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Electrical Engineering Co-op Student

Job Title: Electrical Engineering Co-op Student
Location: Edmonton, AB
Reports to: Manager - Contract Design
Job Posting#: 02-2025
Application Deadline: September 30, 2024

Primary Engineering is excited to work with engineering coop students in the 2025 calendar year to offer practical experience in the planning and design of overhead and underground electrical distribution facilities. We cultivate a strong culture of teaching, mentoring, and teamwork that has made our Edmonton office a great place to work, and our explosive growth has us consistently looking for bright engineers to join our team! This is an 8-month term from January until August 2025, with the possibility for an extension.

Electrical Engineering co-op students are expected to gain exposure to a variety of aspects of project design and execution including:

  • Alignment planning and stakeholder consultation.
  • Site visits and field survey.
  • Survey requisitions and specifications.
  • Underground line design including civil.
  • Preparation and submission of approvals packages to municipalities, utility owners, and other stakeholders.
  • Drafting and facilities mapping systems.
  • Material planning.
  • Budget and schedule management.
  • Coordination with construction resources.

 Qualifications:

  • Applicants must currently be registered and in good standing with a qualified engineering program at an accredited institution.
  • Applicants must have a valid Class 5 Driver’s license.
  • Applicants should demonstrate above-average written and verbal communication skills, a strong propensity for time management, and a humble and teachable attitude.

Applications should include a short cover letter, CV, and current transcript.

If you are ready for a new challenge and want to make a difference in the industry, please fill in the form below:

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Primary Engineering and Construction Corporation (Primary) is a growth-oriented industry leader providing professional electrical engineering and construction services and specializing in emerging marketplaces in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

We offer design and design/build services for all types of electric utility distribution infrastructure to a wide variety of clients including electric utility companies, developers, builders, commercial and industrial businesses, oil companies, government, and private contractors. Our devotion to excellence has attracted some of the best young professional minds to our company.

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We work hard, see the big picture, are always ready and willing to adapt, and always strive to be better than we were yesterday. We take pride and ownership in everything we do, and most of all, we do it as a team.

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The safety and well-being of our people, our clients, and our communities is our top priority in any work we do and is never comprised. Safety is one of the core values that every member of our team understands and lives by, and we ensure this through communication, education and participation. Our safety goal has always been zero incidents, and we work together through every project to achieve that goal.

Safety is ingrained in every project and each task our employees and contractors complete, whether in the office or onsite. Primary has developed effective workplace health and safety management programs designed to reduce and eliminate the number of work-related injuries, leading to a safety track record well above industry average. We are also diligent in selecting the companies we work with, choosing only those with a safety standard as high as our own.