Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer

Overview

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You’ll work on the design and implementation of electrical protection systems within substation projects. Working closely with project teams, you’ll be responsible for creating comprehensive design documents and detailed drawings that are crucial for the successful completion of substation projects. With a deep understanding of protection relaying schemes, such as bus protection, transmission line protection, and transformer protection, you’ll apply your expertise to design and engineer solutions that ensure the safety, reliability, and efficiency of power systems.

Who we are

We’re a people-first organization. We value knowledge and learning. We believe in the power of connection and collaboration and we seek to build relationships that mean something. We employ some of the best and brightest in the industry and we work hard to maintain a culture that our people can be proud of. The secret to our success is our ability to connect with clients to provide a first-class customer experience.

What you’ll do

• You’ll collaborate with a project team to develop design documents and drawings for substation protection and control (P&C) systems including one-line diagrams, relay & metering diagrams, AC & DC schematic diagrams, bills of materials, and field mark-ups of project as-built drawings.
• You’ll apply extensive knowledge of protection relaying schemes, including bus, transmission line, and transformer protection, to design solutions for complex substation projects.
• You’ll design and implement protection schemes and controls, ensuring compliance with industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols. You’ll also perform detailed analysis of system configurations and relay settings.
• You’ll perform QA design reviews for all P&C documents.
• You’ll support commissioning and testing phases of protection and control systems to ensure proper functionality and performance.
• You’ll communicate and coordinate project activities with project engineers, designers, and customer representatives.
• You’ll work with great people, learn, grow and have a good time doing it.

Qualifications

• You studied electrical engineering with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a professional engineer (PE) license, and at least 8 years of experience in protection and control (P&C) engineering design, particularly in substation projects. Knowledge of industry standards, codes, and best practices in P&C engineering.
• You have the ability to manage and execute complex projects with minimal supervision and a strong understanding of substation design principles and protection relays/schemes (bus, transmission line, transformer).
• You’re proficient with business and engineering applications including Microsoft Office and AutoCAD or MicroStation.
• You’re a people person with ability to collaborate across disciplines and develop effective protection strategies, ensuring designs meet standards, client specifications, and regulatory requirements. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Benefits and culture

• Excellent benefits package including 401(k) match and employee stock ownership, gym and transit subsidies, paid volunteer time off, parental leave, continuing education reimbursement and more
• Flexible work scheduling in a fast-growing company
• Colleagues that appreciate differences in people, perspectives, cultures, and ideas
• Employee-led committees offer engaging social, wellness and community service activities year-round

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