Senior Electrical Engineer

The Sr. Electrical Engineer works closely with other engineering disciplines in order to provide crucial electrical decisions and technical strategic data to support Redpath’s projects. This is to enable the implementation of project work in accordance with safety, codes and standards, schedule, quality and cost control. The role bridges engineering and field execution, delivering safe, practical, and constructible electrical, controls, and communications solutions for low- and medium-voltage mining systems under tight schedules and challenging site conditions.

• Responsible for checking and approval of drawings done by other Engineers, Designers or Engineers-in-Training. including single-line diagrams, layouts, grounding, and cable schedules.

• Specify, integrate, and commission switchgear, transformers, MCCs, VFDs, soft starters, motors, and protection systems.

• Perform and review power system studies using ETAP (load flow, short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash) as required for construction and commissioning.

• Participates in planning, coordination, procurement, and management of the overall design and engineering process of various projects

• Accountable for Redpath’s global compliance with electrical standards, policies and procedures

• Approval of all electrical equipment selection

• Audits electrical installations, procedures and compliance with legislation

• Develop guidelines for electrical installations with respect to best practices and QA/QC requirements

• Sign off as Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) on electrical, networks, communications and drawings

• Support PLC-based control systems using Rockwell (Allen-Bradley) and Siemens platforms, including interlocks, and safety logic.

• Performs and/or provides support for commissioning of new/existing operations

• Design, install, and support industrial networking and communications systems, including:

• Cisco industrial Ethernet switches and infrastructure, Layer 2 & 3 networks.

• EtherNet/IP and Modbus TCP networks.

• Windows Server environment systems.

• Remote I/O and underground communications systems

• Accountable for final electrical certification of electrical installations and hoists

• Ensure compliance with legislation, regulations, policies and procedures as related to electrical installations

• Develop, propose and implement as appropriate new technologies in shaft and development electrical design

• Responsible for detailed engineering design of electrical installations, including health and safety of design, risk analysis

• Acts as liaison between clients and subcontractors regarding electrical installations as required

• Participate in discussions regarding design and risk management of designs

• Travel to sites to inspect, take measurements and/or attend technical discussions as needed

• Mentor Engineer-in-Training, Electrical, less experienced Engineers and Designers

Education

Required: Bachelors of Electrical Engineering with P.Eng. license (or equivalent)

Preferred: N/A

Work Experience:

Required: 10 years’ post graduate work in an industrial environment, mining preferable

Preferred: 15 years’ experience in an engineering environment

Computer Skills

· AutoCAD

· Structural Engineering Software

· MS Office

· SharePoint

· ETAP

Salary Range

$120,000.00 - $165,000.00 Annually

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