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Senior Protection and Control Engineer

BBA Consultants
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Jun 2026

About the role

Type of position: Régulier

Your future role within our team

Join BBA and put your experience to work by actively contributing to various project phases as a Protection and Controls (P&C) Engineer. You’ll be involved in designing protection and controls systems for high‑voltage and medium-voltage (HV/MV) transmission systems, distribution systems and power plants across the United States and Canada. You’ll also be responsible for supporting site mandates to ensure work quality and system compliance before energization. You’ll play a key role in project management, client coordination and delivering high‑quality projects with the BBA team.

With us, you’ll get the opportunity to...

  • Prepare protection and control deliverables such as electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, protection logic and control schemes
  • Prepare protection relay setting and configuration files (GE, SEL, ABB, Siemens, etc.)
  • Prepare engineering studies and reports (protection coordination studies, short circuit analysis, power flow calculation, arc-flash analysis, battery and charger calculations, transformer sizing, etc.)
  • Develop HMIs, network architectures and RTU configurations
  • Help prepare technical specifications, reports and other documentation for protection and control systems
  • Assist with commissioning and testing of protection and control systems
  • Review and seal (Professional Engineer License) protection and control designs
  • Develop or review outage, cut-over and testing procedures
  • Collaborate with client technical representatives
  • Work on proposal development, including writing and/or reviewing technical specifications and estimating project costs

Do your qualities and goals match the BBA culture?

  • Thirst to learn and excel
  • Willingness to work together while having fun
  • Caring mindset that puts people first
  • Desire to be in the thick of the action
  • Rigorous and ethical
  • Ability to share and pass on knowledge


Summary of certifications and job requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
  • Registered as a Professional Engineer or eligible to register within one month of hiring
  • Over 8 years of experience within electric utility, power generation and renewables industries in the U.S.
  • Hands-on experience preparing protection system basis-of-design documents
  • Knowledge of CADD software
  • Experience preparing logic diagrams, protection philosophies, wiring diagrams, single-line diagrams, three-line diagrams and other P&C deliverables
  • Experience selecting, setting and troubleshooting protective relays (SEL, GE, Siemens)
  • Experience preparing engineering studies and reports (protection coordination studies, short-circuit analysis, power-flow calculations, arc-flash analysis, battery and charger calculations, transformer sizing, etc.)
  • A working knowledge of communication protocols (MODBUS, DNP3, IEC61850)
  • Knowledge of relay testing equipment and experience with P&C commissioning
  • Experience preparing project estimates
  • Excellent computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office
  • Basic understanding of utility cybersecurity standards
  • Asset: experience configuration and programming PLCs and DCS

An overview of BBA’s total rewards

  • Annual premium program for regular employees
  • Time bank
  • Group insurance plan from the first day of employment
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Annual paid time off (PTO)
  • Statutory holidays
  • Premium for employee referrals

BBA considers many factors when determining the annual base salary, including location, market, education, relevant and demonstrated work experience, technical assessment, qualifications, certifications and other relevant skills.

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