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Gas Power Generation Engineer

Calgary, AB · On-site

$120K - $160K/yr

It is not intended to be a primarily hands-on plant operations position. The successful candidate ... Familiarity with substations, grid interconnection, transmission studies, commissioning, and model ...

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AI & Data Utilities Leader

Calgary, AB · On-site

... grid resilience against extreme weather events, affordability and regulatory pressure, and the shift to distributed, digitized, AI-enabled operations. You will own the Data & AI agenda for our ...

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What is the difference between Grid Operations vs Substation Technician?

AspectGrid OperationsSubstation Technician
Primary ResponsibilitiesMonitoring, controlling, and optimizing the electrical grid to ensure reliable power deliveryInstalling, maintaining, and repairing substation equipment and infrastructure
Required CertificationsGrid operation certifications, electrical safety trainingElectrical technician certifications, safety certifications
Work EnvironmentControl centers, field sites, outdoor substationsSubstations, outdoor and indoor electrical facilities
Industry UsagePower utilities, grid management companiesUtility companies, electrical contractors

Grid Operations professionals focus on managing and controlling the electrical grid to ensure stability and efficiency, often working in control centers. Substation Technicians handle the physical maintenance and repair of substation equipment. While both roles are essential in power distribution, Grid Operations emphasizes system oversight, whereas Substation Technicians focus on equipment upkeep.

What do grid operations do?

Grid operations professionals manage the daily functions of electrical power grids, ensuring reliable delivery of electricity by monitoring system performance, balancing supply and demand, and responding to outages or emergencies. They use specialized control systems and communication tools to coordinate the flow of electricity across the network and maintain grid stability.

Substation Automation Engineer - Grid Modernization (IEC 61850)

Calgary, AB • On-site

Black & Veatch
Civil Engineering Construction • 10K+ employees
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Full-time

Medical, Life, PTO

Posted 13 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Develop and validate IEC61850 engineering artifacts such as ICD, CID, SCD files, datasets, logical node mappings, reporting and control blocks, and GOOSE publications and subscriptions.

  • Design, document, and optimize station-bus and process-bus network architectures, including real-time networking paths and PTP-based time synchronization systems.

  • Integrate multi-vendor IEDs with protection settings, coordinate measurements and controls with SCADA systems, and incorporate cybersecurity principles into system architecture.

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9.0

Company rating: 9.0 out of 10

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Job description

At Black & Veatch, our employee-owners go beyond the project. For over a century, we have been breaking down social, economic and geographic barriers by making life's critical resources accessible to all. Working with us, you will help provide critical expertise as we, along with our valued clients, deliver solutions that positively impact communities around the world. Our professionals are our greatest asset, and we believe nothing is more important than the health, happiness and professional growth of our employee-owners. With a focus on flexible work-life balance options, an expanding and diverse workforce, and limitless career growth opportunities, we will give you our best to help you give us your best, and together we can build a world of difference. 

Req Id : 116808 

Opportunity Type : Staff 

Relocation eligible : Yes 

Full time/Part time : Full-Time  

Contract Hire Only for this Project : No 

Visa Sponsorship Available:  No

The Opportunity

In this role, you may have the opportunity to:

  • Lead the transition of IEC61850based digital and virtual substations from pilot to production, shaping real-world grid modernization outcomes.
  • Design and standardize secure, vendoragnostic substation automation architectures that improve resilience, flexibility, and scalability.
  • Serve as a technical leader and subjectmatter expert, influencing system architecture, best practices, and emerging standards.
  • Collaborate with utilities, technology partners, and industry groups (including vPAC Alliance) to help define the future of protection, automation, and control.

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Key Responsibilities

IEC61850 Engineering & Modeling 

  • Develop SCL engineering artifacts including ICD, CID, and SCD files, datasets, logical node mappings, reporting and control blocks, and GOOSE publications and subscriptions. 
  • Configure and validate MMS, GOOSE, and SV messaging for protection, automation, monitoring, and SCADA applications. 

