Lead HV System Protection Engineer — Hybrid

Sargent & Lundy; Reading (Berks County); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Lead System Protection Engineer to join our Grid Services team. This role focuses on protection philosophies, relay settings, and power system studies for high‑voltage transmission and substation projects.

You will review P&C design with substation teams and support commissioning, field energization, and event investigations. A hybrid work arrangement and relocation package are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• 10+ years of experience in system protection engineering for transmission and/or substation projects.
• Strong background in protection philosophies for lines, transformers, buses, breakers, and capacitor/reactor protection.
• Proficiency with CAPE and/or ASPEN (or equivalent) tools.
• Experience with Powerbase or similar relay/asset databases.
• Ability to interpret P&C drawings: one-lines, three-lines, schematics, wiring and panel layouts.
• Familiarity with IEEE, ANSI, and NERC/PRC standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication with utility clients, manufacturers, and field teams.
• Proven experience leading portions of projects with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and application of protection philosophies and settings for transmission lines, transformers, buses, capacitor banks.
• Perform short-circuit analysis, relay coordination, and time-current curve development.
• Configure, set, and troubleshoot microprocessor-based relays using vendor software.
• Manage relay records and data alignment with client standards and change management.
• Support event analysis and misoperation investigations, with recommendations for adjustments.
• Review P&C design documents with substation teams (one-lines, three-lines, schematics, wiring, layouts).
• Provide system protection requirements and markups to guide P&C design (CT/VT, trip/close logic).
• Support commissioning and field energization through test plans and RFIs.
• Hybrid work arrangement: three days in office, two remote; relocation package available.

Skills

Relay settings

Protection studies

System protection

Fault analysis

CAPE/ASPEN

P&C design

Powerbase

One-line diagrams

IEEE/ANSI/NERC/PRC

Communication

Education

ABET-accredited Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

SEL AcSELerator

EnerVista

OEM relay software

Job description

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Lead System Protection Engineer to join our Grid Services team. This role focuses on protection philosophies, relay settings, and power system studies for high‑voltage transmission and substation projects.

You will review P&C design with substation teams and support commissioning, field energization, and event investigations. A hybrid work arrangement and relocation package are available.