Power System Protection Engineer III

Rosendin Electric offers meaningful career growth, a true sense of ownership, and the opportunity to work on high‑profile projects as an employee‑owned electrical contractor. The company emphasizes integrity, diversity, and a culture that empowers its people.

Responsibilities

• Design, specify, calculate settings, and coordinate protective relaying and relay control schemes.
• Develop protection schemes and relay settings for transformers, generators, transmission lines, feeders, and buses in accordance with client requirements and system specifications.
• Configure protection relay settings, including overcurrent, differential, distance, and backup protection relays.
• Perform coordination studies to ensure proper relay operation and minimize system downtime during fault conditions.
• Use power system modeling tools (e.g., ETAP, SKM, CAPE, ASPEN) to simulate and analyze protection systems, fault scenarios, and equipment ratings.
• Conduct fault analysis, short‑circuit, AC/DC arc‑flash, and harmonics studies.
• Support field testing, commissioning, and validation of protection relays and control systems to ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot relay protection issues, perform root‑cause analysis, and develop corrective actions for mis‑operations or unexpected trips.
• Collaborate with engineers, project managers, and clients to ensure successful implementation of protection systems.
• Prepare technical documentation, including relay settings, test reports, system protection studies, and coordination diagrams.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., IEEE, IEC, NEC, NFPA 70E, NERC).
• Act as a proactive technical leader, guiding project teams, solving complex protection challenges, and supporting project execution from design through commissioning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a power‑systems focus.
• 6+ years of experience in protection and relay settings for electric power systems supporting mission‑critical, commercial, and industrial facilities.
• U.S. Professional Engineer (PE) registration (required).
• High proficiency with power system modeling tools such as ETAP, SKM, ASPEN, and CAPE.
• Applied knowledge of protection schemes for overcurrent/over‑undervoltage, transformer differential, busbar differential, generator, motor, and line differential/distance protection.
• Experience developing protection schemes for redundant power architectures (e.g., N, N+1, 2N) in data‑center environments.
• Proficiency in programming and setting SEL, Siemens, and GE protective relays.
• Experience with vendor software for relay settings management (e.g., SEL AcSELerator, GE Enervista).
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop technical teams.
• Strong leadership, written and oral communication, and organizational skills.
• Advanced use of Mathcad and Microsoft Excel for protective setting calculations.
• Working knowledge of NERC reliability standards (PRC‑019/023/024/025/026/027).
• Familiarity with communication protocols (DNP, SEL, MMS, Modbus, etc.) and IEC 61850 (GOOSE, MMS, SV).
• Proven ability to lead small‑ to mid‑size projects, managing schedules, budgets, staffing, and technical execution.
• Experience supporting proposal development, including scope of work, engineering estimates, and schedules.
• Ability to manage complex protection engineering tasks in fast‑paced, multidisciplinary project environments.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Annual performance‑based bonus program
• 17 PTO days per year plus 10 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Term Life, AD&D, and voluntary life insurance
• Disability and income protection insurance
• Pre‑tax Flexible Spending Accounts (health and dependent care)
• Charitable giving match through the Rosendin Foundation

Travel

Up to 50 % travel (does not include local field visits).

Working Conditions

General work environment – sitting for long periods, standing, walking, typing, carrying, pushing, bending. Work is conducted primarily indoors with varying environmental conditions such as fluorescent lighting and air conditioning. Noise level is usually low to medium. Occasional lifting of up to 40 lb.

Equal Opportunity

Rosendin Electric is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are considered regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, age (over 40), or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. The company fully complies with the ADA and applicable state law, including reasonable accommodation measures.