Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer

Avangrid; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 106,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great benefits

Job summary

ROCHESTER GAS & ELEC CORP in Rochester, NY seeks a Senior Engineer - Protection & Control to research industry best practices, develop P&C standards, and lead engineering projects across transmission, substation and distribution.

The role requires 5 years in electrical engineering with 2 years in P&C, a BS in EE, and strong fault analysis fundamentals; PE license and IEC 61850 experience are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• 5 years of electrical engineering experience.
• 2 years in P&C, substation engineering, testing or similar.
• Strong understanding of protection and control fundamentals.
• Intuitive understanding of electrical engineering concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develops P&C engineering standards, relay setting templates and engineering tools.
• Performs engineering analysis and researches industry papers.
• Leads projects and coordinates with multiple teams and vendors.
• Authors engineering standards and presents to technical audiences.
• Evaluates new vendors and technologies.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Protection & Control

Substation engineering

Relay testing/commissioning

Power systems analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Master's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

SEL relays

GE/Siemens relays

IEC 61850

RTDS

Virtualized protection relays

Job description

ROCHESTER GAS & ELEC CORP in Rochester, NY seeks a Senior Engineer - Protection & Control to research industry best practices, develop P&C standards, and lead engineering projects across transmission, substation and distribution.

The role requires 5 years in electrical engineering with 2 years in P&C, a BS in EE, and strong fault analysis fundamentals; PE license and IEC 61850 experience are a plus.