Posted 8 days ago
Senior Power Systems Engineer
@ Stantec
Fredericton, NB · St. John's, NL · Halifax, NS
Overview
Stantec is hiring a Senior Power Systems Engineer in Fredericton, Halifax or St. John's to lead electrical design across the life of average to large client projects. The role covers protection and control design, power system studies and client presentations. It is a full-time position that requires a Canadian Professional Engineer licence and at least 15 years of electrical design experience.
Responsibilities:
- Lead electrical design and engineering on average to large projects
- Be accountable for overall electrical design, quality, schedule and budget
- Support and mentor junior engineers and designers
- Coordinate with clients, contractors, utilities and vendors
- Check the work of others for accuracy and completeness
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
- Professional Engineer licence in a Canadian province, eligible in NB, NS or NL
- Minimum 15 years of electrical engineering and design experience
- Experience with ETAP, EasyPower, CYME, CDEGS or SKM Power*Tools
- Knowledge of protection and control systems and relay settings
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-29
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-29
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 15+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Professional Engineer |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | electrical engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Tuition support, Stock or equity, Wellness |
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Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible. Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN. Recruitment fraud notice: All legitimate Stantec career opportunities are posted exclusively at www.stantec.jobs and candidate applications and employment offers are managed through our secure applicant tracking system. Stantec will only contact candidates using official email addresses ending in @stantec.com and does not send job offers as email attachments. Stantec never requests application fees and money transfers in the recruitment process or banking information via email. We also do not send payments for the purchase of office supplies or equipment. Any communication offering employment outside of our official recruitment process should be considered fraudulent.
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Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business Consulting and Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | consultingplanningarchitectureengineeringenvironmentalinterior designlandscapesurveyingand project management |
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Your Opportunity
Stantec is looking for an Electrical Engineer with versatility to support our various client's needs. As a member of the Atlantic Region Delivery Center team based in Fredericton, NB, the candidate can be located at any of the following office locations: Fredericton (NB), Halifax (NS) and St. John’s (NL). The successful candidate will work with little supervision and direction, supported by a knowledgeable and experienced team, on average to large sized projects. At Stantec our offices offer a vibrant and dynamic environment with excellent opportunities for professional growth and flexibility to balance your life at home.
Your Key Responsibilities
The successful applicant will work within a multidisciplinary team of design and engineering professionals to deliver projects. Your primary duty will be to lead the electrical design and engineering portions of all phases of the projects you are assigned to, from planning through post-construction.
Below are some of the responsibilities, but not limited to:
- Responsible for executing projects of average to large complexity and size.
- Accountable for overall electrical design; prioritizing quality while meeting deliverable deadlines, monitoring project scope, and adhering to project budgets.
- Support and mentor junior engineers and designers.
- Collaborate with project manager to provide status updates, identify additional scope, or request additional resources.
- Coordinating with Clients, Contractors, Utilities, and Vendors.
- Checking the work of others for accuracy and completeness.
- Manage multiple assignments while maintaining project schedules, budget, and quality requirements.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- A self-starter, skilled to navigate engineering design concerns and develop project scope documents, engineering schematics and plans, technical reports, cost estimates as well as support project proposals.
- Knowledge of industrial and utility protection and control systems using digital multifunction protection relays.
- Knowledge of performing protection and control system design computations, such as but not limited to overcurrent, differential, impedance, and voltage relay settings; including, instrumentation transformer sizing and saturation computations.
- Comprehensive understanding of design standards such as IEEE, codes such as the Canadian Electrical Code and electrical engineering design principles for electrical power systems.
- Skilled in the development of P&C narrative documentation.
- Familiarity with the operation of power generating stations including Hydro, Thermal, Combustion turbine systems will be considered an asset.
- Experience with medium and high voltage electrical systems including substations, transformers, switch gear, and protective relaying.
- Experience in evaluating electrical system performance, equipment ratings, voltage regulation, system reliability, and operational constraints.
- Experience with utility interconnections, renewable energy integrations, and large industrial facilities is an asset.
- Experience leading technical studies and presenting findings directly to clients.
- Experience in developing and validating power system models.
- Experience with power system analysis software tools such as ETAP, EasyPower, CYME, CDEGS, SKM Power*Tools, etc. is required.
- Perform or coordinate load-flow, short-circuit, protection coordination and relay settings, harmonic analysis, power quality assessment, grounding, motor starting, and arc-flash studies.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
- Licensed Professional Engineer in a Canadian province and eligible for licensure in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and/or Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in Electrical Engineering & Design.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, contribute to exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us in a measurable way. Join us and redefine your personal best.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee; other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed at any time, with or without notice.
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Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
We rise to the biggest challenges because we demand excellence. Our teams are always learning and challenging the status quo because we know if we are going to succeed in creating a cleaner future, we must think differently.
Our Integrated Design team collaborates across our Energy & Resources markets, including renewables, power delivery, oil and gas, mining, and more. We work on projects that are as challenging as they are impactful.
We combine the strength of a large company with the agility of specialized teams, allowing us to be our best as we deliver projects that are transforming our communities.
Join an Integrated Design team that is working to deliver innovative solutions on projects around the world.
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