Protection & control engineer - united states, orange

position purpose

perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design. special areas of focus are anti-islanding schemes, generator intertie settings, sps schemes, etc. (anything outside of normal). the goal is to ensure that we don't remove required protections already in place or at least be aware of how things work today before we modify existing schemes.

duties and responsibilities

lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with tm standards.review contractor provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects.review/perform area relay coordination and determine what level of area coordination is required/needed (based on changes in fault duty and overall system performance due to the project changes).review contractor provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings.review/provide input to owner's aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects.provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above the items.provide feedback to owner on existing tm standards and help refine the owner's design practices.ensure all as-built documentation gets filed appropriately in the plant filing location at owner.lead overall automation and integration design for all capital projects.review/design scada point indexes.review contractor provided hmi screens/settings for all capital projects.review/design protection settings and settings basis.review/design ied data maps.review/create substation level operational descriptions (hmi operation, relay front panel operation, etc.).review automated maintenance data gathering (digital substation data) point lists.track all required licenses/firewalls and key automation and integration deliverables needed for project implementation.provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above items.perform constructibility review and ensure adequate automation and integration coverage is available for each outage step (scada etc.).perform all other duties as assigned.


education and work experience

bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field from an accredited university or college required.7 years relay/protection settings engineering experience.
ability to analyze and resolve complex technical problems quickly and independently.iec 61850/goose experience is required.employees must be legally authorized to work in the united states. verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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