Protection & Control Engineer: Substations & Power Systems

New York State Electric & Gas; Town of Kirkwood (NY); On-site; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits and growth

Performance-based bonuses

12% 401(k) match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP is seeking an Engineer - Protection & Control to design and configure automation, data collection, protection, and control subsystems for their extensive electric delivery infrastructure. You will help ensure safe, timely, and cost-effective project delivery across transmission and substation systems.

The role requires 2–5 years of engineering experience, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or technology, and expertise with protection schemes, IEC61850, and

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or technology.
• Experience with ASPEN OneLiner, SEL & GE Relay Programming, IEC61850.
• Familiar with FERC, NERC, NPCC and state regulations.
• Strong knowledge of power system analysis, protection fundamentals, and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform relay settings design and relay coordination analysis for electric transmission and substation protection systems in support of capital construction programs.
• Lead engineering contractors and consultants performing protection system settings for capital projects.
• Analyze disturbance event operations, ensuring protection schemes perform flawlessly; deliver fault analysis reports with corrective actions.
• Lead NERC compliance programs applicable to substation assets and act as a subject matter expert during audits.
• Review large customer interconnections and distributed energy resource interconnections to substations, transmission and distribution circuits.
• Represent AVANGRID on regional and national committees.

Skills

2-5 years engineering experience

Power systems analysis

Protection fundamentals

FERC/NERC/NPCC compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or technology

Tools

ASPEN OneLiner

SEL & GE Relay Programming

IEC61850

Job description

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP is seeking an Engineer - Protection & Control to design and configure automation, data collection, protection, and control subsystems for their extensive electric delivery infrastructure. You will help ensure safe, timely, and cost-effective project delivery across transmission and substation systems.

The role requires 2–5 years of engineering experience, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or technology, and expertise with protection schemes, IEC61850, and