Substation Networking & Time Synchronization 

  • Design and document station-bus and process-bus network architectures using PRP/HSR, VLANs, QoS, multicast management, and traffic segmentation practices. 
  • Design deterministic real-time networking paths for time-sensitive protection and automation applications, incorporating latency budgeting, PTP timing performance, and behaviors defined for substation-class devices meeting IEC61850-3 and IEEE1613 environmental and EMC requirements. 
  • Diagnose and optimize real-time network behavior through traffic-capture analysis, timing-accuracy evaluation, and system-level tuning techniques for time-critical digital-substation workloads. 
  • Develop PTP-based time-synchronization architectures including grandmaster, boundary, and transparent clock configurations and incorporate timing considerations into the system design. 

Protection, Automation & SCADA Integration 

  • Integrate multi-vendor IEDs with protection settings and logic, coordinating measurements, controls, alarms, and event data with SCADA and HMI systems. 
  • Apply IEC61850 data-modeling concepts to confirm interoperability across mixed fleets of protection and control devices. 

Cybersecurity & System Hardening 

  • Incorporate cybersecurity principles into system architecture, including authentication, role-based access control, network segmentation, secure communications, and device hardening. 
  • Apply cyber-informed engineering principles by identifying high-consequence functions and integrating protective measures directly into system architecture, embedding security decisions from the earliest stages of engineering rather than treating them as add-on controls. 

Virtualization of Substation Functions 

  • Develop and configure virtualized protection, HMI, gateway/RTU, and related substation applications on platforms including VMware ESXi with vCenter, vSAN, and NSX; Red Hat KVM or OpenShift Virtualization; and SEAPATH's real-time, high-availability hypervisor platform designed to run virtualized protection, automation, and control workloads with deterministic performance and PTP-synchronized operation on industrial servers meeting IEC61850-3 and IEEE1613 criteria. 

Industry Engagement & Technical Leadership 

  • Contribute to, or develop toward contributing to, IEEE and IEC standards and collaborative initiatives related to IEC61850, digital substations, time synchronization, and cybersecurity. 
  • Support participation in technical bodies and industry groups such as IEC, IEEE, CIGRE, ISA99, and vPAC Alliance workstreams. 
  • Support the advancement and practical application of virtualized protection, automation, and control concepts in alignment with the architectural direction established by the vPAC Alliance. 

Project Delivery & Collaboration 

  • Produce engineering documentation including network specifications, SCL models, timing plans, interface definitions, and system diagrams used across design, laboratory validation, and field implementation. 
  • Collaborate with project managers, technical leads, clients, and vendors to align designs with project goals, operational requirements, and industry best practices. 
Preferred Qualifications
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks for operational technology environments, including secure communications and system-hardening practices.
  • Interest or participation in IEEE and IEC standards development related to IEC61850, time synchronization, digital substations, and cybersecurity.
  • Experience deploying or supporting virtualized protection, automation, and control applications on VMware ESXi/vCenter/vSAN/NSX, Red Hat KVM or OpenShift Virtualization, and SEAPATH's real-time, high-availability hypervisor platform for vPAC workloads.
  • Experience deploying virtualized substation workloads on industrial servers certified to IEC618503 and IEEE1613 environmental and EMC requirements.
  • Familiarity with vPAC architectural principles and emerging practices for hosting protection, automation, and control systems on virtualized platforms.
  • Interest in or experience with virtualized protection, automation, and control concepts. 
  • Professional Engineer (PE) License.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
  • Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
  • All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Certifications
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
Work Environment/Physical Demands
  • This position would require working in a typical office environment. The position may entail prolonged periods of sitting and computer use, and the professional would ideally be able to maintain focus and attention to detail throughout the workday. The position may also be require physical tasks during site visits, including crouching, grasping, and standing/walking for extended periods of time.
  • Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.
Compensation Transparency

In accordance with local requirements, the annual compensation ranges for this role are listed below by state or jurisdiction and reflect the applicable office location(s) within each. Final compensation is determined based on factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, internal alignment, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. 

  • Province of Ontario: 126,811 - 211,353
Salary Plan
ENG: Engineering
Job Grade
016

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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy. We offer professionals an array of health and welfare benefits that vary based on their geographic region and employment status. This may include health, life accident and disability insurances, paid time off, financial programs and more. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

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Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success. As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

Industry

Civil engineering construction

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Overland Park, KS, US

Year founded

1915

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