Protection & Controls Engineer – Critical Power

OP Engineering; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OP Engineering seeks an experienced Protection and Controls Engineer to own protection across high-capacity campus power systems, including generation, substations, and MV/HV distribution.

The role is hands-on with duties spanning setting development, protection architecture, testing, and field commissioning. Expect emphasis on relay coordination, SEL platforms, and generator protection expertise in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated protection and controls engineering experience.
• Hands-on relay settings and coordination knowledge.
• Experience with generator protection and arc-flash concepts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop MV/HV relay settings and coordination studies.
• Design protection, communications and SCADA architecture.
• Produce and verify relay configuration files.
• Support protection testing and field commissioning.
• Investigate trips and misoperations; diagnose root causes.

Skills

Protection engineering

Relay settings

Coordination studies

Field commissioning

SCADA architecture

SEL protection platforms

Tools

SEL protection platforms

Testing equipment

Job description

Oliver Parks is supporting a rapidly expanding AI and mission-critical infrastructure business looking to appoint an experienced Protection and Controls Engineer.

You’ll take ownership of protection across high-capacity campus power systems, covering generation, substations and MV/HV distribution.

This is a hands-on engineering position rather than a purely supervisory role. You’ll develop the settings, define the protection architecture and support schemes through testing and field commissioning.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing MV/HV relay settings and coordination studies
• Designing protection, communications and SCADA architecture
• Producing and verifying relay configuration files
• Supporting protection testing and field commissioning
• Investigating trips, relay operations and system misoperations
• Coordinating with generation, substation and distribution teams
• Maintaining configuration control over safety-critical settings
• Strong protection and controls engineering experience
• Hands-on relay settings and coordination knowledge
• Experience with SEL or comparable protection platforms
• Field testing or commissioning exposure
• The ability to interpret event records and diagnose root causes

Experience with generator protection, IEC 61850, NERC PRC standards or arc-flash mitigation would be particularly valuable.

Austin is the primary location, although alternative US office locations may be considered for exceptional candidates. This is not a remote position.