Senior Protection Relay Engineer

About the role

The Senior Protection Relay Engineer candidate should have experience with the utility, industrial, or power generation industries and be capable of leading teams for both small and large power generation design projects as well as acting in the owner’s engineer role.

Responsibilities

• Leading teams for both small and large power generation design projects as well as acting in the owner’s engineer role.
• Mentoring young engineers.
• Supporting in managing client relationships.
• Leading technical proposal efforts in support of the project manager.

Requirements

• Significant level of design and engineer of record work experience with power plant systems.
• Extensive experience in power generation and distribution, protective relaying systems, and power system studies.
• Previous experience with an engineering power consulting or EPC firm desired.
• Experience with power systems analysis software like ETAP/SKM a plus.
• Field installation and testing (using a Doble or similar) of relays a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years experience in protection relay system design, settings, and installation.
• Design experience with coal, hydro, simple cycle and combined cycle power plants.
• Excellent communication, written and organizational skills.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work independently, as a lead on a multi-discipline consulting team, or as a lead on a small team are required.
• Extensive knowledge of three-phase electrical power, relay protection and control design are desired.
• Familiarity with SEL, Basler, Beckwith, etc.
• Knowledge and application of NERC-PRC standards and other commonly utilized industry standards.

Skills

• Power systems analysis software like ETAP/SKM.
• Field installation and testing (using a Doble or similar) of relays.
• Three-phase electrical power, relay protection and control design.
• SEL, Basler, Beckwith, etc.
• NERC-PRC standards and other commonly utilized industry standards.

Benefits

• Less than 15% travel for on-site meetings with clients and vendors as well as project site visits to investigate site conditions or in support of proposal efforts.

Pay

Details TBD.

Schedule

Hybrid/Remote eligibility dependent on candidate.

Benefits

• Details TBD.