THE OPPORTUNITY:

Our Power subsector, a key component of WSP’s ERI (Energy, Resources and Industry) sector, supports clients from coast to coast. Over the decades, we have developed a comprehensive range of services, including technical study preparation in niche areas, project management, detailed design, and site services. Our expertise is widely recognized in the market for both development and rehabilitation projects. Our team of experts collaborates to provide services that align with our vision of meeting and exceeding the highest industry standards through innovation.
To meet our growth challenges, WSP is currently seeking a Lead/Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer to join our National Electrical Team, located in one of our Ontario offices located in Thornhill, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Toronto, Ottawa or Kitchener.
As the Lead/Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer, the successful candidate will be involved in projects with our Energy Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise and consulting experience in T&D projects – specific to substations. The substations projects include, but not limited, greenfield and brownfield projects, high-voltage utility systems and renewable energy interconnection projects. This role involves close collaboration with clients and stakeholders to understand their engineering needs, ensuring successful project coordination. The ideal candidate will bring technical expertise and consulting experience, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget while maintaining high standards of quality and safety. This position is part of the Transmission and Distribution market sector of the Power Division, which specializes in the transmission of electricity. We work with both public and private sector clients on innovative projects, providing opportunities for our team members to showcase their expertise and mentor the next generation of passionate professionals.
Be involved in projects with our Energy Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges!

• You will conduct detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design. Special areas of focus are anti-islanding schemes, generator intertie settings, SPS schemes, etc. (anything outside of normal) to ensure that required protections already in place are not removed before modifying existing schemes.;
• You will lead/supervise overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Client standards;
• You will review contractor provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects;
• You will review/perform area relay coordination and determine what level of area coordination is required/needed (based on changes in fault duty and overall system performance due to the project changes);
• You will review contractor provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings;
• You will review/provide input to Owner’s Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects;
• You will provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above the items;
• You will provide feedback to Owner on existing standards and help refine the Owner’s design practices;
• You will ensure all as-built documentation gets filed appropriately in the plant filing location at Owner;
• You will lead/supervise overall automation and integration design for all capital projects;
• You will review/design SCADA point indexes;
• You will review contractor provided HMI screens/settings for all capital projects;
• You will review/design Protection settings and settings basis;
• You will review/design IED Data Maps;
• You will review/create substation level operational descriptions (HMI operation, relay front panel operation, etc.);
• You will review automated maintenance data gathering (Digital Substation Data) point lists;
• You will track all required licenses/firewalls and key automation and integration deliverables needed for project implementation;
• You will provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above items;
• You will perform constructability review and ensure adequate automation and integration coverage is available for each outage step (SCADA etc.);
• You will maintain good working relationships with internal groups that support projects;
• You will maintain good working relationships with material suppliers, contractors, and any others that affect the quality, schedule and cost of projects;
• You will exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures;
• You will perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.