Project Engineer 1

GAI Consultants Inc; Homestead (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GAI Consultants Inc. in Allegheny County is seeking a Protection & Controls engineer with extensive Relay Settings experience. The successful applicant will manage design and QA/QC activities for high voltage substation projects and develop protective relay settings.

Qualified candidates should have over 10 years of engineering experience, hold a Professional Engineer license, and demonstrate strong project management and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in engineering, specifically in protection and controls.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License with reciprocity in multiple states.
• Ability to mentor and manage junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Manage and design protection and controls design services.
• Conduct P&C studies and develop relay settings.
• Coordinate with CAD operators to create organized quality drawings.

Skills

Relay Settings

QA/QC procedures

Technical design

Project management

Communication skills

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Engineering

Job description

Pittsburgh (Homestead PA), 385 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120, USA

GAI Consultants is seeking a Protection & Controls engineer with Relay Settings experience. This position will perform protection and controls design, provide technical guidance, conduct design reviews, QA/QC and enforcement related to all protection and control design services. The successful candidate will work on various substation and protection engineering projects including detailed design for high voltage substation projects through 500kV with a focus on a “Client First” approach to all interactions.

Responsibilities

• Manage, design, and perform QA/QC checks related to technical activities including, but not limited to, the following:
• Development of Protective Relay Settings using AcSELerator Quickset and/or GE Enervista and producing Relay Setting Reports with background calculations.
• Conduct P&C studies including but not limited to short circuit analysis, relay coordination, and load flow.
• Development of and/or revisions to existing drawings for one line, arrangement, schematics and wiring, control and relaying panels and equipment wiring including coordinating with CAD operators to develop organized quality CAD drawings.
• Integrate protection and control drawings to interface with the physical layout and design of substations or vice-versa.
• Design of interfacing with SCADA systems and communications including RTUs, HMIs, and IEDs.
• Development of control and relay panel layouts including assembling the specifications.
• Creation of project criteria.
• Development of design specifications including the overall bill of materials.
• Design and sizing of auxiliary systems including AC/DC load centers as well as batteries and chargers.
• Design and sizing of conduit, cable, and backup generators.
• Point to Point wiring checks.
• Review junior engineer’s designs, verify they meet client standards and specifications and identify gaps in client’s protection.
• Document QA/QC reviews, maintain records and communicate information to the team.
• Mentoring and managing staff at all levels.
• Managing tasks on multiple projects in accordance with GAI’s high standards of project management.
• Managing and assisting with the development of the scope of services and cost estimates for Substation and P&C projects.
• Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgment to determine optimal solutions.
• Must be flexible to handle shifting deadlines and scope changes.
• Must have resource management skills and the ability to identify project barriers and mitigate them without schedule impacts.

General Characteristics

• Applies thorough knowledge of current principles and practices of engineering related to the variety of aspects affecting their organization.
• Applies progressively acquired expertise to resolve crucial issues and/or unique conditions.
• Keeps informed of new methods and developments affecting their practice and recommends new practices or changes in emphasis of projects.
• Leads projects of moderate complexity and scope or leads a major project.
• Analyzes complex problems across specialty areas appropriate to the practice of engineering.
• Analyzes ethical dilemmas to determine appropriate courses of action.

Minimum Years of Experience

• 10+ Years of Experience

Education

• B.S. or M.S. Engineering

Certification / Licensure

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.

Technical Responsibilities

• Occasionally serves as the technical advisor in the application of advanced concepts and methods in an assigned area.
• Keeps informed of new developments and requirements affecting the practice for the purpose of recommending changes in projects or applications.
• Occasionally develops new techniques and/or improved processes, materials, or products.

Project and Task Management

• Oversees a project team of engineers and technicians.
• Plans, schedules, and coordinates the preparation of documents or activities for multiple major projects.
• Analyzes project management plans for complex engineering projects.
• Understands project delivery uncertainties and uses risk management principles to address them.
• Reviews operational procedures to ensure compliance with applicable policies and performance measures.

Management Responsibility

• Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
• Integrates professional attitudes relevant to the practice of engineering and fosters creativity, curiosity, flexibility, and dependability in staff.

Communication Skills

• Applies principles of formal strategic and persuasive communications.
• Represents their area of specialty within the organization and liaises with related individuals and organizations.
• Routinely interacts with organizational leaders, clients, officials, contractors, and others.
• Integrates concepts of effective teamwork and leadership.

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