September 2025 Engineering (Electric Division) Co-op (Multiple)
September 2025 Engineering (Electric Division) Co-op (Multiple)
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Division: ATCO Electric
Location: Multiple (Calgary Edmonton Grande Prairie Lloydminster Slave Lake)
Duration: 8 12 or 16 months
Salary: $28 $36/hour dependent upon previous workterm experience
Start Date: September 2025
Relocation: Relocation assistance will be provided
What We Offer:
- A culture based on caring integrity agility collaboration safety and belonging
- Salary increases every semester plus 6% vacation pay
- Ongoing support from engineering mentors toward your professional growth.
- Opportunities to give back through ATCOs EPIC Program and team events
- Health & Wellness Program
- So much more!
Your career journey atATCOhas the potential tobe full of new experiences inspiring challenges and growth without boundaries. Set your sights on how you want to grow and develop and well be right there to support you along the way. AtATCO Electric weve been energizing homes farms and businesses across north and eastcentral Alberta for more than 85 years. We serve nearly 229000 customers in 242 communities and our service area covers nearly twothirds of Alberta. Engineering work makes what we do possible.
Who you are:
- Mustbe enrolled in anEngineeringcoop (or internship) program at a recognized Canadian university.
- Have Excellent computer skills and experience working with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing clearly and concisely using appropriate technical vocabulary.
- Hold a valid Class 5 drivers license.
To apply:
- Please clearly indicate which three departmentsyou are most interested in and whether you are willing to relocate.
- Please indicate on your resume how many months you are available for and that you are applying for the September 2025 Coop Term.
- Include your most recent transcript in your application.
- Note: Interviews will be scheduled for the week of May 26 2025.
Positions are available in but not limited to the following engineering departments:
Asset Strategy & Analytics
Discipline: Electrical Location: Edmonton
Description:
- Review reported system deficiencies and assist in work approval
- Use SQL to query process report and work with asset management data
- Apply analytic skills to identify and initiate asset repair or replacement programs
- Apply leadership / project management skills to engage stakeholders and lead on solution development process
- Assist in planning yearly transmission and distribution system capital maintenance program
- 100% Officebased.
- Hybrid Schedule.
Softwares Used:
- Microsoft Office Suite
- NetWorks GIS Explorer
- Maximo Database
- Programming Languages: SQL
CCM Expediter
Discipline: Electrical Location:Lloydminster
Description:
- Ensuring project deliverables (Final engineer reviewed Microsoft Word document or Final engineer reviewed AutoCAsign) are completed.
- Collaborate with Engineering Lands Scheduling and Warehouse departments to adapt (change document/design currently working on) due to changing priorities.
- Regularly communicate with customers to understand their service requirements discuss timelines and obtain projectrelated information to use in the document/design.
- Supporting the team through various duties including data entry and analysis documentation and application of company initiatives.
- 100% Officebased with field opportunities i.e site visits or observations.
Softwares Used:
- AutoCAD (Design software)
- Microsoft Office 365 (Document software etc...)
- Networks (WebGUI Database software)
- Abadata
- ArcGIS (WebGUI Database software)
- ATCO Project Server
- Oracle
- Maximo (Database software)
Distribution Design Engineering
Discipline: Electrical Civil Engineering Location: Edmonton
Description:
- Prepare designs using AutoCAD for projects compatible with preengineered standards and regulations and meeting customer requirements.
- Calculate structure loading & determine pole class and guy length requirements based on tangential and sheer loading & balancing of static forces.
- Clearance calculations of overhead facilities
- Size electrical equipment wire cable and appropriate overcurrent protective devices
- Develop project cost and resource estimates.
- Prepare detailed material lists & ordering material.
- 95% office based 5% field based.
- Hybrid Schedule.
Softwares Used:
- Microsoft Office 365
- AutoCAD
Distribution System Planning
Discipline: Electrical Engineering Location: Grande Prairie
Description:
- Operate power system simulation software (CYME) for load flow analysis.
- Creation of Single Line Diagrams (SLDs) as needed for customer new extensions and system work.
- Develops protection schemes regulator settings transformer sizes.
- reviews historical load and generation data and assists in the implementation of recent technologies.
- Work with Transmission Protection and Control group to revise 25kV breaker relay settings.
- Daily support as needed to Service staff with transformer upgrades fuse coordination equipment upgrades and replacements contingency studies and outage investigations.
- 95% office based 5% field based.
- Hybrid Schedule.
