Lead Protection Engineer: Relay Settings & Event Analysis

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Employee ownership

Job summary

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc. in Nashville, TN seeks a Lead Protection Engineer to perform relay setting calculations and coordination studies with autonomy, directing the technical work of others on projects.

The role emphasizes event analysis, system studies, and protective relay expertise across transmission, generation, and distribution systems. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in protection studies, strong leadership, and the ability to travel; ABET-accredited EE degree required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering required from an ABET accredited institution.
• 7–10 years of experience with protection and control schemes.
• Experience with study software and analysis of waveforms and sequence of event reports.
• Ability to travel up to 10–20%.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Knowledge of calculating settings for electromechanical, solid state, and microprocessor protection devices.

Responsibilities

• Provide relay settings, event analysis, system studies services, and engineering consulting for electric utility projects.
• Lead projects and direct subordinate engineers on assigned tasks.
• Review drawings and provide redline markups for protection and control drawings.
• Develop and maintain customer relationships and ensure timely deliverables.
• Assist in development of estimates for client proposals.

Skills

Relay settings calculation

Event analysis

Project leadership

Diagrams interpretation

Code scripting

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CAPE

CYME

ETAP

Synergy

ASPEN

AutoCAD

Job description

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc. in Nashville, TN seeks a Lead Protection Engineer to perform relay setting calculations and coordination studies with autonomy, directing the technical work of others on projects.

The role emphasizes event analysis, system studies, and protective relay expertise across transmission, generation, and distribution systems. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in protection studies, strong leadership, and the ability to travel; ABET-accredited EE degree required.