Lead Engineer - Protection & Control

Iberdrola; Gates Center (NY); On-site; USD 117,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses 12%

401(k) match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Growth opportunities

Job summary

AVANGRID's engineering team seeks a Lead Engineer for Protection & Control in Rochester, NY. You will design and configure automation, data collection, protection, and control subsystems for our electric delivery infrastructure, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective completion of projects.

Required: 7+ years of engineering experience, a Bachelor's in electrical engineering, PE eligibility, and hands-on with ASPEN OneLiner, SEL/GE relay programming, IEC61850, and protection coordination.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or technology
• Registered Professional Engineer or eligibility for certification
• Experience with protection coordination analysis and relay programming

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 fault analysis reports to management with actions and lessons learned.
• Lead NERC compliance programs applicable to substation assets and act as SME during audits.
• Review large customer interconnections and DER interconnections to substations and circuits
• Represent AVANGRID on regional and national committees.

Skills

Engineering experience

Protection & control

Power systems analysis

NERC/FERC knowledge

PE license eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer eligibility

Tools

ASPEN OneLiner

SEL relay programming

GE relay programming

IEC61850 standard

Job description

Lead Engineer - Protection & Control

Reports to: Supervisor - Protection & Control

Location: In Office, (5 Days) Rochester NY

The 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.

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Company: ROCHESTER GAS & ELEC 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-30-2026

We are one of the main energy companies in the world, a leader in renewables, which champions the energy transition towards a low-emissions economy. We supply energy to nearly 100 million people in dozens of countries and develops its renewable, network and commercial activities in Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil and Australia and maintains markets such as Japan and Poland, among others, as growth platforms.