Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer

ALTEN Canada is hiring an Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer
Location: Oakville
Work Model: Hybrid

Position overview:
As part of the Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls (EI&C) Engineering, you will work collaboratively with a cross-functional engineering team executing custom project designs, meeting customer expectations, quality, schedule, budget, goals, and ensuring project risks are mitigated.

The individual chosen for this role will be working as an Electrical Engineer, completing the electrical design for a wide range of water technologies. This will include developing single line diagrams, I/O lists, panel design and schematics, network architectures, supporting our production facilities, completing customer facing factory acceptance tests and assisting through commissioning. In the future, there will be the possibility of expanding the role to include controls, instrumentation and/or programming scope.

Nature of work:
In this role, your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
• Collaborate in cross-functional project team discussions and client meetings.
• Read and process engineering documents, including P&IDs, GAs, process design. guidelines, return of experience, and engineering best practices guides.
• Interpret, comment and follow contract and customer specifications.
• Design the complete detailed electrical design for water treatment facilities (single line diagrams, load lists, I/O lists, network architectures, panel design and schematics) with operator and equipment safety in mind.
• Manage budget, scope and schedule and proactively report risks and opportunities to project teams.
• Occasional travel (~15%) for client meetings or customer site visits.

Ideal applicant:
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (including coordinating, reporting, documentation, and presentations).
• Proven ability to develop and follow procedures and standards, while extrapolating new concepts from established standards.
• Knowledge of and/or demonstrated ability to learn equipment and processes related to WTS products and systems.

Minimum requirements:
• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Equivalent from an accredited University or College
• Valid passport and driver’s license.
• 2 to 5 years of experience supporting electrical design for industrial control systems
• Professional Engineer or actively pursuing designation.

Useful skills or abilities:
• Understanding of hydraulics and fundamentals of fluid mechanics.
• Understanding of basic water chemistry.
• Strong focus on customer relationships (external/internal). Understands balance between customer and teams.
• Experience with industrial control systems, Programmable Logic Controllers, HMI and SCADA design and programming.
• Understanding of Low Voltage Power Distribution System design.
• Professional Engineer or EIT designation.