Become an automation technician
Your mission: protect Québec’s power system by carrying out maintenance and troubleshooting on protection relays. You’ll split your time between the office and the field and spend your days working with the teams that service and repair the grid.
What does your day look like?
Plan maintenance work.
Maintain, calibrate, modify and replace computer control elements, components and systems.
Build, confirm the settings and verify the commissioning of new facilities.
Draw up system testing procedures.
What you want
- A variety of tasks
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Access to leading-edge equipment
- Ready access to the equipment you need
- Job safety
What you need
- College diploma (DEC) in electrical engineering technology, industrial electronics technology, computer systems technology or electronics technology (computers and systems)
- Class 5 driver’s licence
A college diploma: your key to a world of opportunities at Hydro‑Québec!
Thrive in a flexible work environment and help contribute to a sustainable economy through ambitious and innovative projects.
Work with talented colleagues and enjoy a stimulating career thanks to the experience you’ll gain in the field. Just picture it: you could become an intermediate and then an expert technician and even a manager.
Hear what our automation technicians have to say about their job
Trade: Automation electronics technician [in French]
Interested in working in the field of electricity? Become an automation electronics technician. Automation technicians take care of the "brains" of the power grid. A typical day normally balances intellectual tasks—analysis—with work in the field.
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