General Description

• The E1 – Engineer in Training performs supervised engineering tasks using standard procedures and techniques to support projects and/or operations at BC Hydro safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.

Experience and Role Accountabilities

• Entry level to one (1) year of in a relevant engineering field or equivalent.
• Contribute to the development of safe engineering solutions by performing activities such as calculations and creating bills of material in accordance with established codes, standards, drawings, and other specifications as well as making suggestions to modify conception or production techniques or materials for projects and/or operations.
• Assist with specific aspects of more complex engineering activities by preparing simple plans and designs, doing calculation checks for others, and carrying out routine technical surveys working under close supervision of a senior professional engineer who reviews work for accuracy, adequacy, and conformance with prescribed procedures.
• Participate in BC Hydro’s engineering practice by making a few routine technical decisions following clearly defined procedures and documented precedents as guidance so that BC Hydro’s engineering standards are maintained.
• EGBC Registrants provided to BC Hydro through this contract shall work under BC Hydro’s Professional Practice Management Plan, Quality Management Pillar. The Registrant shall apply their own or their firm’s Permit to Practice Number to work that is Sealed by the Registrant. Retention and preservation of all project documentation produced by the Registrant during the course of their contract with BC Hydro will be retained by BC Hydro to satisfy EGBC Bylaws. Education and Skills

• University graduate in applied science or engineering
• Registered Engineer-in-Training or Geoscientist-in-Training with Engineers & Geoscientists BC or another jurisdiction and/or eligible for registration as such with Engineers & Geoscientists BC
• Familiarity with CAD systems and drawing standards
• Ability to use standard industry design/analysis software
• Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Intermediate English skills for professional environment, written and spoken

- Supports the compilation of asset data and information for the transmission system and related assets, including reviewing inspection data, reviewing engineering submissions, processing asset data records, tracking work status and completion of projects and programs, and reporting.
- Perform asset data queries, analytics, mapping, and reporting for the team to support ongoing and evolving business needs.
- Present data graphically and visually to support decision making.
- Perform quality and work completion checks against asset data submissions from project and program teams.
- Check project acceptance data submissions on behalf of program/project engineers.
- Track and update asset population counts, demographics, and statistics.
- Supports the planning engineers in the development of the annual and 10-year maintenance and capital plans.
- Performs querying of business systems as necessary (including Passport and SAP).
- Performs specialized data entry and mapping tasks as necessary to support the team (including update of transmission line ratings data, entry of asset data, and entry and curation of mapping datasets).
- Perform smoke testing for the enhancements of business applications for the transmissions system.