Electrical Project Engineer - Contract, Richmond

Overview The Project Engineer

is responsible for leading and executing electrical engineering project activities from design through delivery, commissioning, and close‑out. This role blends strong technical engineering expertise with project coordination, customer communication, and cross‑functional leadership. The Project Engineer ensures that all project deliverables meet safety, quality, regulatory, and contractual requirements while maintaining customer satisfaction and supporting financial performance.

Responsibilities

Technical Engineering&Design

Provide technical design, knowledge and knowhow for customers in Power Distribution and digital applications

Apply standards, procedures and best practices in autonomy

Identify and manage technical risks and interfaces, and provide reporting to project team stakeholders regarding FEED, designs, detailed engineering and cost estimates

Review drawings to meet client needs and adhere to industry standards for reliability and safety; certify project work as meeting regulatory requirements where applicable; collaborate with team members, contractors and consultants to resolve technical issues

Optimize designs in compliance with relevant regulatory codes, standards and best practices

Develop and foster client relationships while working in a fast paced and competitive environment

Collaborate with engineering teams, clients and project staff

Project Management&Execution

Manage execution of customer projects according to company processes and governance standards

Lead cross‑functional project teams including design, planning, procurement, order management, and field services

Establish project plans, milestones, schedules, and resource allocations

Conduct project kickoff meetings (internal and customer‑facing)

Ensure work orders and site activities are properly planned and aligned with overall project deliverables

Identify technical risks, deviations, and potential change orders

Support margin improvement

Ensure proper project closure, documentation archiving, and lessons learned

Customer&Stakeholder Management

Serve as the primary technical and project point of contact for customers

Maintain strong customer relationships to ensure satisfaction and promote future opportunities

Provide timely project updates, reporting, and escalation when required

Coordinate with tendering, sales, supply chain, and field service teams throughout project lifecycle

Safety, Quality&Compliance

Ensure compliance with all safety standards for engineering and field execution

Monitor and maintain quality of engineering deliverables and installation work

Support issue resolution and continuous improvement initiatives

Financial&Commercial Responsibilities

Support project budgets, spending, and cost control to ensure profitability

Support forecasting, billing milestones, and revenue recognition

Validate contractual requirements (payments, guarantees, scope, specifications)

Required Skills&Competencies

Strong technical knowledge of electrical power distribution, protection, and design engineering

Experience in generating, reviewing and optimizing engineering deliverables; single line drawings, layouts, schedules, routings, distribution and motor control schemes, and inter‑connection diagrams for power and grounding systems

Experience in preparing specifications and bid analyses for equipment such as LV and MV switchgear, transformers, cables, UPS, protection relays, power management systems and distribution/panel boards

Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and coordinate engineering + field activities

Excellent communication, organization, and problem‑solving skills

Customer‑oriented mindset with strong relationship‑building capabilities

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment

Experience in project management tools (MS Project, Excel) and power system analysis software (ETAP)

Education&Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Professional Engineer (P.Eng) designation is mandatory

Additional project management training/certification (PMP) is an asset

English fluency required; additional languages beneficial

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