Lead Relay Protection & Controls Engineer

Ampirical; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) with 4% match

PTO: 80 hours vacation + 40 hours sick

Flexible schedule: Every other Friday

Career development & tuition refund

Gym stipend & wellness program

Fertility benefits & pet insurance

Job summary

Ampirical is seeking a Relay Protection and Controls Engineer to design and procure protective relaying equipment for substations, switchyards, and transmission lines. You will work with clients to ensure design quality and provide field support during construction.

Requirements include ABET-accredited EE degree, PE certification, and 4+ years in utilities/energy. Proficiency with ETAP, WinIGS, IEEE standards, and CAD tools is preferred.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited Electrical Engineering degree required.

Responsibilities

• Identify proper protection and control schemes for transmission and distribution substations.
• Select protection devices for equipment within a substation.
• Prepare scopes of work and estimates for evaluating and designing substations.
• Interface with clients and vendors.
• Perform load calculations for load panels, battery systems, voltage drop, and other substation components.
• Create drawing packages for substation relay protection (wiring diagrams, schematics, protection panels, one-line, three-line diagrams).
• Perform substation field support and field pre-inspection for turnkey projects.
• Mentor new engineers.

Skills

PE Certification

SCADA knowledge

Protection & Controls concepts

Mentoring engineers

Client/vendor interface

Education

ABET-accredited Electrical Engineering degree

Professional Engineer (PE) Certification

BSEE degree

Tools

ETAP

WinIGS

IEEE 88/998

AutoCAD

AutoCAD Inventor

Bentley MicroStation

Bentley Substation

Job description

Ampirical is seeking a Relay Protection and Controls Engineer to design and procure protective relaying equipment for substations, switchyards, and transmission lines. You will work with clients to ensure design quality and provide field support during construction.

Requirements include ABET-accredited EE degree, PE certification, and 4+ years in utilities/energy. Proficiency with ETAP, WinIGS, IEEE standards, and CAD tools is preferred.