Engineer III - Electrical Power System Protection and Control

JOB SUMMARY : The Engineer III will provide system protection and control engineering services and support under limited checks and verifications.

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 limited 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 :

• Develop reports and work plans and recommend action based on short / long-range objectives and economic / budget considerations.
• Develop and coordinate individual project work plans and manage through completion, redirecting when necessary.
• Function as a technical representative in customer, vendor, and contractor meetings.
• Provide work direction to other staff / contractors on projects as assigned.
• Manage multiple assignments while training and developing less experienced engineers and other staff.
• Complete preparation of estimates (cost, work order, schedules).
• Analyze data and make recommendations and / or decisions.
• Maintain technical records (e.g. drawings, files, databases).
• Provide engineering assistance for customers and internal staff.
• Contribute to the creation of corporate standards and specifications related to respective expertise.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of sound engineering practices and standards.
• Perform analysis of system disturbances to determine proper operation of the protection scheme and assist in investigation of root cause.
• Investigate all technical aspects of protective relaying and controls to apply new ideas or technology that would improve procedures and overall results.
• Provide protective relay scheme insight to help establish the arrangement and location of substation facilities.
• Develops and works with digital computer programs as needed including power quality, fault, and system coordination studies, loss evaluations, relay software, relay event analysis, protection asset databases, and arcflash.
• Develop detailed drawings for relaying single lines, secondary protective relay schemes and schematics, low voltage equipment power, and control system connections for generation, transmission, and distribution protection.
• Design and manage the installation of generation, transmission, distribution and industrial facility replacements and upgrades.
• Develop cabling requirements for relay cabinets, equipment, and relay panels.
• Prepare building layout drawings for control houses and battery buildings.
• Create customer system protection equipment bidding documents for industrial, distribution, and transmission substations.
• 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.

• Perform SME tasks on assigned NERC and / or CIP Compliance standards.
• Prepare construction, equipment, material specifications, and work scope.
• Evaluate customer bids and recommend suppliers / contractors for system protection.
• Maintain and coordinate contracts with equipment suppliers and monitor progress, expediting as required to meet schedules.
• Coordinate and oversee 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.
• Develop protection system switching procedures.
• Coordinate contractors or staff on project related work, certification of completed work, and recommendation of final acceptance of the project.
• Monitor the project during construction start-up and recommend modifications necessary to support project success.
• Perform project management duties for small and larger projects simultaneously and assist other engineers with their projects.
• Perform all work in a safe and timely manner.
30+ days ago