Senior Substation Protection & Control Lead (Flexible)

Arup; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing plan

401(k) plan with up to 10% company-mat

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Arup in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Protection & Control Settings Engineer to lead a team delivering high‑voltage substation projects for utilities, developers and contractors. You will apply protection settings, develop relay configurations, and coordinate protection schemes up to 500 kV while interfacing with clients and internal teams.

You will review design basis, perform power system studies with industry software, support construction and commissioning, and ensure QA/QC across offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• PE license is preferred.
• 9+ years experience in development of protection relay settings for transmission substations.
• Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements pertaining to electric utility reliability.
• Experience with ASPEN OneLiner or Siemens CAPE, ETAP, SKM, CYME software; Arc Flash studies preferred.
• Ability to read protection single lines, three lines and schematics.
• Experience with IEC61850 implementation preferred.
• Proven project leadership across multi‑disciplinary teams and budgets.
• Ability to work independently and with teams to achieve goals; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform and lead others in system protection setting calculation, development of relay logic diagrams, and protection coordination on substation projects up to 500kV.
• Develop and review design basis documentation for protective settings and relay configurations; generate native relay configuration files.
• Apply industry standards for protection of system equipment including buses, transformers, breakers, capacitors, reactors, lines and feeders.
• Perform power system modeling and protective relay coordination analysis using industry software.
• Prepare and review design calculations including short circuit, CT performance, and relay loadability.
• Lead designers to develop single line drawings and wiring diagrams for substations.
• Lead the effort to create bill of materials for relays and control buildings.
• Provide engineering support for construction and commissioning activities.
• Perform QA/QC for project deliverables across offices; support bid and execution phases.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Independent work

Collaboration

Client interaction

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SEL AcSELerator

GE EnerVista

ASPEN OneLiner

Siemens CAPE

ETAP

SKM

CYME

IEC61850

Job description

Arup in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Protection & Control Settings Engineer to lead a team delivering high‑voltage substation projects for utilities, developers and contractors. You will apply protection settings, develop relay configurations, and coordinate protection schemes up to 500 kV while interfacing with clients and internal teams.

You will review design basis, perform power system studies with industry software, support construction and commissioning, and ensure QA/QC across offices.