Sr Engineer - BGE Protection & Controls Engineering

Transmission & Distribution World; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 103,200 - 141,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match and company contributions

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Exelon is seeking a Sr. Protection and Control Engineer to lead and support engineering efforts for substation rebuilds and asset replacements, with a focus on Digital Smart Substations.

The role requires handling complex initiatives impacting grid reliability, capacity expansion, and system performance. The candidate should have BS in Engineering or PE, 7+ years of experience (or 6+ with a MS/PE), and strong knowledge of protection systems, substations, and related automation hardware and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Licensed Professional Engineer.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex electrical and mechanical systems.
• 7+ years of professional engineering experience or 6+ with Masters or PE.
• Preferred: Experience with transmission and substation projects, including air-insulated and gas-insulated substations.
• Preferred: Experience in transmission line, transformer, bus, feeder, and capacitor protection systems and settings.
• Preferred: Experience in RTU, annunciator, metering, capacitor control, and LTC control systems and settings.

Responsibilities

• Leads and performs assignments in specialized areas requiring extensive engineering expertise.
• Leads and performs tasks on complex projects with significant financial and operational impact.
• Develops commissioning plans and documents; oversees design and performance assessments.
• Provides technical training, mentorship, and guidance to others.
• Acts as an expert witness or provides expert opinions as required.

Skills

Engineering expertise

Electrical systems analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or PE

Tools

CYMDIST

PSS/E

Python

PSCAD

MATLAB

MATHCAD

Aspen OneLiner

Aspen Relay

SEL-5030

SEL RTAC

Job description

This Sr level engineering role will have the ability to lead and support protection and control engineering efforts for electrical substation rebuilds, asset replacements, and innovation opportunities such as Digital Smart Substations. This role involves managing complex, fast-paced initiatives that are critical to grid reliability, capacity expansion, and system performance.

Key knowledge/experience needed for this role:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Licensed Professional Engineer
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex electrical systems
• 7+ years of professional engineering experience or 6+ with Masters or PE
• Preferred: Experience with transmission and substation projects, including air‑insulated substation and gas‑insulated substation.
• Preferred: Experience in transmission line, transformer, bus, feeder, and capacitor protection systems and settings.
• Preferred: Experience in substation Remote Terminal Unit (RTU), annunciator, metering, capacitor control, and Load Tap Changer (LTC) control systems and settings.

Develops and/or leads teams in studies, plans, criteria, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, performance assessments, integrated systems analysis, cost estimates, budgets, associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of Exelon's electric facilities/systems. Provides consultation and recommendations to the Company within and to other business units and/or customers as a result of studying company or customer‑owned systems, processes, equipment, vehicles or facilities. Reviews financial data from budget and actual costs of projects. Provides technical expertise to strategic, legislative, and operational decisions. Participates in creating, updating, and applying internal/industry standards and technology in a specialized area of expertise. Trains and mentor others.

Position may be required to work extended hours for coverage during storms or other energy delivery emergencies.

Primary Duties

• Leads and performs assignments in specialized areas requiring extensive engineering expertise. Requiring maintaining state of the art engineering credential in the specialized technical area. (25%)
• Leads and performs engineering tasks and projects associated with a critical or analytical engineering project or a small number of complex projects that require specialized knowledge in many areas, may include field testing troubleshooting, and peer review. (30%)
• Evaluates, develops, implements and leads projects that have significant financial and operational impact, may also develop initial commissioning plans. Plans, writes and performs tasks for documentation deliverables and projects (10%)
• Participates in department planning, through field/site walkdowns, attend meetings/conference calls, provide budget recommendations and monitor performance for the accomplishment of committed results. (5%)
• Performs assignments while acting independently, and may lead multi‑discipline teams, may include providing direct oversight of contractors. (5%)
• Serves as an expert in specialized area. (5%)
• Acts as an expert witness or provide expert opinions as required. (5%)
• Provides recommendations to management and implements action plans to improve performance and cost effectiveness. (5%)
• Provides detailed technical training, mentorship, peer review, and/or guidance to others. (5%)
• Participates in technical and industry societies and committees to enhance knowledge of new technologies or issues in areas of company interest, make recommendations for business decisions regarding strategy for new technologies and/or engineering techniques and tools. (5%)

Job Scope

• Influences project decisions having a significant impact on the company.
• Applies technical knowledge to help promote a safe work environment and to enhance customer satisfaction.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Licensed Professional Engineer (2) (3) Knowledge of engineering designs, principles and practices
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex electrical and mechanical systems.
• Knowledge and ability to apply problem solving approaches and engineering theory.
• Detailed knowledge of applicable standards, codes methods, and practices unique to areas of expertise.
• 7+ years of professional engineering experience (1) (3) (See Note 3. Thorough knowledge and experience in unique areas of engineering expertise.
• Ability to apply advanced engineering principles to identify and resolve complex issues.
• Minimum of three related career experiences (4) (i.e., changes in technical job responsibilities, which may or may not include a change in department) OR
• Lead Member of a recognized industry committee OR
• Professional Engineer's License (2), advanced technical degree, MBA or Project Management Certification (1) Master's degree in Engineering reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year. (2) License must be issued by the state in which you are practicing. (3) PE License reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year. (4) Career related experiences is defined as changes in technical job responsibilities and does not have to include a change in department.
• Note: Items (1) and (3) are mutually inclusive, whereby the maximum experience requirement reduction is one (1) year (e.g., in the case of an employee with both a master's degree in Engineering AND a PE license, the minimum experience requirement would be reduced by one (1) year).

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree (1) or Graduate level work in Engineering, Business Administration or Project Management Certification
• Licensed Professional Engineer (2) (3)
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all management levels.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• A working knowledge of analysis software packages such as CYMDIST, PSS\E, Python, PSCAD, MATLAB, MATHCAD, Aspen OneLiner, Aspen Relay Database, SEL-5030, SEL RTAC, etc.
• Experience with transmission and substation projects, including air‑insulated substation and gas‑insulated substation.
• Experience in transmission line, transformer, bus, feeder, and capacitor protection systems.
• Experience in performing fault studies on transmission lines and distribution feeders for purposes of issuing relay settings .
• Experience in substation Remote Terminal Unit (RTU), annunciator, metering, capacitor control, and Load Tap Changer (LTC) control systems.
• Experience in RTU setting development (e.g. SEL RTAC, SSNET, etc,)
• Knowledge of PJM interconnection process and utility standards.

Benefits

• Annual salary will vary based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors: $103,200.00/Yr. – $141,900.00/Yr.
• Annual Bonus for eligible positions: 15%
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave and bonding/primary caregiver leave or parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program and resources for mental and emotional support
• Wellbeing programs such as tuition reimbursement, adoption and surrogacy assistance and fitness reimbursement
• Referral bonus program
• And much more

Note: Exelon-sponsored compensation and benefit programs may vary or not apply based on length of service, job grade, job classification or represented status. Eligibility will be determined by the written plan or program documents.