Job Description

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The Opportunity
Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Control Center Operations
Location: Ragged Lake, NS
Type of Employment: Regular, Full Time
Closing Date: December 14th, 2025
We are currently looking for a Protection and Control Engineer in Training (EIT) to join our Control Center Operations team.
Reporting to the Senior Protection and Control Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting the safe and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System through operational engineering activities. You will also play a key role in shaping the future grid as new technologies such as wind farms, battery energy storage systems, and synchronous condensers continue to be integrated. This role is located at our Ragged Lake location.
Key elements of this role include:
Protective Relaying:

• Produce protective relay settings for transmission lines and substations, coordinate relay settings with generation and distribution, and maintain under frequency load shedding and automatic reclosing schedules.
• Provide support to the Substation Operations and Technical Services engineering groups on protective relaying design and operation.

Forced Outages:

• Operate and maintain disturbance monitoring equipment to assist in the investigation, resolution, and reporting of system outages.
• Initiate capital improvements to address operational deficiencies.

Handing Over of Equipment:

• Develop and update operating guidelines, protection summaries, system one-line diagrams, and operator displays for system changes and additions.
• Accept new apparatus into service on behalf of Energy Control Centre Operations.

Outage Coordination:

• Assist in the scheduling and coordination of planned outages, prepare, and approve switching procedures, and review protection and control requirements to support outages, all while balancing impacts to customers, system security, economic dispatch, and adequacy of protection.

Support Outage Restoration:

• Provide support for system operators on protection, control, metering, and outage restoration.

Reliability Standards Compliance:

• Maintain compliance with reliability and cyber security standards as they pertain to the Protection & Control functions of Nova Scotia Power.
• Participate in compliance audits for reliability standards as a Protection & Control subject matter expert for Energy Control Centre Operations.

These skills will make you successful:
To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and a member (or eligible for membership) in Engineers Nova Scotia.
• Developed technical knowledge in electric utility engineering disciplines and have knowledge of protective relaying systems and processes.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and a strong customer service ethic.
• Good interpersonal skills and can function effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to provide work leadership and technical direction to fellow engineers and technical support staff.
• A self-starter with proven organizational and analytical skills.
• Strong computer skills with attention to detail.
• Demonstrated commitment to personal development.
• A valid drivers license must be available for after-hour consultation and emergency power restoration work.

Note: The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check in accordance with NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards.
We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we've listed above, please consider applying.
Learn more about our culture and values
At the Emera Group of Companies, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.
The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• Flexibility: Hybrid work model.
• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera
As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of , and . We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.
Recruitment & Promotion Policy
The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the . The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.

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