Job Description

Job Title: Specialist Project Engineer – Transmission (Lines)
Level: E5 – Project Engineer Specialist Consultant
Contract Duration: January 12, 2026 – January 9, 2027
Start Date: January 12, 2026
Rates:

• Max INC Rate: $125.78/hr

• Max T4 Rate: $103.95/hr

Role Overview
Seeking a Specialist Project Engineer – Transmission (Lines) to support medium to high complexity capital projects. The successful consultant will work with cross-functional and multi-discipline teams to ensure designs are safe, technically sound, compliant with requirements, and delivered on time and within budget. This role requires deep transmission engineering expertise, strong leadership capability, and the ability to independently resolve complex technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply advanced engineering judgment to develop safe, effective engineering solutions for medium to highly complex transmission projects

• Lead and coordinate multi-discipline design teams across planning, design, construction, and commissioning phases

• Develop, review, and approve engineering designs, technical reports, drawings, and specifications

• Resolve complex and unusual engineering and field issues through independent studies and technical analysis

• Establish design bases, criteria, and concepts for major work assignments

• Monitor and manage safety, cost, quality, and schedule objectives, including progress reporting and schedule coordination

• Review contractor deliverables, recommend payments, and support cost and scope control

• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and advice to other engineering professionals

• Support engineering practice by contributing to standards, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives

• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, external consultants, contractors, and delivery partners

• Define scopes of engineering services and assess work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, Structural, or related engineering discipline

• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC), or eligible for immediate registration

• Minimum 10 years of progressive engineering experience, with significant focus on transmission engineering within an electrical utility environment

• Minimum 4 years of experience leading and coordinating multi-discipline design teams on medium to large infrastructure projects

• Strong understanding of transmission systems, operations, and system impacts

• Experience across the full project lifecycle from conceptual design through construction, testing, and commissioning

• Valid Class 5 Driver’s License

Additional Assets

• Experience with transmission line planning, design, and construction

• Experience with substations, protection and control, and telecom systems

• Previous electric utility experience

• Experience managing Owner’s reviews of externally delivered engineering work

• Site experience on large construction projects such as transmission lines, substations, or hydroelectric facilities

• Prior project management experience

Technical Skills

• Familiarity with CAD systems and utility drawing standards

• Proficiency with industry-standard engineering design and analysis software

• Intermediate proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills

Professional Practice Requirements

• Consultant must hold their own sole practitioner Permit to Practice or work under their firm’s Permit to Practice with EGBC

• All work will be performed under BC Hydro’s Professional Practice Management Plan and Quality Management Pillar

• Engineering work sealed by the Registrant must include the Registrant’s or firm