Softwares Used:
- Microsoft Office 365
- AutoCAD
- CYME
Distribution Technical Standards & Support (DTSS)
Discipline: Electrical Civil Engineering Location: Edmonton
Description:
- Creation and maintenance of Distribution standards for power pole structures overhead and underground materials design & construction guidelines and padmount equipment structures.
- Investigate new material for compliance to required codes & specifications and internal practices.
- Investigate and answer questions posed to the Standards team by Design and Construction.
- Review and analyze code changes and impacts to current ATCO standards.
- Support the team in creating and organizing centralized documentation database (DEMS).
- Program DEMS DCSM and quality assurance workflows.
- 90% office based 10% field based
- Hybrid Schedule
Softwares Used:
- AutoCAD
- Microsoft Office Suite
Execution Planning and Estimating
Discipline: Electrical Engineering Location: Edmonton
Description:
- Creating order of magnitude estimates for project scopes to support the General Tariff Application that is filed to the Alberta Utilities Commission (to receive approval to complete the defined work)
- Creating order of magnitude estimates for project scopes pertaining to Large Distribution projects.
- Determine constructability of Engineering designs and develop a scope of work for the execution portion of the project.
- Updating templates the team uses to support their daytoday work.
- 90% Officebased 10% Fieldbased.
- Hybrid Schedule
Softwares Used:
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Project
- Abadata
- Design & Materials Assistant (DMA)
Large Distribution Design Engineering
Discipline: Electrical Civil Engineering Location: Edmonton
Description:
- Provide engineering and project management support of largescale distribution powerline projects including project estimation procurement of detailed design packages preparing material lists and orders and project implementation.
- Develop project cost and resource estimates.
- Prepare designs using AutoCAD with preengineered standards regulations and meeting customer requirements.
- Calculate structure loading & determine pole class and guy length requirements based on tangential and sheer loading & balancing of static forces.
- Clearance calculations of overhead and underground facilities.
- Size electrical equipment wire cable and appropriate overcurrent protective devices.
- 90% Officebased 10% Fieldbased.
- Hybrid Schedule.
Softwares Used:
- Microsoft Office 365
- PLSCADD
- AutoCAD
- HxGN NetWorks
Operations Engineering Transmission Lines
Discipline: Electrical Mechanical Civil Location: Edmonton
Description:
- Assist engineers for overall engineering and design of overhead transmission line.
- Preparedrawings and design for a wide range of projects and standards including new electrical transmission line builds.
- Assist engineers with supporting asset management team field maintenance crews and right of way planning team.
- Support the operations and maintenance of Transmission assets by assisting with outage analysis and technical support activities.
- 95% office based 5% fieldbased.
- Hybrid Schedule.
Softwares Used:
- Microsoft Office 365
- AutoCAD
- MicroStation
- PLSCAD
Operations Engineering Transmission Protection & Control
Discipline: Electrical Engineering Location: Calgary
Description:
- Assist with information gathering and analysis for outages occurring on the ATCO Electric transmission system.
- Validate appropriate protection system performance in response to outage events.
- In collaboration with senior team members engage with stakeholders to identify action items following outage events and track these items to completion.
- Assess reliability performance of transmission assets to support decision making for project planning and operational needs.
- Perform evidence gathering and monitoring activities to support compliance to Alberta Reliability Standards.
Softwares Used:
- IPS
- MicroStation
- ProjectWise
- AcSELerator Quickset
- Digsi
Network Connectivity
Discipline: Electrical Engineering Physics Mechanical Location: Edmonton
Description:
- Entry level network modelling/facility mapping in the Hexagon G/Technology suite of applications.
- Troubleshoot and address issues within the electrically connected model in G/Technology.
- Participate in data integrity and cleanup projects that involve research analysis problem solving and the reconciliation of data from various sources to resolve issues with the existing Utility Network Model data.
- Develop documentation for both existing and new work processes.
- Run daily validation tools as part of group QA/QC processes.
- 95% Officebased 5% Fieldbased.
- Hybrid Schedule.
Softwares Used:
- Microsoft Office
- Hexagon G/Technology
Please note that only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
ATCO Electric is part of ATCO Ltd. With approximately 6000 employees and assets of $23 billion ATCO is a diversified global holding corporation with investments in Structures & Logistics (workforce housing innovative modular facilities construction site support services and logistics and operations management) Energy Infrastructure (electricity generation transmission and distribution; natural gas transmission distribution and infrastructure development; energy storage and industrial water solutions; and electricity and natural gas retail sales) Transportation (ports and transportation logistics) and Commercial Real Estate. More information can be found at . ATCO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Employment Type
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