Protection and Controls - Substations - Electrical Engineer - Remote (U.S.)

AECOM; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is hiring a Protection and Controls Engineer in Minneapolis, MN, to support the Engineering Center of Excellence in Grid Modernization programs.

This position can be remote within the U.S. or hybrid from AECOM offices. Responsibilities include electrical engineering design, mentoring other engineers, and performing power system studies. The ideal candidate needs a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience.

Compensation ranges from $110,000 to $160,000 yearly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 6+ years of relevant protection and controls experience.
• Professional Engineering licensure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for electrical engineering design on assigned projects.
• Mentor early career engineers and facilitate training sessions.
• Perform power system studies and protection settings coordination.

Skills

Electrical engineering design

Protection and controls experience

Team collaboration

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

6 years of relevant experience

Tools

Power systems analysis software (SKM, EasyPower, Etap)

Collaborative 3D model environments (e.g. Navisworks)

Job description

Protection and Controls - Substations - Electrical Engineer - Remote (U.S.)

• Full-time
• State/Province: Texas
• Business Group: DCS
• Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
• Business Line: Energy
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Primary Location: US - Houston, TX - 800 Gessner Rd
• Compensation: USD 110,000 - USD 160,000 - yearly

AECOM has a position opening for a Protection and Controls Engineer to support our growing Energy Business Line’s Engineering Center of Excellence in our Grid Modernization programs, projects and pursuits.

This role can be remote located in the U.S. or hybrid out of any of our AECOM U.S. offices.

Our team provides a wide range of electrical engineering services across market sectors including transmission (substations, OH/UG transmission systems, generator interconnections, interconnection strategy), power distribution (OH/UG power systems, substations, EV charging networks, microgrid design, etc.), renewables (Solar PV, Battery Energy Storage Systems, Wind), and next generation energy (hydrogen, fuel cells, electrolyzers, etc.). We are looking for a talented engineer with a protection and controls background to promote our skills to new clients and maintain our existing client base.

The successful candidate will have an understanding and experience in electrical engineering design and technology principles. They will be expected to work successfully within a team environment and be able to communicate effectively with other project team members and customers. They will have a high level of initiative, motivation, and display drive, energy and enthusiasm for getting things done with excellent attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the electrical engineering design work on assigned projects
• Provide mentorship for the other electrical engineers in our High Voltage/Power team
• Work with Project Engineer and Project Manager on developing design schedules and budgets for electrical engineering work activities
• Perform Power system studies and system protection settings coordination on various project
• Generate basis of design documentation for protection settings and relay configurations
• Support projects during construction, start-up, and commissioning
• Review engineering work performed by peers
• Occasional travel to client and/or project sites (including data gathering and field walks)
• Mentor early career engineers and facilitate internal training sessions, if requested

Level Specific Responsibilities

• Serves as lead engineer on projects of all sizes
• Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for team
• Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise
• Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high quality cost effective work by others
• Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables
• Develops construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects
• Uses expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of PS&E package
• Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings
• Prepares technical specification sections
• Provides input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• 6 years of relevant protection and controls experience in electrical engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineering licensure
• 8+ Years of experience with 2+ years as a project lead
• Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements
• Experience with IEC61850
• Successful track record working with remote teams
• Experience on full EPC, Design/Build projects from start to finish
• Plant Startup and Commissioning Field Experience
• Power systems analysis software experience (SKM, EasyPower, Etap)
• Experience working in collaborative 3D model environments (e.g. Navisworks)

Additional Information

• Relocation assistance is not available for this role
• Sponsorship for US Employment Authorization is not available for this position

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