Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer

WSP in the U.S.; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 83,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Savings

Paid Time Off

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer to join our East Energy team. Location options include Buffalo, NY; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Portland, ME; Augusta, ME, with client offices in Binghamton and Horseheads, NY.

You will lead protection design for capital projects and coordinate relay settings, SCADA, and automation across diverse projects. The role calls for a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, 5+ years of relevant experience, EIT certification, and IEC 61850/GOOSE

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of post-education experience in electrical engineering, power systems protection and control.
• EIT Certification.
• IEC 61850/GOOSE experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall protection design for capital projects and define relay functionality per client standards.
• Review contractor relay settings, logic diagrams, and operational descriptions.
• Coordinate protection and SCADA integration across multiple projects.
• Provide design support during implementation, testing and commissioning.
• Develop substation automation and integration designs including HMI, IED data maps, and protection settings.

Skills

Protection & control engineering

Independent work

Team leadership

MS Teams / remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

5+ years electrical engineering experience

EIT Certification

IEC 61850/GOOSE experience

Job description

Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer to join our East Energy team in client office in Binghamton, NY, WSP office in Horseheads, NY. The following locations will be considered: Buffalo, NY, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Portland, ME and Augusta, ME. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Energy Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

WSP brings global expertise in power delivery, power generation, and program management-anchored by the acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc. TRC Companies have now joined WSP, deepening our power practice and expanding our energy advisory and intelligent grid services. We’re partnering with clients to shape how energy systems evolve around the world—and we need your help.

As part of our team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.

Your Impact

• Work under mentorship and guidance of the Supervising Engineer.
• The Protection & Control Engineer is responsible for the following functions:
• Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design. Special areas of focus are anti-islanding schemes, generator intertie settings, SPS schemes, etc. (anything outside of normal). Basically, the goal is to ensure that we don’t remove required protections already in place or at least be aware of how things work today before we modify existing schemes.
• Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Client standards
• Review contractor provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects
• Review/perform area relay coordination and determine what level of area coordination is required/needed (based on changes in fault duty and overall system performance due to the project changes)
• Review contractor provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings
• Review/provide input to Owner's Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects
• Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above the items
• Provide feedback to Owner on existing standards and help refine the Owner’s design practices
• Ensure all as-built documentation gets filed appropriately in the plant filing location at Owner
• Lead overall automation and integration design for all capital projects
• Review/design SCADA point indexes
• Review contractor provided HMI screens/settings for all capital projects
• Review/design Protection settings and settings basis
• Review/design IED Data Maps
• Review/create substation level operational descriptions (HMI operation, relay front panel operation, etc.)
• Review automated maintenance data gathering (Digital Substation Data) point lists
• Track all required licenses/firewalls and key automation and integration deliverables needed for project implementation
• Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above items
• Perform constructability review and ensure adequate automation and integration coverage is available for each outage step (SCADA etc.)
• Ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of electrical engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Highly capable self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Ability to assertively direct others in the field such as subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
• Perform additional responsibilities as needed.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of relevant post education experience in electrical engineering, power systems protection and control
• EIT Certification
• IEC 61850/GOOSE experience required
• The ideal candidate will have experience working in consulting firms.
• Proficient with various engineering design tools and software.
• Effective self-leadership with attention to detail, results orientation, and managing multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to perform independently and in a team environment and maintain project ownership.
• Efficient communications and ability to work with team members not located in the same office through MS Teams, email, and/or telephone calls.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
• This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of this policy will be provided during employee onboarding and is available upon applicant request.
• This position is subject to and contingent upon client approval of candidates put forth for consideration by WSP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $83,200 -$145,530

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

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The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.