General Engineer - T&S Relay Engineering

Primary Purpose

T&S Relay Engineering is responsible for designing protection schemes for equipment within a substation. Equipment in scope for protection includes transformers, capacitor banks, buses, transmission lines (765kV, 345kV, 138kV, 69kV), and distribution lines (34kV, 12kV, 4kV). In addition to these primary responsibilities, Relay Engineers are provided opportunities for leadership and professional development.

Primary Duties

• Leads and performs assignments in specialized areas requiring extensive engineering expertise.
• Maintains state of the art engineering credential in the specialized technical area.
• 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.
• 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.
• Participates in department planning, through field/site walkdowns, attend meetings/conference calls, provide budget recommendations and monitor performance for the accomplishment of committed results.
• Performs assignments while acting independently, and may lead multi-discipline teams, may include providing direct oversight of contractors.
• Serves as an expert in specialized area.
• Acts as an expert witness or provide expert opinions as required.
• Provides recommendations to management and implements action plans to improve performance and cost effectiveness.
• Provides detailed technical training, mentorship, peer review, and/or guidance to others.

Job Scope

Influences project decisions having a moderate impact on the company that may include leading employees or contractors in the commissioning of electrical systems and equipment to be placed On System. 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)
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex electrical and mechanical systems.
• Knowledge and ability to apply problem solving approaches and engineering theory.
• Knowledge of engineering designs, principles and practices.
• Knowledge of complex field test equipment.
• 4-7 years of professional engineering experience (1) (3) (See Note).
• Broad knowledge and experience with regulations, guides, standards, codes methods, practices, and advanced engineering principles necessary to perform very complex or unique assignments for a specific.
• Minimum of two related career experiences (4) (i.e., changes in technical job responsibilities, which may or may not include a change in department).
• OREngineer in Training OR
• 50% complete (by hours) with advanced technical degree, M.B.A. or Project Management Certification(1)
• Master's degree in Engineering reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year.
• Licence must be issued by the state in which you are practicing. (3) PE License reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year.
• Career related experiences is defined as changes in technical job responsibilities and does not have to include a change in department.

Note

• (1) 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).
• (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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree (1) or Graduate level work in Engineering, Business Administration or Project Management Certification.
• Possess Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certification and/or Professional Engineer license (2) (3).
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all management levels.
• Strong written and oral communication/presentation skills, report generation & technical writing skills.

Benefits

• Annual salary will vary based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors: $92,000.00/Yr. – $126,500.00/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