Field Engineer

Description

Power-Link Technologies Ltd. (PLT) is an Alberta-based electrical engineering and field services company. We commission utility substations, power generation facilities — natural gas, diesel, solar, wind and battery energy storage — and industrial plants across Western and Northern Canada. We're a team of roughly 30 engineers and field professionals, which means the person we hire will own real scope on day one instead of waiting three years for a turn.

We're looking for an Intermediate Commissioning Technologist to join our field services group and take a lead role on active projects.

What you'll actually be doing

• Executing pre-commissioning and commissioning on substation and generation projects — protection and control checks, functional testing, and energization support
• Protective relay testing and settings verification (SEL, GE, ABB, Schneider) using secondary injection test sets
• Primary and secondary equipment testing: CT/PT ratio and polarity, insulation resistance, contact resistance, breaker timing, transformer testing
• Point-to-point wiring verification, loop checks, and SCADA/RTU point verification with the client's control centre
• Writing and red-lining commissioning procedures, test forms and turnover packages — and producing reports a client can actually rely on
• Working directly with client representatives, construction crews and OEM vendors on site
• Mentoring junior technologists and apprentices in the field

What you bring

• 3–8 years of hands-on electrical testing or commissioning experience
• A diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology, an EIT registration with APEGA, or a journeyman electrician ticket with substantial testing experience — we care more about what you can do at site than which door you came through
• Comfort reading AC/DC schematics, three-line drawings, logic diagrams and single-line diagrams, and working from them independently
• Practical experience with test equipment such as Omicron, Doble, or Megger
• A genuine safety mindset and working knowledge of utility lockout and switching procedures
• Valid Class 5 driver's licence and a clean driver's abstract
• Willingness to travel to remote and fly-in sites, including Northern Alberta and the Territories

Assets, not requirements

• C.E.T. designation with ASET
• NETA Level II or III certification
• BESS, solar or generation commissioning experience
• CSTS/CSO, H2S Alive, Standard First Aid, Fall Protection, or utility-specific safety tickets
• Experience with ATCO, EPCOR, Fortis or AltaLink standards and processes

The honest version of the travel

This is a field role. Expect 75% travel, typically in rotations of 8/6, 7/7, 14,7 depending on project. Some sites are fly-in only. Travel, accommodation and meals are covered, and we schedule with your life in mind wherever the project lets us.

What we offer

• $35-65 per hour, depending on experience
• Overtime and field premiums / LOA as applicable
• Health spending account
• RRSP matching
• Referral program for clients and employees
• Paid training, test equipment you won't fight with, and support toward NETA or ASET certification
• A short chain of command — you'll talk to the owner, not a layer of managers

How to apply

Apply through LinkedIn or send your resume to [email protected] . Tell us one system you commissioned and what went wrong on it — that's the part we want to hear about.

• We thank all applicants; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.