Posted 2 months ago
Field Electrical Engineer - Industrial Switchgear
@ Laurentide Controls Ltd.
Kirkland, Quebec
Overview
Laurentide Controls Ltd. is hiring a full-time Field Electrical Engineer for industrial switchgear. The role evaluates, diagnoses and optimizes customers' industrial electrical equipment, leads maintenance and modernization projects, and requires a Bachelor's degree, OIQ membership and 5-8 years of industrial experience. The posting states the work is on site and requires strong French communication.
Responsibilities:
- Inspecter, diagnostiquer et mettre en service l'équipement électrique industriel
- Gérer les projets de maintenance, de modernisation et de remplacement
- Préparer les rapports techniques, la documentation et les dessins
- Collaborer avec les équipes techniques et les clients pour résoudre les problèmes
Requirements summary:
- Baccalauréat en génie électrique ou électrotechnique
- Membre de l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ)
- 5 à 8 ans d'expérience en milieu industriel
- Excellentes communications orales et écrites en français
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · ultipro
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-04
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Plant or factory, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | French, English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Electrical Engineering, Electrotechnical Engineering |
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Laurentide Controls Ltd.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 20 |
FIELD ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - INDUSTRIAL SWITCHGEAR
Come join the largest supplier of automation and reliability solutions in Eastern Canada. Discover what we can offer you and be the voice behind cultivating innovative ideas to help our customers reach their full potential.
Sounds Exciting? Join us
As an Field Electrical Engineer – Industrial Switchgear, you will be responsible for evaluating, diagnosing, and optimizing our customers’ industrial electrical equipment. Working closely with technical teams, you will lead maintenance and modernization projects, contribute to the resolution of complex technical challenges, and help ensure the reliability, performance, and safety of electrical installations.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
- Inspect, diagnose, and commission industrial electrical equipment, including circuit breakers, protective relays, transformers, motor control centres (MCCs), and other switching equipment.
- Perform testing, preventive inspections, and technical assessments to recommend appropriate corrective actions.
- Manage maintenance, modernization, replacement, and upgrade projects for electrical equipment, from planning through commissioning.
- Prepare technical reports, documentation, and required drawings, and provide recommendations to customers.
- Collaborate with technical teams and customers to resolve electrical issues and ensure successful project execution.
- Work closely with other engineers on the team by providing technical support and contributing to various projects and assignments as needed.
- Ensure compliance with safety standards and industry best practices during all field activities.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technologies, equipment, and applicable standards.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrotechnical Engineering, or a related field.
- Member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ).
- 5–8 years of relevant experience in an industrial environment.
- Experience with low- and medium-voltage electrical switchgear (circuit breakers, protective relays, MCCs, transformers, and power distribution systems).
- Field service experience or technical support experience with industrial customers is considered an asset.
- Experience in the inspection, diagnosis, commissioning, or maintenance of industrial electrical equipment.
- Experience managing technical projects from planning through commissioning.
- Strong knowledge of electrical safety standards and industry best practices.
- Ability to analyze technical issues and provide practical recommendations tailored to customer needs.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French.
- Functional English is considered an asset.
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ABOUT LAURENTIDE
Laurentide’s purpose is To Help Industry Thrive in Eastern Canada. More than words, our values compel us to think differently, to act with integrity and to shape our future according to them. It is through Customer Centricity, Collaboration, People Matter, Hunger & Passion, Health, Safety & Environment and lastly Trust & Reliability that we: Empower People. Advance Industry.
DEI STATEMENT
Laurentide Controls promotes diversity, equity and inclusion and is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All hiring decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. While we thank all who apply, only qualified candidates will be contacted.
In accordance with Bill 96, this job requires English proficiency to serve clients in Atlantic Canada and interact with US suppliers, ensuring effective communication and operational efficiency. #LI-Hybrid
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