Lead Engineer - Protection & Control

Iberdrola; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 117,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

401(k) match

Health insurance

Dental & vision

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

AVANGRID in Rochester, NY is seeking a Lead Engineer - Protection & Control to design and configure protection, data collection, and control equipment subsystems for electric delivery infrastructure. You will drive safe, timely project delivery and oversee protection schemes across transmission and substations.

The role requires 7+ years of engineering experience, a degree in electrical engineering, and PE eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering required.
• 7+ years engineering experience preferred.
• Registered Professional Engineer or eligibility for certification required.
• Experience with protection systems, relay programming, and protection coordination is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and analyze relay settings and coordination for transmission and substation protection.
• Lead engineering contractors and consultants on protection system settings for capital projects.
• Analyze disturbance events and develop actionable fault analysis reports for management.
• Lead NERC compliance programs for substation assets and assist audits.
• Review large customer interconnections and distributed energy resource interconnections to substations and circuits.
• Represent AVANGRID on regional and national committees.

Skills

Relay settings design

Protection coordination

Power system analysis

NERC compliance

FERC regulations

IEC 61850

ASPEN OneLiner

SEL & GE Relay Programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

PE license eligibility

Tools

Aspen OneLiner

SEL/GE relay programming

IEC 61850 suite

Job description

**Lead Engineer - Protection & Control**Reports to: Supervisor - Protection & Control Location: **In Office**, (5 Days) Rochester NYThe base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from: $116,640 - $145,800 **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****For more information, please visit:** **Benefits - Avangrid****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. **Key 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. **Required Qualifications*** Minimum 7 years of engineering experience* Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or technology.* Registered Professional Engineer or eligibility for certification.* 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.