Senior Power Systems Protection Engineer

Iberdrola; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 141,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

NY State Electric & Gas Corp. seeks a Principal Engineer – Protection & Control to design, configure, maintain, and renew protection and control subsystems for the grid in New England and New York. You will ensure compliance with NERC, FERC, NYISO and other standards while guiding junior engineers.

The role involves coordinating with vendors, consultants, and other departments, performing calculations, and approving contractor work. Travel to sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Professional Engineer license or ability to obtain certification.
• Advanced knowledge of power system protection, standards, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering design, estimating, and analysis of electric transmission and substation protection systems.
• Review and approve protection system designs and contractor work.
• Analyze fault events and provide concise reports with corrective actions.

Skills

Power system protection

Electrical design

Project coordination

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

ASPEN OneLiner

ASPEN LineDatabase

Job description

NY State Electric & Gas Corp. seeks a Principal Engineer – Protection & Control to design, configure, maintain, and renew protection and control subsystems for the grid in New England and New York. You will ensure compliance with NERC, FERC, NYISO and other standards while guiding junior engineers.

The role involves coordinating with vendors, consultants, and other departments, performing calculations, and approving contractor work. Travel to sites may be required.