Senior Electrical Engineer Protection Applications

Position may include following assignments:

• 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.

Qualifications Requires a bachelors 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 masters degree plus six (6) years of related experience in lieu of bachelors degree plus seven (7) years of related experience.

Preferred Experience/Skills:

• 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 GEs 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