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We rise to the biggest challenges because we demand excellence. Our teams are always learning and challenging the status quo because we know if we are going to succeed in creating a cleaner future, we must think differently.
Our Integrated Design team collaborates across our Energy & Resources markets, including renewables, power delivery, oil and gas, mining, and more. We work on projects that are as challenging as they are impactful.
We combine the strength of a large company with the agility of specialized teams, allowing us to be our best as we deliver projects that are transforming our communities.
Join an Integrated Design team that is working to deliver innovative solutions on projects around the world.
Your Opportunity
Our Power Delivery team has an exciting opportunity for an Intermediate Protection & Control (P&C) Engineer to join the team. This position offers you the opportunity to work in a project team environment with other engineers and designers involved in the detailed electrical design of high voltage substation and power projects.
The successful candidate will be working in the areas of substations, renewable energy, air & gas insulated substation engineering equipment at different voltage levels. The candidate should understand substation and power system protection schemes as they relate to the design of protection and control systems.
Key Responsibilities
You will work within a multidisciplinary team of design and engineering professionals to deliver substation protection and control projects. As an intermediate engineer, you will be responsible for supporting and executing the complete assigned P&C design tasks from planning through post-construction, with guidance and technical review from senior engineers.
You will apply your engineering knowledge and judgment to develop protection and control designs for substations and transmission facilities. Your work will include preparing drawings, calculations, relay settings, technical specifications, and construction packages, and supporting field investigations, testing, and commissioning. You will coordinate assigned work with other disciplines and clients, manage your deliverables against project schedules and budgets, and seek senior engineering guidance for complex protection applications and technical decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Prepare P&C engineering drawings and calculations for substation and power system applications in accordance with client standards and applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements
- Prepare technical reports that clearly communicate engineering concepts and meet client requirements
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, clients, vendors for project execution and resolution of technical issues
- Provide regular progress updates on assigned deliverables and project milestones
- Interface with team members and provide support and coordination to facilitate effective project execution
- Perform self-checks and assigned peer checks within your areas of competence, address review comments, and support senior engineers in completing project QA/QC reviews
Capabilities and Credentials
- Experience preparing protection and control designs for substation, with senior engineering review, including:- One-line and three-line diagrams
- AC & DC schematics
- Wiring and interconnection diagrams
- Cable schedule and sizing
- Station service drawings and schematics
- Control house layout
- Bills of Material
- Working knowledge of protection applications for transmission lines, transformers, buses, and breakers, including instrument transformer selection, breaker failure protection, and trip and close circuits. Ability to assist with protection philosophies, short-circuit and coordination studies, relay settings, and control logic under senior engineering guidance.
- Preparation of P&C engineering design documentation, including technical specifications, equipment datasheets, basis of design and bills of material
- Complete conceptual protection and control designs and layouts for new and existing substation facilities.
- Identify technical issues, develop practical solutions, and escalate issues to the senior engineer.
- Assist with proposal inputs, level-of-effort estimates, construction bid documents, technical bid evaluations, and equipment specifications for assigned P&C scope.
- Provide construction and commissioning support, including coordination with clients, contractors, utilities, and equipment vendors
- Experience with microprocessor-based protective relays and associated configuration software; familiarity with short-circuit and relay coordination software and CAD-based drawing workflows. Familiarity with SCADA interfaces, protection communications, and IEC 61850 applications is an asset.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
- Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification or progress toward Professional Engineer (PE) licensure is preferred; PE licensure in a U.S or Peng in Canada jurisdiction is an asset.
- 5-8 years of relevant substation protection and control engineering experience.
Education and Experience
Office Location and Schedule
- Typical office environment, working with computers and drawings for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to hazards including construction, weather, and industrial operations that may be experienced at the infrastructure facilities.
- Stantec offers flexible work environment. While our preference is for the successful candidate to work from the office at least two days per week, we are open to discussing other work arrangements.
- Field work may include exposure to elements including inclement weather.
- Location – Illinois (Chicago) / Pennsylvania / California / Florida (Orlando) / Kansas for US
- Location – Burnaby, Calgary, Toronto, Fredericton, St. Johns for Canada
- Willingness to travel to client sites or other Stantec offices (~10% travel).
