Relay Protection Lead Engineer 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

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.