Senior Electrical Specialist – Technician/Technologist

Job summary

The Senior Electrical Specialist will lead the development, integration, and maintenance of automated and robotic tooling for nuclear refurbishment projects. This role involves supervising technical staff, managing complex project execution, and ensuring the safety and performance of electrical and control systems.

Job details

Job Description Overview AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Electrical Specialist – Technician/Technologist (TML5) to join the Retube Tooling & Field Services Department. This role provides advanced technical leadership for the development, assembly, integration, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, refurbishment, and maintenance of automated and robotic tooling used in nuclear refurbishment and field-service projects. Your role Supervise and provide technical directions to technicians, technologists, and other technical staff. Plan and execute complex tooling projects, technical studies, and field assignments with limited supervision. Oversee the design modification, procurement, assembly, testing, operation, and maintenance of test rigs, specialized tooling, electrical systems, and associated components. Lead the installation, setup, integration, and calibration of instrumentation, control systems, motion-control equipment, and data-acquisition systems. Provide specialist support for Siemens PLCs, drives, industrial networks, HMI/SCADA, LabVIEW, instrumentation, and machine-control systems. Lead complex troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions involving electrical, control, software, wiring, signal, and equipment-interface issues. Lead FAT, DVT, CCT, vendor testing, equipment qualification, commissioning, refurbishment, and field-deployment activities. Develop innovative equipment, methods, and procedures that improve tooling safety, reliability, maintainability, and performance. Prepare and review technical reports, test documentation, work plans, maintenance records, and as-built information. Support engineering change control, configuration management, procurement, cost control, and schedule management. Assign and review technical work, mentor team members, and provide input to performance reviews. Lead teams during field assignments, including work involving high-voltage equipment, radiological areas, or challenging environmental conditions. Be accountable for the safety of personnel working under the position’s project guidance and control. About you Diploma from a recognized institute of advanced technology in Electrical Engineering Technology, Instrumentation and Controls Technology, Electromechanical Technology, or a related discipline, with normally more than 10 years of pertinent and progressive technological experience. Alternatively, Secondary School Honour Graduation with normally more than 18 years of pertinent and progressive experience, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and training. Experience with LabVIEW, National Instruments hardware, DAQ systems, automated testing, and test instrumentation. Advanced experience with Siemens PLCs, drives, distributed I/O, Step 7, TIA Portal, WinCC, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, VFDs, servo systems, or similar technologies. Experience with technical supervision, project execution, procurement, engineering change control, and configuration management. Strong hands-on experience with control panels, wiring, cable assemblies, instrumentation, electrical testing, and complex troubleshooting. Nuclear, industrial plant, manufacturing, vendor-testing, or field-service experience is highly desirable. Ability to interpret, review, and mark up electrical drawings, test procedures, and technical documentation. Ability to work independently under limited direction and make recommendations that significantly influence project outcomes. Recognized technical expertise in industrial electrical systems, automated or robotic equipment, specialized tooling, test facilities, commissioning, or nuclear field services. Superior technical knowledge, innovation, and multidisciplinary problem-solving skills. Strong leadership, supervision, mentoring, consulting, and communication abilities. Demonstrated project planning and project-management capabilities. Sound judgment, initiative, accountability, reliability, and attention to detail. Willingness to travel, support regular or irregular field assignments, work shifts or extended hours when required, and obtain applicable nuclear security clearances. 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. Be rewarded. Find out more. About AtkinsRéalis We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more. Additional information AtkinsRéalis cares about your privacy. AtkinsRéalis and other subsidiary or affiliated companies of AtkinsRéalis (referred to throughout as “AtkinsRéalis”) are committed to protecting your privacy. 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What you’ll do

The Senior Electrical Specialist will lead the development, integration, and maintenance of automated and robotic tooling for nuclear refurbishment projects. This role involves supervising technical staff, managing complex project execution, and ensuring the safety and performance of electrical and control systems.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology or a related field with over 10 years of progressive experience. Strong expertise in Siemens PLCs, LabVIEW, and industrial control systems is required, along with the ability to lead teams in challenging field environments.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Employee recognition
• Flexible benefits
• Training and professional development
• Hybrid working culture
• Generous time-off policies

Listed skills

• Troubleshooting · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Electrical engineering
• Instrumentation and controls
• Siemens PLCs
• LabVIEW
• Robotic tooling
• Technical leadership
• Project management
• Data acquisition systems
• Troubleshooting
• Commissioning
• Industrial networks
• Motion control
• Electrical drawings
• Configuration management
• Root-cause investigation
• Nuclear safety
• Design Modification
• Influencing Skills
• Cost Control
• Education and Training
• Accountability
• Energy Systems
• Project Implementation
• Technical Leadership
• Totally Integrated Automation Portal
• Industrial Networking
• Automation
• Test Automation
• Electrical Wiring
• Management
• Calibration
• Configuration Management
• Communication
• Procurement
• Integration Testing
• Consulting
• Control Engineering
• Control Panels
• Control Systems
• Data Acquisition
• Project Planning
• High Voltage
• Electrical Systems
• Electromechanics
• Instrumentation
• Engineering Change Order
• Field Service Management
• Leadership
• Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
• Innovation

Job areas

• Engineering
• Energy
• Technology
• Manufacturing
• Management & Leadership
• Technician/Technologist
• Electrical Controls Engineer
• Electrical Engineers

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