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Intermediate Instrumentation Control and Electrical Engineer
@ Candu Energy Inc.
Mississauga, Ontario
Overview
AtkinsRéalis is hiring an Intermediate Instrumentation, Control & Electrical Engineer for its Retube Tooling & Field Services Department. The role covers design, integration, testing, commissioning and field deployment of nuclear tooling used in CANDU reactor refurbishment, with travel to customer sites as required.
Responsibilities:
- Design and integrate instrumentation, control and electrical systems for nuclear tooling
- Develop and maintain PLC, HMI, SCADA and LabVIEW applications
- Prepare electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and control panel designs
- Support FAT, DVT, SAT and commissioning activities
- Troubleshoot issues in lab, manufacturing and field environments
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, instrumentation, controls, mechatronics or software engineering
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in controls, automation or electrical engineering
- Siemens PLC programming experience with TIA Portal and Step 7
- HMI and SCADA development experience, including WinCC
- Knowledge of CSA and IEC standards
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-06
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 4+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Laboratory, Plant or factory, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Software Engineering |
| Security clearance | Other clearance |
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Candu Energy Inc.
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Job Description
Retube Tooling & Field Services
AtkinsRéalis is seeking an Intermediate Instrumentation, Control & Electrical Engineer to join the Retube Tooling & Field Services Department. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the design, development, integration, testing, commissioning, and field deployment of specialized nuclear tooling and equipment used in reactor refurbishment and maintenance projects. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support projects throughout their full lifecycle, from concept development and laboratory testing to field execution at customer sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, test, and support instrumentation, control, automation, and electrical systems for specialized tooling and equipment.
- Develop and maintain PLC, HMI, SCADA, LabVIEW, motion control, and data acquisition (DAQ) applications.
- Prepare and review electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, control panel designs, drawings, and technical documentation.
- Support hardware and software qualification, system validation, commissioning, and testing activities.
- Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Design Verification Testing (DVT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), equipment qualification, and commissioning activities.
- Troubleshoot electrical, instrumentation, controls, and software issues in laboratory, manufacturing, and field environments.
- Support refurbishment outages, commissioning, maintenance, and field service activities at nuclear generating stations.
- Collaborate with project teams, vendors, manufacturing groups, and field personnel to deliver safe, reliable, and innovative solutions.
- Support configuration management, document control, engineering change control, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Have a good understating of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Ensure all work is performed in accordance with company safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.
- Knowledge of CSA, IEC standards for Electrical, Control and Software.
About You
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in instrumentation, controls, automation, or electrical engineering.
- Experience supporting industrial automation systems, specialized tooling, manufacturing equipment, field service applications, or nuclear systems.
- Experience with commissioning, startup, testing, troubleshooting, and field support activities.
- Eligibility for registration as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) is considered an asset.
- Experience with Siemens PLC programming, including Step 7, TIA Portal, S7-SCL, S7-GRAPH, SIMATIC NET, Safety PLCs, PROFIBUS, and PROFINET.
- Experience developing HMI and SCADA applications, including WinCC and related industrial automation platforms.
- Familiarity with motion control systems, including VFDs, servo drives, and industrial communications such as I-Device architecture.
- Experience with LabVIEW development, National Instruments hardware, data acquisition systems, and instrumentation is considered a strong asset.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical documentation.
- Knowledge of engineering change control processes, system testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
- Engineering Software Development Life Cycle
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Preferred Assets
- Experience with CANDU refurbishment projects, retube tooling, remote handling systems, inspection equipment, or field service operations.
- Experience supporting FAT, CCT, DVT, commissioning, and outage execution activities.
- Familiarity with industrial security and monitoring systems, including PELCO/Endura platforms, is considered an asset
- Experience with machine vision systems, robotics, embedded control systems, or automated equipment.
- Ability to travel and support customer sites as required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain applicable nuclear security clearances.
This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys combining electrical design, instrumentation, automation, software development, testing, and hands-on field execution while contributing to critical nuclear refurbishment projects and advanced tooling systems.
Worker Type
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RegularAt AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
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