Power Systems Protection & Control Engineer

RMS Energy Co, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Education support

Job summary

RMS Energy Co, LLC is seeking a System Protection and Controls Engineer to join its electrical engineering team in the United States. The role covers design, analysis, testing, and commissioning of protection and control systems for power generation facilities, substations, and transmission networks.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in protection, strong knowledge of NERC standards, and experience with relay schemes, coordination studies, and power system analysis software.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in protection and control
• Experience with transmission, distribution, or generation protection systems.
• Experience with substation automation and SCADA systems.
• Experience with protection and power system analysis software such as ETAP, SKM Power*Tools, EasyPower, PSS®E, ASPEN OneLiner, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of utility protection standards and practices.
• Experience working on medium-, high-, and extra-high-voltage electrical systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
• PE license is required.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% across the continental U.S.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop protection and control systems for commercial power plants, generating stations, substations, transmission and distribution systems, and industrial facilities.
• Develop and maintain protection philosophies, relay settings, coordination studies, and protection schemes for generation and power delivery systems.
• Perform power system studies.
• Develop and review protection and control engineering drawings.
• Select and specify protective relays, instrument transformers, control equipment, communication devices, and associated electrical equipment.
• Develop and review relay logic, control logic, interlocking, breaker failure, synchronizing, transfer trip, and other protection schemes.
• Support protection and control systems for generators, transformers, switchgear, transmission lines, motors, buses, and auxiliary electrical systems.

Skills

Protection systems

SCADA systems

Relay coordination

Power system studies

High voltage

NERC standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

SKM Power*Tools

EasyPower

PSS/E

ASPEN OneLiner

Job description

RMS Energy Co, LLC is seeking a System Protection and Controls Engineer to join its electrical engineering team in the United States. The role covers design, analysis, testing, and commissioning of protection and control systems for power generation facilities, substations, and transmission networks.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in protection, strong knowledge of NERC standards, and experience with relay schemes, coordination studies, and power system analysis software.