Senior Engineer - Protection & Control (Substations)

Avangrid

Orange, Northern (CT, KY)

Hybrid

USD 106,000 - 133,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

The United Illuminating Company, part of AVANGRID, seeks a Senior Engineer – Protection & Control in Orange, CT, to design and configure automation, data collection, protection, and control subsystems across our electric delivery network.

You will lead relay settings design, perform protection coordination analyses for substations and transmission assets, and drive NERC compliance programs while collaborating with project teams and contractors.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or technology and a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience.
  • Registered Professional Engineer or eligibility for certification.
  • Experience with ASPEN OneLiner, SEL & GE Relay Programming, IEC61850 Standard, and protection coordination analysis.
  • FERC, NERC, NPCC, and state regulations familiarity.
  • Strong knowledge of power system analysis, protection fundamentals, and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform relay settings design and relay coordination analysis for electric transmission and substation protection systems in support of capital construction programs.
  • Lead engineering contractors and consultants performing protection system settings for capital projects.
  • Analyze disturbance event operations, ensuring protection schemes perform flawlessly.
  • Develop and deliver fault analysis reports to management with corrective actions.
  • Lead NERC compliance programs and act as SME during audits.
  • Collaborate with project teams to resolve protection and control system issues.

Skills

Relay settings
Protection coordination
NERC compliance
Power system analysis
IEC61850
Aspen OneLiner
SEL programming
GE relay programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ASPEN OneLiner
SEL software
GE Relay Programming

Job description

The United Illuminating Company, part of AVANGRID, seeks a Senior Engineer – Protection & Control in Orange, CT, to design and configure automation, data collection, protection, and control subsystems across our electric delivery network.

You will lead relay settings design, perform protection coordination analyses for substations and transmission assets, and drive NERC compliance programs while collaborating with project teams and contractors.

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