Lead Protection and Control Engineer Birmingham AL

Power your future with Qualus in our Substation Protection and Control department as a Lead Protection & Control Engineer. Our team is growing and we are seeking seasoned Protection and Control Engineers who are in or ready for a management position. If you have 7 years of experience in major utility substations we want to hear from you!

Lead a team of engineers engineering technicians and drafting technicians from project proposal to project asbuilt stage.
Coordinate with Substation Physical Engineering Relay Settings and other groups to ensure design concurrence.
Development of complete engineering design packages for protective relaying and communications systems including oneline diagrams threeline diagrams AC schematics DC schematics logic and functional diagrams panel layouts control house layouts wiring/connection diagrams interconnection diagrams relaying equipment specifications and bill of materials.
Development of SCADA packages including input / output list (Point Data Sheet)
Provides technical direction and onthejob training to drafters engineering technicians and less experienced engineers.
Developing nurturing and maintaining trusted relationships with senior level engineers managers and executives with current or prospective clients.
Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers; respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable articulate manner.
Direct and/or participate in client meetings/job site visits to collect or deliver design and engineering data.
Perform/Ensure companys Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) processes are followed on all design packages.
Delegating planning prioritizing and reviewing the work of other engineers will be critical.

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Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a power systems focus. An MS Degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of the BS Engineering degree. International Engineering Degrees will be considered.
Seven or more years of electrical engineering experience is desired experience in protection and control engineering is required.
Professional Engineer (PE) registration or plan to become registered is required. Professional

Engineering registration in the working state a plus.
Valid drivers license and acceptable driving record are required.
Must have strong analytical and computer skills.

Qualus is a leading pureplay power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization resiliency security and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities commercial industrial data center and government clients and renewable and energy storage developers offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory planning engineering digital solutions program management and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration emergency management and secure data exchange. The firm has nearly 1600 professionals with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Qualus benefits offered include Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance Short and LongTerm Disability 401(k) match Flexible Spending Accounts EAP Parental Leave Paid time off and Holidays for those who qualify.

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