Kinectrics is a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies focused on providing life cycle management services in the energy and utility sector. We develop innovative solutions for the global electricity and medical industries, helping empower a sustainable future. Trusted by clients worldwide, our employees provide expertise in engineering, testing, and inspection across a wide range of services. With offices worldwide and independent laboratories and testing facilities, we collaborate closely with clients to ensure utility assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their entire life cycle.

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with the expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more:  www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position: Electrical Data Scientist/Analyst

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level: Entry

Location: 800 Kipling Avenue, Toronto, ON

Department: High Voltage Testing (HVT)

Reports to: VP, HVST

Hours per week: 37.5

Number Required: 1

Starting Salary $101,268- $122,000. Exact compensation may vary depending on the individual experience and qualifications of each candidate.  Applicants with greater or less than the minimum qualifications for this posted opportunity may be considered for alternate opportunities.

What We Offer

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
• Total Compensation: Your talent deserves to be recognized. Kinectrics offers a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America. Salary is just one component of the total rewards you will receive when working for Kinectrics. Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements.

Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

General Accountabilities

Accountability Objective

• Under the direction of, and reporting to the Vice President and/or Service Line Lead, High Voltage Testing (HVT):
• Support internal software-related development initiatives. Initially, this objective will be focused on the improvement / implementation of a number of in-house, custom-made software programs that support all stages of project workflow and some custom instrumentation control.
• Lead or support project execution for laboratory-based electrical testing, applied research & development (R&D) and new product development initiatives primarily related to high-criticality low voltage (LV), medium voltage (MV) or high voltage (HV) electrical assets. This will involve work across multi-disciplinary facilities as appropriate.
• The equipment focus of this role will initially be on extruded and oil-paper insulated LV/MV/HV power cables.
• Support the implementation of programs such as the Company Quality, Safety and Project Management processes.

Internal Software Development

Improvement / implementation of various in-house software programs; a brief high-level description of the current software landscape within the remit of this role is as follows:

• Software 1: MATLAB based, multi-functional software supporting data storage, instrumentation control, data analysis, report generation, etc.
• Software 2: Web-app based database (PostgreSQL) management software. Front-end in JavaScript (Angular), backend in Python (Django).
• Software 3: Maintenance of our interfaces with 3rd party software
• Software 4 (Planned): Custom software solution for advanced instrument control. Tech stack to be determined, likely to be similar/adjacent to .NET frameworks.
• In addition to the above, the intention is to ultimately integrate AI/ML algorithms into these software offerings, in collaboration with our in-house AI/ML team.

Technical

• Support senior staff in client consultations defining the scope of project requirements and assisting in making recommendations with respect to laboratory electrical testing, applied R&D and new product development initiatives.
• Prepare technical reports and recommendations for senior staff on findings arising from the prescribed testing, analysis, design, or other tasks carried out.
• Anticipate the needs of upcoming projects to ensure that Kinectrics resources are available (staff and equipment).
• Cooperate and work with internal / external customers on the resolution of technical problems.
• Remain abreast of technical developments in core areas of work, particularly as related to LV/MV/HV cables.
• Ensure Kinectrics provides a leading-edge service to the Energy Sector.
• Assist in providing support for technical articles or papers for publications in scientific conferences or journals, under the direction of senior staff.
• Assist with field-based electrical testing / condition assessment projects as directed by senior staff.

Client Relationships

• Build relationships with current and potential clients, using oral and written communication skills.
• Provide feedback and client intelligence (i.e. quality, customer satisfaction, safety, technical problems and competitive intelligence).
• Identify sales leads and work with sales team in sales planning, follow through and support as needed.
• Support senior staff with technical sales support through assisting in technical quotation / proposal development, presentations as needed.
• Support senior staff in identifying and supporting service and market development priorities when requested.

Delivery and Profitability

• Ensure effective project management processes on each assigned project.
• Ensure commitments and related technical work are completed on time, within budget, and meet standards for quality and value.
• Contributory responsibility for gross margin that meet or exceed budget expectations.
• Ensure client satisfaction.
• Contribute timely input and regular reports on progress to senior staff.
• Meet personal billability targets.

Safety & Continuous Improvement Related Activities

• Development and refinement of technical, safety and operational procedures for execution of laboratory electrical testing, applied R&D, or new product development projects.
• Prepared, conduct or lead Job Safety Analysis, Risk / Hazard Assessments, and pre-job briefs with project personnel as needed.
• Support senior staff with the preparation of Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) submissions for procurement of equipment to meet strategic and/or business growth objectives.
• Support senior staff with preparation of New Product Development (NPD) submissions for internal R&D efforts to meet strategic and/or business growth objectives.
• Interact with equipment OEMs to benchmark technical product improvements and new developments to improve Kinectrics’ independent, leading-edge technical service offerings to the Energy Sector.
• Support technical and business staff with new equipment procurement.

