Engineer II - Relay Settings, System Protection

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, specification, setting calculation, and coordination of protective relaying and relay control schemes.
• Modeling, short circuit and overstressed breaker studies as well as the protective relaying recommendations for proposed generation interconnections to a client’s electrical system.
• Ensures all relay settings activities, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the company’s established policies and objectives, and with client design standards.
• Present technical solutions to key customers respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable, articulate manner.
• Work collaboratively with the appropriate groups/ individuals in Qualus to develop and implement technical solutions that support the objectives of the Engineering Department.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a power systems focus from an ABET accredited school.
• 1-3 years of experience in protection and control engineering and relay settings.
• Experience using ASPEN or CAPE.
• Strong analytical and computer skills.
• Ability to identify necessary software to complete needed design work.
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of support personnel.
• Strong commitment to customer service and care.
• Highly motivated "self‐starter".
• Proven multitasking skills.
• Excellent document management and organizational skills.

Benefits

• 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
• Company Holidays