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
\#EnergyAcceleration
Pay Range:
- Various Locations in ME, VA-$84,200.00 - $122,100.00 Annually
- Locations in MN, OH, VT, & Various CA, ME, NY, VA Areas-$93,600.00 - $135,700.00 Annually
- Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, CT, NJ, VA Areas-$103,000.00 - $149,300.00 Annually
- Locations in WA, DC & Various CA, MA, VA Areas-$110,400.00 - $160,100.00 Annually
- Locations in NYC & Various CA, CT, NJ Areas-$117,900.00 - $171,000.00 Annually
Primary Location: United States | IL | Chicago
Other Locations: United States | CA | Bakersfield
Organization: BC-2554 E&R-US Delivery Center
Employee Status: Regular
Management Level: Individual contributor
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 09/11/2026 09:11:10
Req ID: 1008706
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
We rise to the biggest challenges because we demand excellence. Our teams are always learning and challenging the status quo because we know if we are going to succeed in creating a cleaner future, we must think differently.
Our Integrated Design team collaborates across our Energy & Resources markets, including renewables, power delivery, oil and gas, mining, and more. We work on projects that are as challenging as they are impactful.
We combine the strength of a large company with the agility of specialized teams, allowing us to be our best as we deliver projects that are transforming our communities.
Join an Integrated Design team that is working to deliver innovative solutions on projects around the world.
Your Opportunity
Our Power Delivery team has an exciting opportunity for an Intermediate Protection & Control (P&C) Engineer to join the team. This position offers you the opportunity to work in a project team environment with other engineers and designers involved in the detailed electrical design of high voltage substation and power projects.
The successful candidate will be working in the areas of substations, renewable energy, air & gas insulated substation engineering equipment at different voltage levels. The candidate should understand substation and power system protection schemes as they relate to the design of protection and control systems.
Key Responsibilities
You will work within a multidisciplinary team of design and engineering professionals to deliver substation protection and control projects. As an intermediate engineer, you will be responsible for supporting and executing the complete assigned P&C design tasks from planning through post-construction, with guidance and technical review from senior engineers.
You will apply your engineering knowledge and judgment to develop protection and control designs for substations and transmission facilities. Your work will include preparing drawings, calculations, relay settings, technical specifications, and construction packages, and supporting field investigations, testing, and commissioning. You will coordinate assigned work with other disciplines and clients, manage your deliverables against project schedules and budgets, and seek senior engineering guidance for complex protection applications and technical decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Prepare P&C engineering drawings and calculations for substation and power system applications in accordance with client standards and applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements
- Prepare technical reports that clearly communicate engineering concepts and meet client requirements
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, clients, vendors for project execution and resolution of technical issues
- Provide regular progress updates on assigned deliverables and project milestones
- Interface with team members and provide support and coordination to facilitate effective project execution
- Perform self-checks and assigned peer checks within your areas of competence, address review comments, and support senior engineers in completing project QA/QC reviews
Capabilities and Credentials
- Experience preparing protection and control designs for substation, with senior engineering review, including:- One-line and three-line diagrams
- AC & DC schematics
- Wiring and interconnection diagrams
- Cable schedule and sizing
- Station service drawings and schematics
- Control house layout
- Bills of Material
- Working knowledge of protection applications for transmission lines, transformers, buses, and breakers, including instrument transformer selection, breaker failure protection, and trip and close circuits. Ability to assist with protection philosophies, short-circuit and coordination studies, relay settings, and control logic under senior engineering guidance.
- Preparation of P&C engineering design documentation, including technical specifications, equipment datasheets, basis of design and bills of material
- Complete conceptual protection and control designs and layouts for new and existing substation facilities.
- Identify technical issues, develop practical solutions, and escalate issues to the senior engineer.
- Assist with proposal inputs, level-of-effort estimates, construction bid documents, technical bid evaluations, and equipment specifications for assigned P&C scope.
- Provide construction and commissioning support, including coordination with clients, contractors, utilities, and equipment vendors
- Experience with microprocessor-based protective relays and associated configuration software; familiarity with short-circuit and relay coordination software and CAD-based drawing workflows. Familiarity with SCADA interfaces, protection communications, and IEC 61850 applications is an asset.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
- Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification or progress toward Professional Engineer (PE) licensure is preferred; PE licensure in a U.S or Peng in Canada jurisdiction is an asset.
- 5-8 years of relevant substation protection and control engineering experience.
Education and Experience
Office Location and Schedule
- Typical office environment, working with computers and drawings for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to hazards including construction, weather, and industrial operations that may be experienced at the infrastructure facilities.
- Stantec offers flexible work environment. While our preference is for the successful candidate to work from the office at least two days per week, we are open to discussing other work arrangements.
