Substation Protection & Controls (P&C) Engineer

The Role

Your impact
The energy industry is undergoing rapid and dramatic changes, transforming the utility landscape to enhance safety, reliability and sustainability. In response, Jacobs is expanding its Transmission & Distribution (T&D) operations In North America and is looking for a Senior Protection & Controls (P&C) Engineer in its Energy & Power Solutions to tackle the complexities of decarbonization and utility modernization to deliver a cleaner and more secure energy future.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our regional and global Transmission & Distribution (T&D) delivery teams to support our utility/developer clients and operations teams as we expand our energy transition portfolio.
• Play a crucial role in directly interfacing with utility/developer clients on P&C methodologies and development of design deliverables for utility upgrades including greenfield/brownfield & AIS/GIS substations, offshore wind facilities, developer interconnection facilities.
• Demonstrate relevant experience and technical knowledge in Protection and Control applied to transmission and distribution projects for utilities and developers.
• Understand the client standards and protection philosophies, provide feedback on the application and be able to fully and independently develop P&C deliverables as required for the projects on-time and within the budget.
• Mentor and develop team members across North America and globally with Jacobs Global Integrated Delivery (GID).
• Support the sales and proposal preparation process for new contracts and the committed high-quality delivery of those services to the client.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Advanced Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering or related engineering discipline (Completion of Master’s degree will account for 1 year of professional experience)
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) within United States and ability to obtain additional PE licenses if needed
• At least 10 years of direct protection and controls design experience with utility or consulting organization
• Advanced knowledge of various protection philosophies and relaying functions including line protection, transformer protection, breaker failure, cap bank protection, communication-based schemes, differential protection, etc as it applies to High-Voltage substations
• Prior experience in development of substation protection and control designs through the development of drawings including panel arrangements/layouts, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC schematics, DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring
• Prior knowledge and experience of DNP3 & IEC 61850 designs and requirements and ability to develop protection and controls deliverables including logic diagrams in a plus
• Ability to perform SCADA communication design for substation P&C projects
• Ability to perform substation AC/DC Station Service calculations and studies, voltage drop calculations, Control/fiber cable sizing and selection
• Prior experience in development and review of related equipment vendor specifications including control house/switchgear building
• Demonstrated ability to perform QA/QC of design calculations, construction drawings, and specifications for protection and controls designs
• Familiarity with Relay Settings acSELerator QuickSet Software
• Familiarity and experience with CADD platforms such as Autodesk or Bentley products
• Ability to perform field visits and walk-downs as required for client projects and providing engineering support for clients through the construction
• Strong communication and technical writing skills
• Team player with great interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of direct protection and controls design experience with utility or consulting organization
• Advanced knowledge of various protection philosophies and relaying functions including line protection, transformer protection, breaker failure, cap bank protection, communication-based schemes, differential protection, etc as it applies to High-Voltage substations
• Prior experience in development of substation protection and control designs through the development of drawings including panel arrangements/layouts, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC schematics, DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring
• Prior knowledge and experience of DNP3 & IEC 61850 designs and requirements and ability to develop protection and controls deliverables including logic diagrams in a plus
• Ability to perform SCADA communication design for substation P&C projects
• Ability to perform substation AC/DC Station Service calculations and studies, voltage drop calculations, Control/fiber cable sizing and selection
• Prior experience in development and review of related equipment vendor specifications including control house/switchgear building
• Demonstrated ability to perform QA/QC of design calculations, construction drawings, and specifications for protection and controls designs
• Familiarity with Relay Settings acSELerator QuickSet Software
• Familiarity and experience with CADD platforms such as Autodesk or Bentley products
• Ability to perform field visits and walk-downs as required for client projects and providing engineering support for clients through the construction
• Strong communication and technical writing skills
• Team player with great interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

Skills

• Reliability and quality assurance
• Project management
• Technical writing
• Client relations
• Collaboration and teamwork

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Company stock purchase option
• Deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan
• U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy
• Seven paid holidays
• Caregiver leave
• Merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock

Pay

$132,900.00 to $174,450.00

Schedule

Full-time