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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Division Manager of High Power Lab, High Current Lab, and T&D Asset Management within the Testing Services Sector of Powertech Labs. Primarily responsible to lead the development and management of the division business plans, budgets, and growth plans.Role also requires senior technical leadership to mentor a team of engineers and technicians in the execution of projects of varying complexities. Departments provide electrical testing services, failure analysis, and consultation to power equipment manufacturers and utilities with custom test programs or in accordance with international standards, including: IEEE, IEC, CSA, ANSI, and UL.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Department Manager responsible for creating annual business plans, developing long term strategy goals and growing the business. Business development experience includes preparing proposals, successful bids for multi-year contracts for large international clients and representing the company at conferences and tradeshows.Technical experience includes:• Providing electrical testing services, failure analysis, and consultation to power equipment manufacturers and utilities with custom test programs or in accordance with international standards, including: IEEE, IEC, CSA, ANSI, and UL.• Experienced with electrical equipment including: insulators, transformers, rectifiers, switchgear, circuit breakers, fuses, connectors, bushings, meters, and rotating machines.• High Voltage Lab tests include: Dry and Wet AC and DC voltage withstand and flashover, lightning impulse voltage withstand and flashover, switching impulse voltage, radio influence voltage (RIV), partial discharge, visual corona, tracking and erosion, salt fog and pollution tests, capacitance and tan delta, transformer diagnostics.• Develop control systems to automate laboratory testing using Labview, data acquisition hardware, and customized control hardware.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Department Manager responsible for creating annual business plans, developing long term strategy goals and growing the business. Business development experience includes preparing proposals, successful bids for multi-year contracts for large international clients and representing the company at conferences and tradeshows.Technical experience includes:• Providing electrical testing services, failure analysis, and consultation to power equipment manufacturers and utilities with custom test programs or in accordance with international standards, including: IEEE, IEC, CSA, ANSI, and UL.• Experienced with electrical equipment including: transformers, rectifiers, high voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, fuses, connectors, bushings, revenue meters, and large machine stator coils.• Lab tests include: fault current, interruption duty, make and break capacity, arc-resistance, temperature rise, thermal cycling, accelerated aging, mechanical cycling, high voltage diagnostics, and power quality analysis.• Develop control systems to automate laboratory testing using Labview, data acquisition hardware, and customized control hardware.Additional responsibilities include:• President of the 'Management and Professional Employees Society'​.• Chair of the 'Occupational Health and Safety Committee'​.• Executive of 'Activities Committee'.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Project manager and test engineer in the Power Labs department. Primarily involved in laboratory testing and failure analysis work on utility and industrial electrical equipment. • Provides global clients with High Voltage and High Current testing in accordance with international standards, including: IEEE, IEC, CSA, ANSI, ASTM and UL.• Develop control systems to automate laboratory testing using Labview, data acquisition hardware, and customized control hardware.• Business development experience includes successful bids for multi-year contracts for large international clients. Created business plans, prepared proposals and delivered presentations for potential customers.• Experience with electrical equipment including: transformers, rectifiers, high voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, fuses, connectors, bushings, revenue meters, and large machine stator coils.• Lab experience includes: temperature rise testing, thermal cycling, short-time current testing, accelerated aging, mechanical cycling, high voltage diagnostic testing, and power quality analysis.Additional responsibilities include:• Vice President of the 'Management and Professional Employees Society'​.• Member of 'Occupational Health and Safety Committee'​.• Member of 'Activities Committee'.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Powertech, BC Hydro’s subsidiary that specializes in clean energy consulting, testing, and power solutions, has been serving electrical, oil and gas companies, automotive and electrical equipment manufacturers since 1979 by meeting the complex and changing needs of our customers around the world.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada