Senior Engineer II - System Protection

Responsibilities

·         Completes relay coordination analyses and determines appropriate settings for substation projects.

·         Leads the development of company system protection philosophy; design of protection, control, and substation automation schemes, and specify relaying and associated equipment, including automation methodologies and large to complex remedial action schemes.

·         Performs studies, prepares, and provides reports to executive management, internal and external customers, and acts as an expert witness, in legal proceedings, if required.

·         Applies technical expertise and knowledge in developing state-of-the-art solutions for large to complex protection problems, including the analysis of power system disturbances.

·         Provides leadership, training, and direction to fellow staff members, and provides technical design and project review in the absence of manager.

·         Represents company in regional forums and work groups as a technical subject matter expert on system protection issues.

·         Ensures quality control and external customer service on assigned projects by providing construction support and coordination with construction forces and proactively seeking and incorporating customer input.

·         Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes, and regulations applicable to position and company, including NERC/WECC mandates.

·         Participates in rotational weekly 24/7 on-call duties and responds to system control center calls for all relay related outages or alarms.

Requirements

Required Skills

Education and Work Experience:

·         Engineering degree from an accredited college/university and 8 years industry experience with a Professional Engineer (PE) license.  If no PE license, must have 10 years as a practicing engineer.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills:

Demonstrated knowledge of:

·         Electric utility system protection principles

·         Protection philosophies employed across the company.  

Demonstrated skills such as:

·         Technical analyses utilizing appropriate computer modeling techniques.

·         Time management, organizational, oral, and written communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

·         Directing the work of a diverse group of engineers in the absence of the designated manager.

Equipment and Applications:

·         PCs, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software.