Senior Power Controls & Grid Planning Specialist

Sargent Lundy; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sargent Lundy in the United States seeks an experienced engineer to provide independent technical oversight of plant control philosophies for large, isolated power systems, ensuring stable, resilient, and compliant operation.

You will review protection philosophies, control narratives, and coordination strategies, validate integration between GT controls, BESS EMS/PPC, and SCADA, and support frequency response, inertia management, and black start planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent technical oversight of plant control philosophies for large, isolated power systems.
• Review and challenge dynamic studies, control narratives, plant controller strategies, and protection philosophies without performing detailed PSS\u00aeE or PSCAD modeling.
• Validate integration between GT controls, BESS EMS/PPC systems, SCADA, and coordination strategies for frequency response, voltage control, inertia management, and black start.

Job description

Sargent Lundy in the United States seeks an experienced engineer to provide independent technical oversight of plant control philosophies for large, isolated power systems, ensuring stable, resilient, and compliant operation.

You will review protection philosophies, control narratives, and coordination strategies, validate integration between GT controls, BESS EMS/PPC, and SCADA, and support frequency response, inertia management, and black start planning.