Remote Protection & Control Engineer – HV Substations

Amaris Consulting | Part of Mantu; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amaris Consulting is seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to support high-voltage and extra-high-voltage substation projects across transmission and distribution. You will design protection and control systems for AC, HVDC and FACTS, and prepare standards-compliant design packages for project teams.

Location: United States or Canada; work arrangement: Remote eligible. You will collaborate with engineers, vendors and field teams to ensure safety, accuracy and on-time delivery across a variety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Experience designing protection and control systems for HV or EHV substations.
• Experience with utility, renewable energy or industrial projects.
• Knowledge of substation voltage levels ranging from 12 kV to 500 kV.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection and control designs for T&D substations, data centers, industrial facilities and BESS projects.
• Prepare protection single-line and three-line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, tripping tables and matrices, logic diagrams, metering and alarm schematics, panel arrangements and wiring diagrams.
• Produce auxiliary AC and DC one-line diagrams.
• Perform DC battery and charger sizing, voltage-drop calculations and auxiliary AC power calculations.
• Review P&C deliverables, including single-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, panel arrangements, schematics and wiring documentation.
• Work with electrical layout engineers and designers, relay setting engineers, site managers, commissioning engineers and field teams.
• Coordinate with equipment vendors and manufacturers, and review their technical documentation.
• Support the preparation of FAT and SAT procedures.
• Participate in constructability reviews.
• Work with the Project Engineering Manager and P&C Lead to resolve technical design issues.
• Maintain a strong focus on safety, technical accuracy and delivery deadlines.

Skills

P&C design experience

English fluency

Substation design knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SEL IEDs

ABB GE Multilin

ETAP / Aspen OneLiner

AutoCAD / EBase

GIS / AIS substations

Job description

Amaris Consulting is seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to support high-voltage and extra-high-voltage substation projects across transmission and distribution. You will design protection and control systems for AC, HVDC and FACTS, and prepare standards-compliant design packages for project teams.

Location: United States or Canada; work arrangement: Remote eligible. You will collaborate with engineers, vendors and field teams to ensure safety, accuracy and on-time delivery across a variety