Commissioning Engineer

Job Title: Commissioning Engineer

Location: Burnaby, BC (Hybrid)
    
Estimated Duration: 12 Months

Our client is a leading energy utility that generates, purchases, distributes and sells electricity. They are currently looking for a  Commissioning Engineer for their Burnaby location.

Overview:

The  Commissioning Engineer will develop Commissioning Plans then coordinate testing/commissioning and assure that the outages, people and documentation are in place to execute the test program for Lower Mainland projects.

Responsibilities:
 

• Prepare and gather multi-disciplinary commissioning test plans and summary of requirements documentation.
• Develop Commissioning Plans then coordinate testing/commissioning and assure that the outages, people and documentation are in place to execute the test program for Lower Mainland projects.
• At the heart of the construction and commissioning, you use your technical expertise in electrical equipment, protection and control (P&C) , construction and testing to get answers to complex technical queries and problems by bringing design engineers and contractors together to keep construction and commissioning on track.
• Develop and oversee all technical aspects of field engineering for construction and commissioning of new electrical and P&C equipment. This includes, but is not limited to switchgear, reactive equipment installation including power transformers, electrical equipment protection, unit control and monitoring, communication networks, and instrumentation systems.
• Provide support for Field Testers and Communications, Protection and Control (CPC) field technologists and perform field reviews for P&C and electrical equipment installations and modifications.
• Perform first-level quality assurance to confirm that the execution of work is in accordance with the plans, specifications, drawings, and industry standards – the work adheres to accepted engineering practice.
• Prepare or review/accept inspection test plans for factory acceptance test and site acceptance test
• Ensure that tests and inspections are performed, witnessed, and documented in accordance with approved procedures and contract requirements. You do the field review as POR’s delegate, or you coordinate witness and hold points for critical components and document these activities in field review records.
• Maintain strong relationships and liaise with different discipline design engineering staff, both to conduct field review and to organize timely resolution of technical issues. You sort out non-compliance issues in the field by bringing design and construction people together.
• Organizes the accumulation of assigned discipline technical information (redlined construction drawings, RFIs, non-conformance reports). Then synthesize this into the construction report telling the construction story.
• Ability to find engineering solutions that add value and to reach consensus

Education and Skills
 

• University graduate in applied science or engineering – Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 8 years of electrical  engineering experience
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or with another jurisdiction and eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC
• Must have experience in Commissioning and Testing
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and to plan and manage project resources
• • Experience in project management including estimating, cost control and project administration
• Coordinate special testing requirements and operating procedures on the integrated system.
•  Knowledge of P&C testing and commissioning best practices, experience working in a field environment, and experience in fault analysis and investigations is required.