Remote Protection & Controls Engineering Leader

Electric Power Engineers, LLC; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

PTO and holidays

MyShare Employee Ownership Program

401K with match

Job summary

Electric Power Engineers is seeking an experienced Protection & Control Engineering Manager to provide technical leadership across EPC and private-client projects, including substations, data centers, and BESS. You will guide design from concept through commissioning and mentor a growing P&C team in a fast-paced consulting environment.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in protection design, protective relaying, and system studies, with prior leadership experience and client-facing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in protection and control engineering, preferably including consulting/EPC/detailed design environments.
• Strong technical background in substation P&C design and protective relaying for MV and HV systems.
• Experience with industry-standard protection tools and relay software such as ASPEN, CAPE, ETAP, Powerbase, SEL Quickset, and GE Enervista.
• Experience coordinating P&C design across multidisciplinary EPC projects.
• Familiarity with IEEE/ANSI/NERC requirements and data-center/BESS experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead P&C engineering and design for EPC and private-client projects, including substations and data centers.
• Develop and review P&C drawing packages (one-lines, three-lines, schematics, relay logic, wiring, interconnection diagrams).
• Develop and review protection philosophies and schemes for transformers, buses, feeders, lines, and generators.
• Set and coordinate protective relay settings and coordination (overcurrent, differential, distance, breaker-failure).
• Perform short-circuit, equipment-duty and protection coordination studies.
• Coordinate P&C design with other engineering disciplines and vendors.
• Lead technical coordination with EPC contractors, clients and utilities; resolve interfaces.
• Ensure designs meet client, utility, IEEE/ANSI/NERC requirements; review vendor drawings.
• Support construction, testing, commissioning and energization; review test docs.
• Provide QA/QC and senior-level review of P&C deliverables.
• Develop and maintain P&C standards, templates, and calculation methodologies.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and supervision to P&C engineers and designers.
• Support proposal development, scopes of work, estimates, and risk analysis.
• Work with clients to define requirements and deliver practical, cost-effective solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality via standardization and automation.

Skills

Protection & control engineering

Leadership & mentoring

Client-facing communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ASPEN

CAPE

ETAP

Powerbase

SEL Quickset

GE Enervista

Job description

Electric Power Engineers is seeking an experienced Protection & Control Engineering Manager to provide technical leadership across EPC and private-client projects, including substations, data centers, and BESS. You will guide design from concept through commissioning and mentor a growing P&C team in a fast-paced consulting environment.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in protection design, protective relaying, and system studies, with prior leadership experience and client-facing