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Senior Design Engineer, Controls, Substations and Power Plants

@ BBA

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC · Québec, QC · Montréal, QC

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Overview

BBA is hiring a senior design engineer in controls to design control and protection systems for high-voltage substations and hydroelectric power plants in Canada. The role spans all project stages, including proposals, project management, design reviews and onsite commissioning checks before energization.

Responsibilities:

  • Design control and protection systems for substations and hydroelectric plants
  • Manage technical portions of projects, including reviews, costs and schedules
  • Review team engineering work for control systems
  • Coordinate with clients and other discipline leads
  • Lead proposal preparation

Requirements summary:

  • Senior experience in controls engineering
  • Experience managing projects and technical work
  • Ability to coach and mentor a work team
  • Experience with high-voltage substations or power plants

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Employer posting date
2026-07-17
First seen by our source
2026-11-04
Source record updated
2026-11-04

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Job details

SenioritySenior
DepartmentEngineering
Work settingOffice
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
Fields of studyElectrical engineering

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Job description

Your future role on our team

Join BBA and put your experience to work by taking an active role in all project stages as a senior design engineer in controls. You’ll help design control and protection systems for high-voltage substations and hydroelectric power plants in Canada. You’ll also take part in onsite work to ensure work quality and system compliance before energization. You’ll play a key role in managing projects, coordinating with clients and delivering quality projects with the BBA team.

With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...

  • Lead proposal preparation
  • Take on various roles on projects, including project manager
  • Manage the technical portions of projects (design reviews, costs, schedules)
  • Review a team’s engineering work for control systems at substations or power plants
  • Provide coaching and mentoring to a work team
  • Coordinate mandates with other discipline leads
  • Participate in group development and improve methods

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