Relay Engineering Specialist II

Mesa Associates, Inc; Edwardsville (IL); On-site; USD 86,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay – 10 Days Annually

Group Medical/Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(K) Retirement Savings plan

401(K) Matching Contribution

Section 125/Cafeteria Plan

Long Term Care Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Fitness Center Reimbursement

Annual Performance Bonus

9/80 Work Schedule Option

FSA and HSA Options

Job summary

Mesa Associates, Inc. is seeking a Lead Engineer to advance relay protection, settings, and coordination studies for power delivery substations. The role requires interfacing with clients and internal teams to ensure milestone-driven project delivery.

The position emphasizes technical leadership, design approach, and adherence to standards, with opportunities to mentor junior staff and manage project scope and budget.

Qualifications

• Capable of acting as Lead Engineer on moderately complex studies and settings projects interfacing with the client, other firms, and Mesa departments.
• Conceptualizes initial design approach for major phase of large project or leads engineering work on routine projects.
• Exercises judgment in independent evaluation and modification of standard techniques and criteria.
• Capable of preparing and verifying calculations using engineering formulas and software as required; software list above is preferred.
• Manages personal task assignments to meet scope, schedule and budget.

Responsibilities

• Development of relay protection schemes using microprocessor-based relays to protect transmission and distribution assets.
• Perform protective device coordination for transmission lines, buses, transformers, capacitor banks, circuit breakers, and reactors.
• Develop logic settings to support desired relay schemes.
• Perform area protective device coordination studies.
• Develop system component modeling.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Client interfacing

Communication

Mentoring

Decision making

Tools

PSCAD

MathCAD

SKM

CAPE

ASPEN

acSELerator (SEL-5030)

ETAP

Siemens PSS E

Job description

PDS 12 / Power Delivery Substation

This position is not eligible for recruiting or sourcing by outside parties.

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What We’re Looking For

• Capable of acting as Lead Engineer on moderately complex studies and settings projects which require interfacing with the client, other engineering firms, and other departments within Mesa. This includes the identification of study / settings input requirements and coordinating the collection of the input information and data.
• Responsible for conceptualizing the initial design approach for a major phase of a large project or have overall responsibility for the engineering work on a routine project.
• Exercises judgment in the independent evaluation selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Capable of preparing and verifying calculations using engineering formulas and skills or application specific software as required. Experience in the specific software below is preferred:
• PSCAD
• MathCAD
• SKM
• CAPE
• ASPEN
• acSELerator (SEL-5030)
• ETAP
• Siemens PSS E
• Manages personal task assignments to ensure adherence to scope, schedule and budget.
• Monitors project execution milestones and schedules to ensure projects are completed on schedule.
• Performs technical and coordination checking/ review of deliverables and other project or study documents.
• Ensures deliverables comply with Business Unit procedures and meet applicable design requirements.
• Prepare reports documenting the process and results of the studies or settings performed
• Adhere to client/industry standard practices and procedures.
• Work with clients to assist them in meeting their compliance requirements
• Mentor less experienced associates to help them develop
• Use good verbal and written communication skills with team members and clients
• Use good interpersonal skills to build relationships with team members and clients
• Accept responsibility for technical adequacy of deliverables designed or checked
• Lead studies and work under the direction of others to complete the assignment on schedule and under budget.

What You’ll Do

• Development of relay protection schemes using microprocessor-based relays to protect transmission and distribution assets.
• Perform protective device coordination for transmission lines, buses, transformers, capacitor banks, circuit breakers, and reactors.
• Develop logic settings to support desired relay schemes.
• Perform area protective device coordination studies.
• Develop system component modeling.

What You’ll Earn

• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay – 10 Days Annually
• Group Medical/Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance (Company Paid)
• Disability Insurance (Company Paid)
• 401(K) Retirement Savings plan
• 401(K) Matching Contribution
• Section 125/Cafeteria Plan
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Fitness Center Reimbursement
• Annual Performance Bonus
• 9/80 Work Schedule Option
• FSA and HSA Options

Annual Salary Range

$86,452.35 - $111,228.20

The expected compensation is a range determined by factors including but not limited to education, experience, and qualifications of the candidate, internal equity, work location, and hiring department’s fiscal resources.

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