- Field work may include exposure to elements including inclement weather.
- Location – Illinois (Chicago) / Pennsylvania / California / Florida (Orlando) / Kansas for US
- Location – Burnaby, Calgary, Toronto, Fredericton, St. Johns for Canada
- Willingness to travel to client sites or other Stantec offices (~10% travel).
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
\#EnergyAcceleration
Pay Range:
- Various Locations in ME, VA-$84,200.00 - $122,100.00 Annually
- Locations in MN, OH, VT, & Various CA, ME, NY, VA Areas-$93,600.00 - $135,700.00 Annually
- Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, CT, NJ, VA Areas-$103,000.00 - $149,300.00 Annually
- Locations in WA, DC & Various CA, MA, VA Areas-$110,400.00 - $160,100.00 Annually
- Locations in NYC & Various CA, CT, NJ Areas-$117,900.00 - $171,000.00 Annually
Primary Location: United States | IL | Chicago
Other Locations: United States | CA | Bakersfield
Organization: BC-2554 E&R-US Delivery Center
Employee Status: Regular
Management Level: Individual contributor
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 09/11/2026 09:11:10
Req ID: 1008706
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in intermediate electrical engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or closely related field
- Two to five years of hands-on electrical design or systems engineering experience
- Proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical or similar electrical CAD software
- Engineer-in-Training certification or active Professional Engineer license
- Experience with power distribution systems, load calculations, or motor controls
- Familiarity with NEC, IEEE standards, and applicable local electrical codes
Tips for Your Intermediate Electrical Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to license status
Many intermediate electrical engineer listings specify whether an EIT or PE license is required or preferred. Call out your license number, issuing state, and exam status in a dedicated credentials line near the top of your resume so hiring managers don't have to hunt for it.
List software tools explicitly
Employers filter resumes for tools like AutoCAD Electrical, ETAP, SKM PowerTools, and MATLAB. Don't bury these in a dense paragraph. Put them in a clearly labeled technical skills section so an ATS and a human reviewer both catch them quickly.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists intermediate electrical engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by project phase
Intermediate electrical engineer roles often specify design, commissioning, or operations phases. Reading job descriptions for phase language tells you whether the team needs someone doing detailed drawings, site work, or long-term asset management, so you can angle your application accordingly.
Prepare a portfolio of single-line diagrams
Technical interviews for this role frequently include a design exercise or a walkthrough of past work. Having two or three anonymized single-line diagrams or load calculations ready to discuss demonstrates practical depth that a resume alone can't show.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
At the intermediate level, project ownership matters as much as pay. When an offer arrives, ask specifically which projects you'd own and what sign-off authority you'd have. That scope conversation also signals to the employer that you're thinking like a licensed professional.
Intermediate Electrical Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most intermediate electrical engineers?
The companies hiring the most intermediate electrical engineers right now include WSP, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, and TWD Technologies, with the largest share of openings in Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Utilities, defense contractors, and large industrial manufacturers consistently account for the highest volume of postings.
How many intermediate electrical engineer jobs are remote?
About 75% of intermediate electrical engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on nature of most roles in this field. Sub-specialties with the strongest remote share include embedded systems firmware review, electrical standards documentation, and power systems modeling work that doesn't require a physical site presence.
How do you become an intermediate electrical engineer?
Start with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, then pass the Fundamentals of Engineering exam to earn your EIT credential. After accumulating several years of progressively responsible design or systems work under a licensed PE, you build the documented project experience most employers expect at the intermediate level. Pursuing your PE license while working accelerates the transition into roles with greater technical authority.
How do you get hired as an intermediate electrical engineer with little experience?
Focus your applications on roles explicitly labeled as junior-to-intermediate or entry-level intermediate, which often require two years or fewer. Highlighting co-op rotations, senior capstone projects involving real electrical systems, and any hands-on work with NEC-compliant installations helps close the experience gap. Obtaining your EIT credential early is a concrete signal that you're on the licensed engineer path, which many employers weigh heavily.
What does the intermediate electrical engineer interview process look like?
Most processes start with a recruiter or HR screen covering your background and project history, followed by a technical interview with a senior engineer or engineering manager. That technical round typically includes design scenario questions, code compliance problems, and a walkthrough of past projects. Some employers add a take-home design exercise or a panel interview with cross-functional stakeholders before extending an offer.
Where can I find and apply to intermediate electrical engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to intermediate electrical engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your experience and specialization, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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