Senior Controls Engineer
Mural Group
Commissioning Engineer
Shermco Industries
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Pennsylvania
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💰 $65 - $85 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Oversee installation, testing, and commissioning of various systems and equipment including protective relay equipment, powerline carrier equipment, digital fault recorders (DFRs), and remote terminal units (RTUs).
- Conduct functional testing for protection and control circuitry associated with transmission lines, HV bus, transformer, circuit breaker, feeder, reactors, and capacitor banks.
- Perform end-to-end testing of communication aided tripping schemes for both fiber systems and powerline carrier using RTS, ProTest, or Protection Suite software.
- Test and calibrate electromechanical and microprocessor relays (SEL, GE, ABB, Westinghouse) and perform relay functional testing.
- Support RTU upgrade projects for various clients and develop detailed commissioning test plans.
- Accurately document and submit test reports for client reporting and regulatory purposes; complete time and expense reports and maintain company vehicle.
- Interpret one line, three line, wiring, and schematic diagrams and identify discrepancies for resolution.
- Promote safe working practices and human performance improvement; lead or participate in Job Hazard Analysis each workday.
Requirements
- 4+ years experience in the electrical testing industry with a focus on protection and control equipment with HV utility, co-op, power generation, federal, or municipal clients.
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology.
- Proven experience with transmission and distribution relays to include SEL, GE, ABB, and Westinghouse.
- Familiarity with test equipment: Doble 6150, Powercomm PCA-4125A, Arbiter 931, Vanguard CT 2000C, Omicron CT analyzer.
- Experienced in using test software such as RTS, ProTest, or Protection Suite.
- Experienced in developing detailed commissioning test plans.
- Experience performing relay end to end testing to verify communication assisted tripping schemes such as differential, DCB, POTT, and transfer trip.
- Strong understanding of safe work practices and human performance improvement applicable to protection and control work in utility high voltage substations.
- Capable of performing in-service load checks for new equipment to validate correctness of operation.
- Familiar with NERC PRC-005-6 requirements related to protection systems, automatic reclosing, and sudden pressure relaying maintenance.
- Ability to provide oversight of protection and control technicians and engineers.
- Familiar with testing and calibrating GE and Westinghouse/ABB electromechanical relays.
- Experienced with commissioning SEL microprocessor relays (311C, 311L, 387, 411L, 421, 487B, 487E, 487V, 587, 587Z, 787) and GE microprocessor relays (C30, D60, F35, L90, T35, T60).
