understand the interactions and priorities of multi-discipline projects
• Good working knowledge project management principles and roles
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills as well as interpersonal, influencing, and conflict resolution skills
Nice to have:
• Good working knowledge of design, substations, protection, control, and telecom systems, is an asset
Work Assignment Requirements
• A minimum ten (10) years of experience in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• A minimum four (4) years of working experience in leading or coordinating multi-discipline design teams
• Good working experience with typical protection and control components including:
Protection relays, control and automation devices, RTU, SCADA, RAS, and other tele protection devices.
• Professional Engineer registered with EGBC
• Good working knowledge on NERC requirement
• Solid electric utility engineering background with the ability to think from a transmission system and operations perspective as well as an ability to understand the interactions and priorities of multi-discipline projects
Summary
Interested candidates can submit their resumes to John Yamazaki at [email protected]
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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