Senior Transmission Protection Engineer: Relay Settings Expert

Coalesce Management Consulting; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Coalesce Management Consulting is seeking a Senior Protection Settings Engineer to provide specialized relay settings and protection engineering support for transmission capital projects. The role focuses on reviewing, validating, and developing protection settings for new installations and system upgrades, acting as a senior technical resource to validate philosophies and ensure proper coordination.

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong protection fundamentals, can perform fault studies with

Qualifications

• Develop protection relay settings for transmission projects.
• Review relay settings to identify errors, coordination issues and risks.
• Perform fault studies and analyze protection system performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop relay settings for SEL 400-series relays supporting new installations and upgrades.
• Review diagrams and ensure proper coordination with adjacent protection systems.
• Provide technical input during design reviews and project development.
• Support commissioning and testing of protection schemes.

Skills

Protection fundamentals

Relay logic

Coordination

Fault studies

ASPEN OneLiner

System modeling

Tools

ASPEN OneLiner

Job description

Coalesce Management Consulting is seeking a Senior Protection Settings Engineer to provide specialized relay settings and protection engineering support for transmission capital projects. The role focuses on reviewing, validating, and developing protection settings for new installations and system upgrades, acting as a senior technical resource to validate philosophies and ensure proper coordination.

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong protection fundamentals, can perform fault studies with