What You Need to Succeed

Education/Professional Qualifications:

• B.Eng. degree in Electrical Power Engineering or educational equivalent.
• Individuals with other engineering or scientific backgrounds such as Engineering Physics, Nanotechnology, Nuclear Engineering, or Materials Engineering will also be considered.
• Evidence of post graduate education in MV and HV engineering, dielectrics, electromagnetic simulation, or non - destructive examination (NDE) techniques will be considered a strong asset.
• Eligible to register as a Professional Engineer in Ontario.

Professional Experience:

• 2 – 5+ years experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Laboratory testing, applied R&D
• Electrical power equipment design and manufacturing.
• Electrical diagnostic test equipment product design and manufacturing
• Field-service / condition assessment of electrical power assets
• Utility, generation or industrial electrical system / component design engineering or related engineering consultancy.
• Proven experience acting as a full-stack developer, including:
• Developing robust backend systems to handle complex data structures into a webapp and/or databases
• Designing and implementing clean, ergonomic user interfaces.
• Test equipment / device automation programming, for generating test results in a field environment
• Following industry best practices for code development including version control, unit testing, formal software validation, etc.
• Experience with the development and implementation of complex databases is also an asset for this project.
• Demonstrated ability with handling larger software projects will be considered an asset.
• Experience working with nuclear clients will be considered a strong asset.
• Lower range of professional experience will be considered for individuals with advanced education (Master’s or Ph.D.) or key skills / capabilities / knowledge in preferred areas (see below).

Key Knowledge:

• Specialized knowledge of the theory, principles and practices associated with electrical power engineering. Additional knowledge regarding dielectric materials is strongly preferred.
• Foundational technical background in transmission and distribution (T&D) or generation plant electrical equipment, ideally including LV/MV/HV cable systems.
• Knowledge of engineering mathematics, scientific graphing, statistical analysis of large data sets is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge in the application of laboratory-based electrical testing methods is strongly preferred:
• AC (60Hz) or VLF (0.1Hz) Withstand
• AC (60Hz) Partial Discharge – Using conventional IEC 60270 and non-conventional, broadband methods
• Dielectric Loss / VLF (0.1Hz) Tangent Delta
• Dielectric Spectroscopy (Frequency Domain or Time Domain)
• Polarization / Depolarization Current (PDC) and DC Insulation Resistance Measurement
• Time & Frequency Domain Reflectometry (TDR, FDR, including LIRATM)
• AC and DC Metallic Resistance Measurements
• Dielectric Material AC/DC Characterization (σdc, ε’, ε’’)
• AC (60Hz) Timed Breakdown Testing
• Accelerated Water Treeing Testing (AWTT)

Key Skills / Capabilities – Technical:

• Professional experience providing technical advice, guidance, consultation and services related to specialization / field of work, ideally related to LV/MV/HV electrical power cables.
• Experience with high level programming software (i.e. Python, MATLAB) in an academic or industrial setting beyond traditional scientific analysis programming, including:
• Signal and image processing
• Test equipment / device automation programming
• User-interface (UI) design
• Statistical analysis
• Custom application development using MATLAB compiler
• Custom report development using MATLAB Report Generator
• Skilled in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Visio or equivalent computer-based tools for preparing reports, email, presentations and for general communication.
• Excellent research skills, including utilization of on-line and library-based research and scientific conference and journal databases.
• Direct experience with power cable system (or accessory) installation, commissioning, maintenance, troubleshooting, forensic or system design activities is preferred.
• Hands-on experience using AC, DC or RF electrical equipment / instrumentation including impedance analyzers, electrometers, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, and network analyzers is preferred.
• Hands-on experience in AC/DC/RF circuit simulation, design or fabrication (including Printed Circuit Board applications) is preferred.
• Experience in creating 2D or 3D electrical or mechanical drawings using AutoCAD or SolidWorks is preferred.
• Some experience working with AI/ML algorithm development is an asset.

Key Skills / Capabilities – General:

• Excellent collaborative and independent problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in verbal and written communications is required for preparation of technical reports, proposals, recommendations, and presentations.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience working co-operatively with a variety of multi-disciplinary staff including engineers, technologists and managers.
• Rigorous commitment to comprehensive safety assurance. Experience with managing on-site or in-lab job safety (e.g., preparing Job Safety Analysis, Risk / Hazard Assessments, leading pre-job briefs) is preferred.
• Demonstrated high level of commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
• Experience in internal / external customer relations.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.

Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.