Protection & Controls Engineer

Lincoln Electric System

Kentucky

On-site

USD 81,166 - 101,458

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
Paid maternity leave
Paid paternity leave
Student loan assistance
Tuition assistance
Disability insurance

Job summary

A leading electric utility provider is seeking a skilled Protection & Controls Engineer to join its team in Kentucky. The role involves designing and maintaining protective relaying schemes and SCADA systems to ensure the safety and efficiency of power systems. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field. This position offers a competitive salary range from $81,166 to $134,178 based on experience, as well as comprehensive benefits including medical insurance and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
  • Experience with protection and control systems is essential.
  • Valid driver's license required.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain protective relaying schemes.
  • Support commissioning and field testing.
  • Lead small to medium projects with minimal guidance.
  • Provide engineering support for protection and control systems.

Skills

Protection systems design
SCADA systems
Analytical skills
Project management
Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Join to apply for the Protection & Controls Engineer role at Lincoln Electric System

We’re looking for a skilled Protection & Controls Engineer to join our high-performance team and help ensure the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our power systems. In this role, you’ll design, implement, and maintain protective relaying schemes, SCADA/automation systems, and control solutions that keep critical infrastructure running smoothly. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams, analyze system data, support commissioning and field testing, and contribute to innovative improvements in grid resiliency. If you thrive in a technical environment and want to make a meaningful impact on modern energy systems, we’d love to hear from you.

Education & Experience
  • Engineer – $81,166 - $101,458: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an ABET accredited institution, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
  • Engineer III – $93,342 - $116,678: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an ABET accredited institution, and at least three years of progressively responsible engineering experience in area of assignment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
  • Senior Engineer – $107,342 - $134,178: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an ABET accredited institution, and at least six years of progressively responsible engineering experience in area of assignment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Essential Duties & Core Competencies

Provides engineering support including analysis, design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of protection systems, controls systems, SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), and technical services. Also included is the material selection, bid evaluations, supervision of consulting services, preparation of feasibility studies, and creating/updating specifications for associated substation equipment. Leads small to medium projects with minimal guidance. Acts as on‑call engineer as assigned outside normal working hours. Consistent and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.

  • Performs the planning, design, analysis, construction, commissioning, integration, installation, operation, and optimization of protection, controls, alarm monitoring and other critical operational systems and applications.
  • Designs protection schemes for industrial, balance of plant, and utility substation applications including one‑lines, three‑lines, DC schematics, and relay settings.
  • Evaluates the interoperability, control features, and communication/protocol aspects of protective relays, communication processors, and remote terminal units.
  • Performs tasks and develops programs, processes, and documentation to comply with NERC regulatory standards and other applicable Federal, State, and local codes, laws, and standards.
  • Revises and evaluates new protection and control schemes and evaluates proposed system changes to determine their effect on existing protection and controls schemes.
  • Assists with researching activities pertaining to failure analysis, engineering, and construction practices.
Adaptability

The successful candidate maintains a positive attitude in the face of change; appropriately adjusts behavior and activities to changing conditions.

Initiative

Seeking a candidate that takes action on their own without being prompted; handles problems independently; able to resolve issues without relying on extensive help from others; does more than is expected or asked.

Quality Orientation

The ideal candidate holds self and others to being attentive to detail and accuracy, maintains high quality work, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems while encouraging a quality focus in others.

Accountability

The individual holds self and others responsible for goals, outcomes, deadlines, and objectives and follows through on commitments. Takes accountability for delivering on commitments; owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development.

Job Technical Skills

A person in this role keeps their technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others.

Required Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
  • Valid driver’s license
Benefits
  • Medical insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid maternity leave
  • Paid paternity leave
  • Student loan assistance
  • Tuition assistance
  • Disability insurance

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