Lead Protection & Controls Engineer (Binghamton, NY)

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design.
• Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Client TM 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.
• Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above the items.
• Provide feedback to Owner on existing TM 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.
• 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.).

  Requirements

  • 5-10 years of engineering experience in the functional area
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or engineering technology
  • PE preferred

    Benefits

    Body, mind, and wallet—LaBella's benefits support a holistic approach to your health and wellness, creating the foundation for physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our benefit offerings cover the must-haves (healthcare and retirement), the just-in-cases (insurances and employee assistance programs), and the cherry-on-tops (fitness reimbursements, year-end incentive pay, and tuition assistance).

    Flexible Work Schedule

    Health/Dental Insurance

    401k Plan with Employer Match

    Paid Parental Leave

    Short & Long Term Disability

    Profit Sharing

    Paid Time Off

    Leadership Development Program

    Fitness Reimbursement

    Tuition Reimbursement

    Referral Bonus Program

    Wellness Program

    Team Building Events

    Community Service Events

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