Utilities Engineer

About the role

Join Boswell Engineering as a Lead Protection & Control Design Engineer supporting our Electric Utility clients. This hybrid role, based in South Hackensack, NJ, offers a balance of office, remote, and site work across the Mid-Atlantic region. You will design and operate protection and control systems for safe, reliable transmission and distribution, analyze system operations, and lead cross-functional teams on capital projects and system performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate proposed changes to existing electric facilities for compatibility with client protection system standards.
• Create new Protection and Control system designs in accordance with client standards.
• Specify materials for new or modified Protection and Control systems.
• Develop, calculate, and document settings and logic for protective relays, logic processors, feeder reclosers, and switches.
• Perform coordination studies by modeling and analyzing electric system elements using fault simulation software.
• Analyze protection system operations during system disturbances to support Substation Technical Event analysis.
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive technical decisions for substation capital projects.
• Develop work requests and RFPs, and evaluate proposals for outsourced work.
• Manage multiple contractors delivering engineering and design services.
• Oversee technical implementation of complex capital projects and system performance programs.
• Interface with Planning, Operations, and Field personnel to support transmission and distribution system activities.
• Perform work activities in a self-sufficient manner.
• Conduct peer checks of other group member designs and relay settings.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering with an active Professional Engineer License (P.E.) in the USA.
• 8+ years of Protection and Controls experience supporting major electric utilities substation design projects.
• Ability and willingness to travel to client meetings and sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with QA/QC processes, AutoCAD, and SEL software.
• Experience with SEL and IEEE Relay System Protection Guides, Standards, and Practices.
• Experience performing overcurrent and distance coordination studies with ASPEN One-liner or equivalent software.
• Experience performing post-event analysis using relay and digital fault recorder event records.
• Experience designing and installing protection and control schemes utilizing IEC61850 protocol.
• Experience preparing and/or modifying schematics, wiring, and logic drawings.

Benefits

• Boswell Academy Training.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company-paid life insurance and voluntary life insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (STD and LTD).
• Flexible spending account (FSA) and Health savings account (HSA).
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) for vacation, sick, and personal days.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee referral bonuses.
• Eligibility for annual discretionary incentive bonus program based on performance.
• Paid sick, family, and disability leave in accordance with state laws.

Pay

Salary Range: $140,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year.