Senior Electrical Engineer

MSCP Heat Management Solutions is a rapidly evolving organization built as a system of interdependent processes. Our focus is on managing our chosen constraints and improving total system throughput. This requires a shared conceptual foundation grounded in systems thinking, Theory of Constraints, and practical application in industrial environments. Engineering at MSCP exists to enable flow, ensuring that what is designed can be estimated, built, installed, and maintained without friction. Our work spans different industrial sectors, including oil & gas, where electrical reliability, constructability, and repeatability are critical.

The Opportunity: MSCP is seeking a Senior Electrical/Control Engineer to deliver industrial power and control panels and PLC-based automation, and support electric heat tracing (EHT) applications from concept through commissioning. Working with engineering, manufacturing, and field teams, you will take technical ownership of assigned projects and mentor junior engineers and designers/students. This is an opportunity to help shape MSCP’s electrical engineering capability: establish practical design standards, improve system reliability, and develop the next generation of engineers while seeing your designs built and commissioned.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design electrical power and control panels, including single-line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, cable schedules, and bills of materials.
• Complete load, conductor, protection, voltage-drop, grounding, and equipment-rating calculations and checks.
• Support EHT design and integration by coordinating piping, process-temperature, ambient-condition, and insulation inputs.
• Work with experienced EHT specialists or suppliers on heat-loss calculations, heating-cable selection, and circuit sizing.
• Develop control philosophies, functional specifications, operating sequences, I/O lists, and cause-and-effect matrices.
• Select and integrate PLCs, HMIs, instrumentation, relays, and communication hardware.
• Program, test, and document PLC/HMI applications, including permissives, interlocks, alarms, diagnostics, and defined fault responses.
• Implement appropriate temperature-control strategies and coordinate advanced PID tuning where required.
• Integrate PLCs, HMIs, EHT controllers, and supervisory systems.
• Document network architecture, addressing, signal mapping, and communication requirements; configure monitoring, alarms, and trends, and troubleshoot data-communication issues.
• Prepare and execute factory and site acceptance tests (FAT/SAT), including I/O checks, operating sequences, alarms, and fault responses.
• Support commissioning, investigate production and field issues, and document root causes and corrective actions.
• Coordinate project scope, engineering schedules, budgets, technical risks, suppliers, and customer deliverables.
• Support quotations, procurement, component substitutions, and technical change reviews.
• Support estimating and proposal development by reviewing technical requirements, identifying design assumptions and risks, developing preliminary architectures and material requirements, and providing engineering input that improves the accuracy and executability of estimates.
• Provide practical technical support to panel-shop and field personnel.
• Review fabrication feedback, vendor documents, and installation requirements to improve constructability, serviceability, and reliable operation.
• Mentor junior electrical engineers, designers, and students through drawing, calculation, and PLC-code reviews.
• Explain design decisions, give constructive feedback, and progressively assign more complex work within established engineering review and supervision procedures.
• Develop reusable drawing templates, PLC function blocks, design checklists, and test procedures.
• Maintain software backups, revision-controlled drawings, calculation packages, test reports, operating instructions, and as-built records.
• Apply applicable Canadian electrical codes, project specifications, panel-certification requirements, and professional-practice procedures.
• Complete technical reviews and approvals within assigned authority and demonstrated competence.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline from a recognized university.
• Relevant experience in industrial electrical and control-panel design, PLC/HMI development, and project delivery.
• Five or more years is preferred; candidates with three to five years who demonstrate the required technical capabilities and mentoring potential will also be considered.
• Active P.Eng. registration with APEGA or another Canadian engineering regulator.
• Basic knowledge of electric heat tracing (EHT), including freeze protection and temperature-maintenance applications.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and demonstrated ability to produce complete electrical drawing and calculation packages.
• Hands-on experience developing, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting PLC/HMI applications on at least one major industrial platform.
• Practical knowledge of instrumentation, industrial power distribution, grounding and bonding, panel design, and applicable Canadian electrical codes and standards.
• Experience integrating industrial devices and troubleshooting communications using protocols such as Modbus TCP/RTU, EtherNet/IP or equivalent technologies.
• Experience coordinating engineering scope, schedules, suppliers, and deliverables, with practical FAT/SAT, commissioning, and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Demonstrated ability to coach less-experienced engineers, designers, programmers, or technicians through technical reviews and practical guidance.
• Ability to interpret electrical, piping, instrumentation, and mechanical drawings, communicate clearly with customers and shop personnel, and maintain accurate technical documentation.

Assets:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls, Automation, or a related discipline.
• Experience with SOLIDWORKS Electrical and integration of electrical documentation with mechanical designs.
• Experience developing EHT design packages, including heat-loss calculations, heating-cable selection, circuit sizing, and commissioning.
• Advanced PID tuning, thermal-process optimization, SCR-based power control, or specialized EHT design software.
• Knowledge of motors, servo systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, valves, and actuators.
• Experience with remote monitoring, industrial cybersecurity, or enterprise data integration.
• Experience with hazardous-location applications, functional safety, or listed/certified industrial control panels.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, reusable control libraries, or structured technical training; project-management certification.

The role combines office-based engineering with practical support in panel fabrication, testing, and customer-site environments in the Edmonton area. Occasional travel and field commissioning may be required. The position reports to the Engineering Manager / designated leader.