Protection Engineer II - ERCOT Substations & Relays

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Paid training

Benefits eligibility on first day

401(k) with company match up to 6%

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

CenterPoint Energy seeks an Electrical Engineer to specify, design, and modify power system protection schemes and assist in commissioning substations to maintain ERCOT grid reliability.

The role requires a BS in Electrical Engineering and at least two years of utility or power engineering experience, with hands-on exposure to protective relaying and interconnection projects. You will collaborate with customers, engineers, and field crews to ensure safe, compliant operation.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (or related discipline) from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection schemes and specify relays for independent primary and secondary relaying systems.
• Calculate, program and deploy protective relay settings, including coordination studies and documentation, for electromechanical and microprocessor relay.
• Analyze fault events and develop sequence of events reports following system disturbances, with data obtained from digital fault recorders and microprocessor relays.
• Interact with independent power producers, industrial customers, engineering firms, and construction contractors providing technical assistance and commissioning of new equipment for the interconnection with the ERCOT transmission grid.
• Provide technical assistance with the evaluation and commissioning of new equipment for the interconnection within the CNP electric system.
• Provide support to field personnel in commissioning and the troubleshooting of existing equipment operations.
• Build short circuit cases and provide available fault duties to industrial customers upon request.
• Leverage knowledge to support implementation of digital technology including 61850 process bus solutions.
• Have knowledge of high speed pilot protection schemes including POTT, DCB, and LCD.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Job description

CenterPoint Energy seeks an Electrical Engineer to specify, design, and modify power system protection schemes and assist in commissioning substations to maintain ERCOT grid reliability.

The role requires a BS in Electrical Engineering and at least two years of utility or power engineering experience, with hands-on exposure to protective relaying and interconnection projects. You will collaborate with customers, engineers, and field crews to ensure safe, compliant operation.