Specialist Instrumentation, Control & Electrical Engineer

## **Overview**AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Specialist Instrumentation, Control & Electrical Engineer to join the Retube Tooling & Field Services Department. The successful candidate will serve as a recognized technical specialist, providing authoritative engineering direction for complex instrumentation, automation, control, and electrical systems used in nuclear retube tooling, refurbishment, maintenance, and field-service projects.The role combines advanced technical expertise with accountability for major engineering work packages, including technical scope, cost, schedule, interfaces, quality, and delivery.## **Your role*** Act as a technical authority for complex instrumentation, control, automation, and electrical systems.* Lead the design, integration, qualification, testing, commissioning, and field deployment of specialized nuclear tooling.* Take responsibility for major engineering work packages, including scope, technical content, cost, schedule, risk, and delivery.* Establish technical direction and resolve complex engineering and system-integration issues.* Develop, review, and approve requirements, designs, specifications, drawings, test procedures, commissioning plans, and technical reports.* Lead PLC, HMI, SCADA, LabVIEW, motion-control, industrial-network, and data-acquisition applications.* Provide technical oversight for FAT, DVT, Code Conversion Testing, equipment qualification, commissioning, and field execution.* Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions for complex technical issues.* Serve as a key technical interface with clients, vendors, manufacturing teams, project personnel, and field organizations.* Support proposals, estimates, schedules, execution strategies, engineering standards, and operational planning.* Mentor engineers and technical employees while promoting technical excellence and knowledge transfer.* Ensure compliance with safety, quality, cybersecurity, configuration-management, regulatory, and engineering-governance requirements.## **About you*** Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Controls, Instrumentation, Software, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.* P.Eng. designation or eligibility for registration with Professional Engineers Ontario is highly desirable.* Recognized technical expertise and credibility within a specialized engineering discipline.* Advanced experience developing and integrating HMI and SCADA solutions using WinCC or comparable industrial platforms.* Strong experience with LabVIEW, National Instruments hardware, automated testing, instrumentation, and data-acquisition systems.* Extensive experience with instrumentation, sensors, measurement technologies, signal conditioning, equipment interfaces, and calibration principles.* Experience with cybersecurity, configuration management, engineering change control, and lifecycle management for industrial control systems.* Advanced experience with Siemens PLCs, TIA Portal, Step 7, Safety PLCs, WinCC, industrial networks, PROFIBUS, and PROFINET.* Strong experience with LabVIEW, National Instruments hardware, DAQ systems, instrumentation, and automated testing.* Experience supporting nuclear projects, CANDU refurbishment, retube tooling, remote handling, robotics, inspection systems, or field services is highly desirable.* Extensive progressive experience in instrumentation, controls, automation, electrical engineering, or complex industrial systems.* Expert-level knowledge of Siemens PLC and automation platforms, including TIA Portal, Step 7, S7-SCL, Safety PLCs, SIMATIC NET, industrial TCP/IP, RTU systems, PROFIBUS, and PROFINET.* Advanced knowledge of motion-control technologies, including servo systems, VFDs, motors, encoders, positioning systems, and coordinated-motion applications.* Strong knowledge of electrical system architecture, control-panel development, industrial networks, machine controls, and system integration.* Demonstrated expertise in engineering verification, validation, equipment qualification, commissioning, and complex troubleshooting.* Expertise related to CANDU refurbishment, retube tooling, remote handling, robotic systems, inspection equipment, or nuclear field services is highly desirable.* Expertise in motion control, electrical system architecture, control panels, system integration, verification, validation, and commissioning.* The technical foundation is drawn from the PG4 posting, which covers Siemens automation, WinCC, LabVIEW, DAQ, motion control, electrical design, industrial networks, verification, validation, engineering drawings, and complex troubleshooting.* Demonstrated technical achievements at the senior-engineer level and recognized expertise in a specialized engineering area.* Strong technical leadership, mentoring, negotiation, and influencing capabilities.* Exceptional engineering judgment, analytical ability, and complex problem-solving skills.* Commitment to nuclear safety, quality, regulatory compliance, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.* Ability to review and approve electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, control philosophies, network architecture, calculations, and technical documentation.* Ability to obtain and maintain the required nuclear security clearance and travel to vendor and customer sites.* Ability to communicate complex engineering matters clearly to clients, suppliers, project leadership, and multidisciplinary teams.* Ability to operate independently with guidance focused primarily on overall objectives, critical issues, and new concepts.* Strong commercial awareness and ability to manage technical scope, cost, schedule, risk, and delivery commitments.## **Rewards & benefits**Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.#J-18808-Ljbffr