Engineer - Protection & Control

Iberdrola; Town of Kirkwood (NY); On-site; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits and growth

Bonuses

12% 401(k) match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

AVANGRID's NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP is seeking an Engineer - Protection & Control to join our Rochester, NY or Binghamton, NY team. The role focuses on the design and configuration of automation, data collection, protection, and control subsystems for our electric delivery infrastructure, ensuring safe and timely project completion.

Ideal candidates bring 2–5 years of engineering experience, a B.S. in electrical engineering, and hands-on knowledge of protection schemes, IEC61850, and relay

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Experience with ASPEN OneLiner, SEL & GE Relay Programming, IEC61850, and protection coordination analysis.
• Familiar with FERC, NERC, NPCC, and state regulations.
• Strong knowledge of power system analysis, protection fundamentals, and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Design relay settings and perform protection coordination analysis.
• Lead contractors and consultants on protection system settings for projects.
• Analyze disturbance events and deliver fault analysis reports.
• Lead NERC compliance programs for substation assets.
• Review large customer interconnections to substations and circuits.
• Represent AVANGRID on regional and national committees.

Skills

Relay coordination analysis

Protection system design

Power system analysis

IEC 61850

Aspen OneLiner

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

SEL Relay Programming

GE Relay Programming

Aspen OneLiner

Job description

Position Information:

Job Title: Engineer - Protection & Control

Locations: Rochester, NY or Binghamton, NY

Salary Range: $87,600 - $109,500

Schedule: Office, 5 days

Engineer - Protection & Control

Exciting Engineering Opportunities at AVANGRID!

Are you ready to take your engineering career to the next level? AVANGRID is looking for skilled engineers to join our team and contribute to the design, configuration, and maintenance of automation, data collection, protection, and control equipment subsystems. Our electric delivery infrastructure spans approximately 8,600 miles of transmission lines and includes over 900 substations serving 3.3 million customers across New England (UI) and New York (NYSEG and RG&E).

Job Requirements:

• 2 to 5 years of engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or technology.
• Experience with ASPEN OneLiner, SEL & GE Relay Programming, IEC61850 Standard, and protection coordination analysis.
• Familiar with FERC, NERC, NPCC, and state regulations.
• Strong knowledge of power system analysis, protection fundamentals, and compliance standards.

Job Summary:

As part of AVANGRID’s engineering team, you will be responsible for the design and configuration of automation, data collection, protection, and control equipment subsystems. You will work on our extensive electric delivery infrastructure, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective completion of projects.

Major Roles and Responsibilities:

• Perform relay settings design and relay coordination analysis for electric transmission and substation protection systems in support of capital construction programs.
• Lead engineering contractors and consultants performing protection system settings for capital projects.
• Analyze disturbance event operations, ensuring protection schemes perform flawlessly. Develop and deliver clear, impactful fault analysis reports to management, highlighting corrective actions and valuable lessons learned.
• Lead NERC compliance programs applicable to substation assets and act as a subject matter expert during audits.
• Review of large customer interconnections and distributed energy resource interconnections to substations, transmission circuits and distribution circuits
• Represent AVANGRID on regional and national committees.

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance‑based bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways

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Company:

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP

Mobility Information

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

Job Posting End Date:

November-23-2026