Cortez - Senior Electrical Engineer

Careermine; Nevada (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401k with employer contribution

Paid time off

Clinic facilities on site

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Nevada Gold Mines is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer - Protection & Power Systems for our Cortez operation. Lead protection and relay coordination for distribution, transmission, and generation up to 120 kV, ensuring safe, reliable, and maintainable system performance.

You will own relay settings, studies, and SCADA interfaces, and support commissioning, capital projects, and external contractor oversight while upholding safety and regulatory standards across mine power systems.

Qualifications

• BS in electrical engineering is required.
• PE license preferred or FE exam completed.
• Minimum five years in electrical power systems, mining/industrial utility preferred.
• Protective relaying, device coordination, and commissioning experience required.
• Proficiency with ETAP and related protection platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead protection studies, relay settings, and coordination analyses.
• Own protection platform documentation and study models.
• Review fault records, events, and oscillography for root causes.
• Support commissioning and energization of protection equipment.
• Coordinate with utilities and contractors on protection requirements.

Skills

Protection engineering

Relay coordination

ETAP

SCADA interfaces

Power systems analysis

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

PE license preferred

FE exam completed

Tools

ETAP

SKM

EasyPower

ASPEN

CAPE

AcSELerator QuickSet

GE Enervista

RTAC

AutoCAD

Job description

Position Description

At Nevada Gold Mines, our vision is to be the world's most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people.

Our engineering team is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer - Protection & Power Systems at our Cortez operation. The successful candidate will serve as the site technical lead for electrical protection systems, including protective relay settings, device coordination, short-circuit studies, arc flash analysis, fault/event review, and commissioning support for distribution, transmission, and generation systems up to 120kV. This role will help ensure safe, selective, reliable, and maintainable protection across mine power systems while supporting capital projects, utility coordination, and operational troubleshooting.

At Nevada Gold Mines, we are committed to a safe work environment, sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy in our host communities. We offer a generous benefits package that includes competitive medical, dental, and vision plans with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, a company match share purchase program, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Lead protective device coordination, short-circuit, load flow, motor starting, grounding, and arc flash studies using ETAP or similar power system analysis software.
• Develop, review, maintain, and document protective relay settings, time-current coordination curves, logic diagrams, control schemes, and protection philosophies for electrical systems up to 120kV.
• Analyze relay event records, fault reports, oscillography, breaker operations, and protection misoperations; identify root causes and recommend corrective actions.
• Provide technical ownership for SEL, GE, and related protection platforms, including AcSELerator QuickSet, GE Enervista, RTAC interfaces, and protection-related SCADA points.
• Support commissioning, acceptance testing, and energization of relays, breakers, switchgear, transformers, generators, and protection/control circuits.
• Maintain protection documentation, settings files, as-left records, study models, one-lines, three-lines, and management-of-change records in accordance with site standards.
• Demonstrate advanced technical knowledge and troubleshooting skills in power distribution, transmission, and generation systems, ensuring safe and reliable system performance.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with internal stakeholders and electrical utility companies regarding protection requirements, coordination, power system performance, compliance audits, and troubleshooting support.
• Review engineering consultant and contractor deliverables for capital projects, including one-lines, three-lines, protection studies, relay settings, control schematics, test procedures, and study reports.
• Provide oversight for construction and commissioning of power system-related capital projects, ensuring compliance with design specifications, protection requirements, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead maintenance and reliability initiatives for power distribution switchgear, transformers, generators, protective relays, breakers, and associated control systems.
• Coordinate with and manage external contractors and consultants involved in electrical system projects, ensuring adherence to scope, deliverables, timelines, budget, quality standards, and site safety requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, cost reduction, reliability improvement, and protection system standardization within power system operations.
• Oversee power system-related projects from initiation to completion, including scope definition, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Enforce strict adherence to safety protocols, environmental regulations, and industry standards in all power system activities, promoting a culture of safety and environmental stewardship.
• Ensure that all power system initiatives and projects align with Nevada Gold Mines core values and objectives, promoting efficiency, sustainability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam preferred.
• Minimum of five years of electrical power systems engineering experience required, preferably in a mining, industrial, or utility setting.
• Significant protective relaying and device coordination experience required, including relay settings development, event analysis, and commissioning support.
• Proficiency in ETAP required; experience with SKM, EasyPower, ASPEN, or CAPE preferred.
• Hands-on experience with SEL and/or GE protective relays required, including AcSELerator QuickSet and GE Enervista.
• Experience with RTAC configuration, relay communications, and protection-related SCADA interfaces required.
• Strong working knowledge of short-circuit analysis, time-current coordination, arc flash studies, and protection of feeders, transformers, motors, generators, and medium/high-voltage switchgear required.
• Strong understanding of electrical codes, standards, and regulations required, including MSHA, NEC, NESC, NFPA 70E, IEEE, NETA, and applicable IEEE C37 protective relay standards.
• Experience managing external contractors and consultants required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project required.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD required.
• SCADA-related skill sets preferred.
• Familiarity with SAP or similar ERP software for project management, procurement, and resource tracking preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with cross-functional teams, operations, maintenance personnel, contractors, consultants, and external stakeholders required.
• Commitment to professional development and staying current with industry trends, protection technologies, and power system engineering best practices required.

What We Can Offer You

• A comprehensive compensation package including competitive medical, dental, and vision plans with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution and employer match, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, a company match share purchase program, and much more.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Endless opportunities to grow and learn with industry colleagues.
• Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.

Nevada Gold Mines is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.