Engineering Manager Protection Controls PE Required
Engineering Manager Protection Controls PE Required
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Job Description
Overview
We are designing the Grid of the future
We are innovators by natureforover 50 years Electric Power Engineers LLC (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe to focus on complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. As an early leader in the renewables space we continue to see significant opportunities to build a sustainable and secure Grid. Join a team committed to making an impact on the communities we serve and the environment in which we live. Together we can continue to create the grid of the future!
Responsibilities
Join us in leading thechange!
The Protection & Controls Engineering Manager will provide power systems engineering expertise in protection design and coordination analyses on the transmission systems. This will include designing protection system including overcurrent distance differential communicationaided protection wide area protection coordination. The Transmission System Protection Engineer will also focus on system protection schemes and studies involving generation interconnection protection and NERC PRC compliance ensuring adequate safety and reliability of the bulk electric system.
The successful candidate for this positionhas a strong background in power systemswhich includes experiencewith system protection software and tools transmission modeling tools conventional and nonconventional generator protective and ridethrough functionsand industry standardsand can utilize that background effectively in a fastpaced environment.
Howyou can make an impact:
- Perform system protection and coordination studies involving transmission generation interconnection protection schemes
- Providing guidance and recommendations for system protection philosophies and standards to clients and stakeholders
- Applying system protection engineering practices and principles in one or more of the following areas: transmission lines and buses transformers capacitor banks reactor banks grounding transformers generators and communicationassisted protection schemes
- Performing system modeling and fault analysis for short circuit equipment duty relay device coordination studies and root cause analysis
- NERC PRC compliance verification including PRC005 PRC019 PRC023 PRC024 PRC025 PRC026 and PRC027
- Substation and transmission line design experience is of great interest
- Developing protective relay and device settings for transmission and subtransmission systems ranging from 69 kV 500 kV
- Review protective relay operations and system outages identifying system disturbances and providing resolutions to operational control problems
- Assess data and model quality to ensuresuccessful coordination between protective devices and identify necessary corrections or enhancements
- Direct and guide clients to operate equipment or modify settings to improve system reliability.
- Model transmission system elements within planning and operational software to identify expected impacts under various scenarios
- Communicate challenges lessons learned and critical information to team members to ensure operational success
- Identify process improvement opportunities and develop corresponding modification plans and justification
- Communicate with a variety of work groups to improve transparency and ensure the overall success of the project
- Develop and maintain process documentation flow charts whitepapers working papers and other materials necessary for the continuity and success of the project
- Develop communication materials and provide status updates to technical leaders project teams or affected stakeholder groups
- Lead process improvement efforts identifying opportunities to enhance organizational efficiencies focused on maximizing team bandwidth while ensuring quality and timeliness of client deliverables.
- Support business development activities including development of RFP responses & scope of work statements for clients outlining EPE deliverables and projected completion dates.
- This role will manage/supervise a team
Qualifications
Bring your passion heres whats needed:
- Licensed Professional Engineer required.
- 5 years experience in system protection and control required
- Strong technical foundation in transmission power systems protection and planning
- Experience with ASPEN CAPE ETAP Powerbase SEL Quickset and GE Enervista UR Setup
- Experience working with SEL equipment software and/or developing programming files using SEL Quickset
- Experience with CYMESynergiWindmil/LightTable or other distribution power flow software is an add on
- Experience with inverterbased power plants is strongly preferred
- Exposure to transmission protection design guidelines and philosophies is preferred
- Familiarity with ANSI/IEEE guidelines for designing and studies of transmission system protection
- Communication and Teamwork skills strongly preferred
- Versatility and ability to adapt to changing priorities
How we support you:
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical dental and vision with 100 premium coverage foryou.
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Continuous Education Benefits
- Work with industry leaders
- 401K up to a 4 match 100 vested from day 1
- Flexible Work including hybrid and remote possibilities based on position.
EPE is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster and its supplement are available using the following links:EEOC is the Law Poster
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
