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Senior Commissioning Technologist

Rising Edge Group · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · On-site

Posted Sep 2, 2026

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Who We Are  Rising Edge Group is an electrical contracting company founded in 2002, specialization in high-voltage electrical solutions that power critical infrastructure across North America. With operations in both Canada and the United States, we partner with clients across the electrical utilities, renewable energy, and industrial sectors to design, build, and maintain the critical infrastructure systems communities and industries rely on.   Driven by a clear vision to strengthen the stability, reliability, and advancement of energy infrastructure, we take pride in delivering work that matters. Guided by our STRIDE values - Safety, Teamwork, Responsibility, Integrity, Deliver, and Excellence - we foster a people focused culture of growth, mentorship and collaboration where safety always come first. What You'll Do Reporting to the Commissioning Manager, the Senior Commissioning Technologist is responsible for commissioning, testing and maintaining primary and secondary power equipment in the field. This includes maintaining medium-to-high-voltage substation power delivery equipment such as breakers, switchgears, circuit breakers, relays and transformers. The Senior Commissioning Technologist role also involves mentoring and educating junior technologists including reading and interpreting prints, risk management strategies and promoting industry best practices. The Senior Commissioning Technologist also plays a leading role in setting up and operating both standard and specialized test equipment to diagnose and analyze the performance of power delivery equipment on-site. Key Responsibilities The responsibilities include, but may not be limited to: Promote and maintain a strong safety culture alongside all members of the construction crew Commission and test high voltage equipment such as Circuit breakers, Transformers, manual and motor operated switches, Current Transformers, Voltage Transformers, Capacitor Banks and circuit switchers.  Commission protection and control relays such as SEL, GE, Siemens and ABB. Commission control circuits for protection, indication and monitoring systems. Perform acceptance and maintenance testing on electrical equipment ranging from 600v to 500kV Installation, commissioning and maintenance of protection and control equipment, including SCADA in medium to high-voltage transmission substations Work with protection schemes such as differential, distance, line protections, transformer protections and overcurrent protections Interpret electrical drawings and schematics, analyze test results, and recommend corrective actions Work with high voltage equipment such as Circuit breakers, transformers, switches and control circuits for protection, indication and monitoring systems Supervise, mentor and train junior technicians Be able to work with various types of manufacturer’s test equipment: Omicron CMC356, CT analyzer, Cibano, CPC100, Votano, Testrano (remove the comma after…