Jan 2027 Engineering (Electric Division) Co-op (Multiple)

ATCO Group•Edmonton, AB

11d•CA$28 - CA$36•Hybrid

About The Position

ATCO Electric is seeking Engineering Co-op students for various roles within its Electric Division. These positions offer students the opportunity to gain practical experience in different engineering departments, contributing to the company's mission of energizing homes, farms, and businesses across Alberta. The program emphasizes professional growth, ongoing support from mentors, and opportunities for community involvement. ATCO Electric has been serving nearly 229,000 customers in 242 communities for over 85 years.

Requirements

Must be enrolled in an Engineering co-op (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 driver's license.

Nice To Haves

Previous work-term experience (influences salary).
Interest in specific departments (Asset Information and Tools, Asset Strategy & Analytics, Distribution Design Engineering, Distribution System Planning, Network Connectivity, Process Performance, System Operations Support, Telecom Engineering/Telecom Network Planning and Operations).
Willingness to relocate.

Responsibilities

Prepare and review process documentation, work instructions, and issue briefs.
Use SQL and Python to query, process, report, and work with asset management data.
Support User Acceptance Testing for new and existing applications.
Support manual and automatic data entry into enterprise applications.
Review reported system deficiencies and assist in work approval.
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.
Prepare designs using AutoCAD for projects compatible with pre-engineered 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 facilities.
Size electrical equipment, wire, cable, and appropriate over-current protective devices.
Develop project cost and resource estimates.
Prepare detailed material lists & ordering material.
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.
Entry level network modelling/facility mapping in the Hexagon NetWorks Core suite of applications.
Troubleshoot and address issues within the electrically connected model in NetWorks Core.
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.
Support the Work Management team as they interact with the project and technical groups to stabilize the Work and Asset Management Program.
Provide exposure and allow direct interactions with the Transmission and Distribution operation teams.
Build and improve Power BI dashboards, including visualizations and KPI cards.
Support Ad hoc Metric creation for project and analytical gaps.
Contribute to data cleanup initiatives and process improvement tasks.
Support standardization efforts for metrics production.
Support of data governance principles and apply them in metric and process work.
Support and possibly represent work management in collaboration efforts with other Subject Matter Experts to gather requirements for analytics.
Monitor & Review distribution outages. Confirm outage location, customer counts, duration, and cause codes are accurate.
Review and update System Operations Policy, Procedures, and Processes.
Support Technical Trainer with System Operations training related tasks.
Update System Operations Sharepoint.
Update pdf drawings with upcoming projects.
Adding permanent updates onto the SLDs using MicroStation.
Add equipment into GIS.
Designs projects to modernize and expand the utility-owned Telecom system through various project types and provides operational support as needed.
Provides drafting, construction packages, and mapping support.
Marks up preliminary and as-built drawing packages as required, and coordinates drawing packages with other Engineering staff.
Support pre-commissioning of new assets including testing and configuration of devices and collection of asset data for entry into Maximo.
Use telecom network design software tool for IT infrastructure and planning telecom networks.
Conducts data analysis in support of network planning activities.