Senior System Protection Engineer - Transmission Line

Qualus Corporation; Nevada (IA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Short/Long-Term Disability

Retirement Savings Plan

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Programs

Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

Company Holidays

Job summary

Qualus Corporation seeks a Senior Protection and Controls Engineer to advance protective relaying, device settings, and philosophy development. You will lead substation protection schemes, analyze disturbances, and deliver robust solutions while coordinating with clients and construction teams.

Ideal candidates have 8–10 years of experience in power systems protection, a PE license or significant experience without PE, and strong analytical and communication skills to support project success.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with 8–10 years of industry experience and PE license or 10 years without PE.
• Knowledge of electric utility system protection principles and company protection philosophies.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills, with effective time management.

Responsibilities

• Completes relay coordination analyses and determines settings for substation projects.
• Leads development of company system protection philosophy and design of schemes.
• Performs studies, prepares reports for management and customers.
• Develops state-of-the-art protection solutions for complex power system issues.
• Ensures quality control and coordinates with construction forces and customers.

Skills

Protection principles

Protection philosophies

Power system modeling

Communication skills

Analytical problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

Position Overview

Power your future with Qualus in our Engineering Department as an Senior Protection and Controls Engineer. As a Senior P&C Engineer you will be responsible for protective relaying equipment, determining device settings, and developing protection, control, and automation philosophy.

Responsibilities

• Completes relay coordination analyses and determines appropriate settings for substation projects.
• Leads the development of company system protection philosophy; design of protection, control, and substation automation schemes, and specify relaying and associated equipment, including automation methodologies and large to complex remedial action schemes.
• Performs studies, prepares, and provides reports to executive management, internal and external customers.
• Apply technical expertise and knowledge in developing state-of-the-art solutions for large to complex protection problems, including the analysis of power system disturbances.
• Ensures quality control and external customer service on assigned projects by providing construction support and coordination with construction forces and proactively seeking and incorporating customer input.
• Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes, and regulations applicable to position and company, including NERC/WECC mandates.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Work Experience

Engineering degree from an accredited college/university with 8 years industry experience and a Professional Engineer (PE) license or Engineering degree from an accredited college/university with 10 years of industry experience without a Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Demonstrated knowledge of:

• Electric utility system protection principles
• Protection philosophies employed across the company.

Demonstrated skills such as:

• Technical analyses utilizing appropriate computer modeling techniques.
• Time management, organizational, oral, and written communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

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Benefits & Compensation

Qualus offers a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, which may include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage, Retirement Savings Plans (including employer matching where applicable), Flexible Spending and/or Health Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Company Holidays. Benefits offerings may vary based on position, work location, and eligibility requirements.

The compensation range for this position is provided in accordance with applicable laws and market practices. The final base salary offered may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, internal equity, performance, and business needs. Compensation ranges are subject to change at the Company's discretion and as permitted by applicable law.

Company Overview

Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, energy efficiency and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 2,000 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.

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