Staff.Electrical.Engineer: Substation Protection and Control Lead

• Responsible for leading or executing power system protection and control engineering projects.
• Projects range in size, complexity, and voltage class from small distribution equipment upgrades to large transmission projects.
• This position can influence the future of the resiliency, reliability, and economic operation of the electric grid.
• Opportunities to advance into leadership/management roles are available.

• Executes complex assignments requiring the use of advanced electrical engineering techniques, resulting in the development of new or improved processes, equipment, and/or technological methods.
• Develop and evaluate plans for major projects.
• Assess feasibility or soundness of proposed applications when data is insufficient, or testing is advisable.
• Coordinate departmental or divisional project studies, reports, or project design assignments.
• Responsible for performing power system studies and system protection settings coordination on various projects (up to 500-kV voltage level).
• Develop design basis documentation for protective settings and generate native relay configuration files.
• Provide technical guidance to the project team, conduct design reviews, and support quality control.
• Act as primary contact for both internal and external client-side communication.
• Assist project manager to develop scope of work and conceptual design for the projects. Train, guide, and mentor lower-level engineers. Support business development and marketing initiatives

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a directly related field plus seven (7) years of experience in electrical systems studies in the electric utility or industrial power distribution industry.
• Will accept a Master’s degree plus six (6) years of related experience in lieu of Bachelor’s degree plus seven (7) years of related experience.

• A Professional Engineer licensure is strongly preferred.
• Protection and Control system design for substation applications and automation (69kV 500kV), one-lines, three-lines, AC/DC schematics, control panel layouts, bill of materials, and protection specifications
• Application of industry standards for the protection of system equipment, including power busses, power transformers, HV/MV circuit breakers, capacitor banks, reactors, transmission lines, and distribution feeders
• Power systems modeling and protective relay coordination analysis using ASPEN OneLiner or Electrocon CAPE software.
• Designing calculations, including short circuit calculation, current transformer performance and ratio selection, over-current element coordination, zone-distance element selection and coordination, and relay loadability calculation
• Developing native relay setting files using SELs AcSELerator and Clients Enervista software programs
• Providing engineering support with construction and commissioning activities for substations
• Leading multiple engineering teams on engineering design and scope for multiple projects Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements as they pertain to electric utility reliability requirements is a plus
• Knowledge of IEC61850 and its implementation is a plus 

Last updated on Jul 14, 2023