Protection and Control (P&C) Engineering Specialist Internship - Military ETN / EMN

Oncor Electric Delivery; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Oncor Electric Delivery is offering a 3-month internship for a Protection and Control Engineering Specialist. The role provides hands-on experience with protection, SCADA, and relaying systems while guiding other specialists to ensure safe, reliable operation.

After the internship, full-time placement may be available in various markets. The position emphasizes learning, leadership, and contributing to ERCOT grid reliability, with travel up to 25% and a path to conversion to a permanent role in

Qualifications

• Must have strong electrical/electronic theory knowledge.
• Must show leadership, discipline, and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision and meet deadlines.
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Installs protection and control facilities, tests and calibrates equipment for substation projects.
• Develops testing plans and maintains protective relaying equipment and SCADA systems.
• Monitors performance, analyzes fault data, troubleshoots, and recommends solutions.
• Writes procedures for P&C teams to ensure safe construction and maintenance.
• Provides technical direction to the transmission work center on system operations and fault analysis.
• Performs emergency protection system modifications and high voltage switching to restore service.
• Participates in ongoing personal technical development.

Skills

Electrical theory

Leadership abilities

Communication skills

Task completion under supervision

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Navy Electronics Technician Nuclear (ETN) program

Navy Electrician Mate Nuclear program (ETN) with honorable discharge

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology degree

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SCADA systems

Relaying equipment testing

Job description

Hourly Rate: $30.97/hr

Relocation: Locations may include but not limited to: Dallas Ft Worth Metroplex, Odessa/Midland, Waco/Temple, Tyler

Hourly Rate: $30.97/hr

Relocation: Locations may include but not limited to: Dallas Ft Worth Metroplex, Odessa/Midland, Waco/Temple, Tyler

About Us

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, headquartered in Dallas, is a regulated electricity transmission and distribution business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor (together with its subsidiaries) operates the largest transmission and distribution system in Texas, delivering power to nearly 4 million homes and businesses and operating more than 143,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines in Texas.

Position Summary

As a Protection and Control (P&C) Engineering Specialist, you’ll learn and gain hands‑on experience installing, testing, troubleshooting, maintaining and analyzing the performance of protection and control equipment, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and associated communication devices while providing leadership and guidance to other P&C Engineering Specialists to ensure proper operation of system protection relaying schemes and SCADA systems to eliminate or limit damage, prevent the spread of system disturbances, reduce the number and duration of customer outages, and to minimize the probability of an ultimate cascading electrical system blackout.

This role is a 3- month internship with the opportunity for conversion thereafter, and full-time placement can be in any of our available service markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Installs protection and control facilities, modifies designs as needed, tests and calibrates protection and SCADA equipment, and provides direction for the technical aspects of substation construction projects in transmission switching stations, load serving substations, generation switchyards, and interconnection facilities with other companies to ensure that the appropriate protection and control facilities are installed safely without adversely affecting electric service.
• Assists in developing testing plans and tests and maintains protective relaying equipment, relaying schemes, associated communication equipment, and SCADA systems to ensure that protection and control facilities operate as designed and to ensure system integrity and the reliable and secure operation of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) bulk power transmission grid and the power delivery system.
• Monitors and analyzes the performance of the protection and control system, analyzes digital fault recorder information, investigates questionable operations, troubleshoots and repairs the protection and control system, and recommends programmatic solutions as needed to ensure system integrity and the reliable and secure operation of the ERCOT bulk power transmission grid and the power delivery system.
• Develops written procedures for use by P&C Engineering Specialists and craft personnel to help ensure that construction and maintenance activities are conducted safely without unnecessary system exposure, customer interruption, or facility interruption.
• Assists in providing technical direction to the transmission work center in areas such as system operations, breaker and regulator control systems, system fault analysis and fault location, and mobile equipment installation to help ensure the safe reliable operation of the transmission system.
• Provides technical direction and performs emergency protection system modifications and high voltage switching to restore electrical service without unsafely exposing the electrical system.
• Actively participate in personal technical development.

Skill Requirements

• Candidates should thoroughly demonstrate proficiency in electrical/electronic theory and computer hardware/software skills.
• Candidates should have demonstrated leadership abilities with strong commitment to discipline, attention to detail, and ability to thrive in high-stakes environments.
• Strong communication skills, including technical writing and oral communication.
• Demonstrated ability to complete tasks and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Must be flexible, have organizational skills, and multi-tasking skills to handle diverse types of work.
• Must effectively communicate across disciplines and functions to achieve common goals and company business purposes.
• Excellent communication and team-building skills for effective relationships with internal and external customers.

Travel

• Up to 25%

Education

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent required.
• Applicants that have completed the Navy Electronics Technician Nuclear (ETN) program and Navy Electrician Mate Nuclear (ETN) with honorable discharge are encouraged to apply.
• Will consider candidates with a 4-year Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology Degree from a certified university OR Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering from a certified university.