Project Engineer I

SEL Engineering Services; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Vision and dental

Job summary

SEL Engineering Services in the United States seeks a qualified engineer to apply power system concepts across protection, automation, design, and commissioning. The role includes training customers, supporting installations, and preparing detailed design documents.

The ideal candidate holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years in electric power systems, and is willing to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally. Strong communication and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline is required.
• 2+ years of experience with electric power systems, practices, and focus area philosophies.
• Knowledge of power system protection, control, automation, and communications.
• Experience with electric power system design, studies, ICT, and protective relays.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally at least 25%.
• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
• Able to learn new skills and take on responsibilities.
• Able to work cooperatively in a team.

Responsibilities

• Possesses and applies core concepts of power system focus area and SEL products.
• Train and assist customers with design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning, and operation of automation and/or protection systems.
• Complete work within scope, schedule, and budget with high quality and safety.
• Assist in preparing functional design specifications.
• Prepare and maintain detailed design documents and reports.

Skills

Travel readiness

Strong writing

Documentation

Team collaboration

Learning agility

Negative drug test

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering/related

Tools

PSSE

ETAP

RTDS

Vision/PM software

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 1. Possesses, understands and applies the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of power system focus area* and related SEL products.
• 2. Train and assist customers with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning and operation of automation and/or protection systems.
• 3. Complete and implement assigned work within agreed upon scope, schedule and budget to a high level of quality and safety.
• 4. Participate in the preparation of functional design specifications.
• 5. Prepare and maintain detailed design documents, reports, checklists, test reports, and deliverables.
• 6. Follow and apply SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles.
• 7. Understand. Create. Simplify.
• 8. Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline
• 2+ years relevant application experience with electric power systems, industry practices, and * focus area practices and philosophies
• Good knowledge of electric power system protection and control, integration and/or automation and communications applications
• Working knowledge of electric power system design, studies, information and communication technology and protective relay applications
• Willing to travel both domestically and internationally a minimum of 25% based on focus area
• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
• Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL
• Negative drug test result(s)

Preferred Qualifications

• Engineer in Training certificate
• Electrical utility, industrial plant, consulting engineering, or system integrator experience
• Project engineering experience
• Working knowledge of Vision or other project management tracking software

Focus Area = Protection, Automation, Design, Studies, Commissioning, Security, Networking, and Project Management

• Automation = software, integration and automation, industrial controls, PLCs, industry protocols (IEC-61850, DNP, Modbus), Ethernet systems, protocol analyzers, and industry SCADA practices.
• Business Development = Identifies, negotiates and manages strategic business relationships. Develop opportunities and leads. Work with the engineering teams to develop competitive proposals and secure purchase orders with customers. Develop targeted sales with focus on strategic customers and markets.
• Civil = civil design and engineering theory, principles, and applications; structural design and constructability of electrical power substations including equipment, grading slopes, drainage, and applicable foundation types.
• Commissioning = perform commissioning and site acceptance testing in the field, train and assist customers with installation, commissioning, and operation of devices. Up to 80% travel.
• Design = analyze technical specifications; create detailed physical and electrical designs, bill of materials, and job estimates.
• Networking = industrial control system networking experience, including provision, design, test and implementation of wide area/local area networks.
• Project Manager = Full life-cycle project management of multiple large multi-discipline projects from proposal conception to commissioning and close-out. Effectively track and stabilize projects, implement solutions for obstacles and anticipate customer needs.
• Proposals = Review customer RFQ documents for technical specifications and scope. Evaluate bid/no bid decisions, develop work statement, preliminary designs, responsibility matrix, risk assessment, cash flow and preliminary project schedules. Develop good understanding of SEL’s complete ES portfolio and use it effectively to develop complete solutions. Work with contracts to finalize terms and conditions.
• Protection = system protection, protective relays and their applications, settings, and testing.
• Security = industrial control system security experience, including technical controls, security assessments, policies, plans and procedures. Working knowledge of NERC/CIP compliance and/or NIST SP800 security requirements.
• Studies = demonstrated experience using PSSE, ETAP, and/or RTDS. Strong electrical power systems knowledge.

Physical Requirements

None

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work. People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.

We’re 100% employee owned.

• Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
• We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.

We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, appr