Highlights of the Job
We are hiring one full-time, permanent Senior Transmission & Substation Engineer working out of Edmonton, AB.
The Senior Lead Transmission & Substation Engineer is accountable for leading and integrating all engineering and technical aspects of the City of Edmonton Transmission Reinforcement (CETR) project throughout the project lifecycle, from concept development and detailed design through construction, commissioning, energization and project closeout. The role serves as a technical authority and technical integrator for assigned projects, ensuring alignment across engineering disciplines, contractors, equipment supplies, operations, project management, and regulatory stakeholders.
This role reports to the Associate Director, CETR Project.
This opportunity is open to both internal and external applicants.
EPCOR employees: Please apply using your “@epcor.com” email address to ensure your seniority is recognized.
What You’d Be Responsible For
- Accountable for the overall technical success of transmission and substation projects, leading, coordinating, and integrating all engineering disciplines—including substations, telecommunications, line engineering, and external facilities—to deliver complete, constructable designs that support project objectives.
- Define, plan, and monitor engineering scope, deliverables, schedules, and resource requirements throughout the project lifecycle. Assess resource needs and constraints, support project estimating, and collaborate with Project Managers and Engineering Discipline Managers to ensure appropriate engineering support.
- Lead the development, coordination, review, and acceptance of all engineering deliverables, ensuring the timely completion and quality of conceptual designs, design basis memorandums, engineering studies, engineering packages, commissioning documentation, and as-built records.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate engineering risks throughout project execution while ensuring all designs and engineering decisions comply with applicable legislation, regulations, industry standards, and EPCOR policies, supporting safe, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.
- Ensure all engineering work aligns with EPCOR’s Professional Practice Management Plan by providing professional engineering oversight, authenticating engineering work products, and ensuring technical decisions are sound, well-documented, and defensible.
- Manage the technical performance and quality of external engineering consultants by coordinating activities, communicating EPCOR standards and requirements, reviewing deliverables, monitoring progress, and ensuring project objectives are achieved.
- Provide engineering leadership throughout material procurement activities, including developing technical specifications, supporting bid evaluations, coordinating engineering reviews, reviewing supplier documentation, managing design interfaces, and ensuring procured materials meet EPCOR’s technical, operational, and reliability requirements.
- Ensure equipment is designed, manufactured, and tested in accordance with technical specifications by establishing testing requirements, coordinating Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), reviewing results, resolving technical issues, and confirming quality standards are met prior to shipment.
- Provide technical leadership during project execution and construction by managing RFIs, technical change orders, inspection requirements, hold points, and engineering design changes while ensuring construction remains aligned with approved designs and specifications.
- Lead engineering activities supporting commissioning and energization, including developing commissioning plans, coordinating engineering participation, reviewing results, resolving deficiencies, facilitating energization approvals, and supporting the safe and successful energization of assets.
- Ensure newly constructed or modified facilities are successfully integrated into EPCOR’s Asset Management system by coordinating operational, maintenance, asset management, cybersecurity, compliance, and records management requirements prior to asset turnover and energization.
What’s Required to Be Successful
Knowledge/Training/Education
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng) with B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with Power System Engineering option (preferred) registered in Alberta or Registered Engineering Professional Technologist or Masters of Business Administration (MBA) understanding of strong electrical utility systems transmission & distribution.
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10 years of experience in electrical transmission & distribution
- In-depth knowledge of AEUC, IEEE & Electrical Utility standards
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Expertise in Transmission system project design, capital project planning & execution.
- Expertise with computer applications (MS office, Ivara, Primavera P6 and MS project)
- Ability to contribute in a team environment, and to guide the work of other professional engineers and technologist.
- Ability to influence other groups (e.g. planning, regulatory, AESO, AUC, interveners, etc)
- Advanced interpersonal skills to interface with all levels in the organization.
- Strong analytical and process skills; including managing variability in anticipated load growth.
Technical Skills
- Must be able to deliver results, plan and organize work and people, develop and meet schedules, develop budgets, and meet quality requirements.
- Demonstrated capability to analyze issues, solve problems, and make effective decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to apply business analyst skills.
- Skilled at written communications.
- Skilled at verbal communications, facilitation and making presentations to all levels of staff, management, and externally.
Other Important Facts About This Job
Class: PROF
Hours of work: 80 hours biweekly
Application deadline: August 12, 2026
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Please note the following information:
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A requirement of working for EPCOR is that you are at least 18 years of age and legally entitled to work in Canada. (A copy of a valid work permit may be required.)
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If you are considered for the position, clearance on all applicable background checks (which may include criminal, identity, educational, and/or credit) and professional reference checks is required. Some EPCOR positions require an enhanced level of background assessment, which is dictated by law. These positions require advanced criminal record checks that must also be conducted from time to time after commencement of employment.
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A technical/practical assessment may be administered during the selection process and this exercise will be used as a part of the selection criterion.
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To meet the physical demands required of some positions, candidates must be in good physical condition and willing to work in all weather conditions. Clearance on pre-placement medical and drug and alcohol testing may be required.
