Engineer I - Electrical Power System Protection and Control

Job Description

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY : The Engineer I will provide system protection and control engineering services and support assistance. The position will successfully manage assignments in a safe, regulatory compliant, timely, and cost-effective manner.

The position will demonstrate proficiency of technical expertise while developing skills and familiarity in related technical areas.

The role will be responsible for a range of assignments where workmanship will be subject to checks and verification by Senior / Principal Engineers.

Typical services provided will be short-circuit and coordination studies, protective relay settings, protection and control system design including one-line diagrams / ac & dc schematics / panel layouts / wiring diagrams, power system modeling on modeling platforms such as ASPEN OneLiner and power system disturbance analysis;

all for generation / transmission / distribution / industrial facilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS, AND RESPONSIBLITIES :

• Under direct supervision, develop reports and work plans and recommend action based on short / long-range objectives and economic / budget considerations.
• Under direct supervision, develop and coordinate individual project work plans and manage through completion taking needed corrective action.
• Assist in completing status reports for all work assignments and communicate progress to management.
• Communicate major developments or changes in project direction to supervisors.
• Aid in preparing estimates (cost, work order, schedules).
• Analyze data and make recommendations and / or decisions.
• Maintain technical records (e.g. drawings, files, databases).
• Collaborate with other team members and supervisors in carrying out assignments.
• Under guidance, provide engineering assistance for customers and internal staff.
• Assist with the creation of corporate standards and specifications related to respective expertise.
• Under direct supervision, investigate protective relaying and controls issues / events and provide technical assistance and support to
• Utilize / develop digital computer programs as needed to assist with power quality, fault, and system coordination studies, loss evaluations, relay software, relay event analysis, protection asset databases, and arc flash.
• Assist in the development of detailed drawings for secondary protective relay schemes, low voltage equipment power, and control system connections for generation, transmission, and distribution protection.
• Assist in developing cabling requirements for relay cabinets, equipment, and relay panels.
• Assist in preparing building layout drawings for control houses and battery buildings.
• Assist in creating customer system protection equipment bidding documents for industrial, distribution, and transmission substations.
• Under direct supervision, develop protective relay settings as required for new facility (generation, transmission, distribution and industrial) equipment protection and modify existing facility protective relay settings to maintain optimum system protection.
• Manage assigned NERC and / or CIP Compliance standards with assistance from more experienced personnel.
• Assist with the development of equipment specifications and scope of work.
• Assist with customer bid evaluation and recommend suppliers and contractors for system protection.
• Maintain and coordinate contracts with equipment suppliers and monitor progress, expediting as required to meet schedules.
• Under supervision, coordinate substation and industrial control system field testing and modification, phasing tests, and other commissioning and check-out activities for all generation, transmission, distribution and industrial protection schemes, with contractors and other Telex departments, at the customer substation and industrial sites.
• Assist in the development of protection system switching procedures.
• Under direction, coordinate contractors or staff on project related work, certification of completed work, and recommendation of final acceptance of the project.
• Under direction, monitor the project during construction start-up and recommend modifications necessary to support project success.
• Perform project management duties beginning with small projects and moving to larger projects as experience is gained.
• Perform all work in a safe and timely manner.
17 days ago