Electrical Engineering Consultant 2, Grid
Sargent & Lundy
Senior Protection and Control Engineer
Switzerland Global Enterprise
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $122,300 - $163,100 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Ensure high quality design of protection schemes for T&D substations, Data Centers, Industrial, BESS applications including one-lines, three-lines, AC/DC schematics, and relay settings
- Review, propose optimization and seal (P.E. stamp) protection and control designs prepared by self or other team members
- Lead and coordinate all P&C technical aspects of AC power substation projects ensuring successful and safe operation of power system equipment
- Review, propose optimization and seal (P.E. stamp) single line diagrams and detailed design for auxiliary systems (Diesel Generator, Low Voltage Switchgear, AC/DC distribution panels, batteries and battery chargers)
- Review power system studies performed by other agencies and perform technical validation
- Develop or review outage, cut-over, and testing procedures
- Interface with internal and external team members including Protection and Control Engineers, Lead engineers, Project Engineers, Electrical Designers, Civil Engineers, Physical Designers, Draftsmen, Project managers, Sourcing, and support organization
- Interface with customer technical representatives
- Review and analyze post fault records and lead/support factory acceptance testing and site testing & commissioning
- Work on development of proposals: write/review technical specifications, estimate design man-hours and materials, support sourcing for vendor quotations, develop clarifications/exceptions and technical responses
- Develop high-quality design templates and tools, define processes and procedures, perform RCA's, corrective actions, and validate process control
- Support quality initiatives including aspects of ISO 9002 and mentor the secondary design engineering team
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university or college
- Must have P.E. License in US
- Minimum 10 years of experience in system protection schemes, relay selection, primary equipment interface requirements, operational analysis, communication systems and maintenance practices for transmission, distribution, and generation protection applications at both AIS and GIS substations
- Minimum 10 years of experience in design reviews and technical mentoring
- Familiarity with IEC 61850 process and system bus architecture and its implementation for substations
- Experience reviewing power system load flow studies, fault studies, relay setting coordination, and transient studies
- Experience developing or reviewing outage, cut-over, and testing procedures
- Experience reviewing and analyzing post fault records to confirm correct operation
- Experience leading or supporting factory acceptance testing and site testing & commissioning
- Experience with technical problem solving and Lean techniques
- Mastering of secondary engineering discipline (process, tools and technical aspects)
- Experience defining processes, procedures, performing RCA's (Root Cause Analysis), corrective actions, and validating process control
- Support quality initiatives including aspects of ISO 9002
- Member of Standards Committee such as IEEE or willingness to become one
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Organized, passionate, and goal-oriented; able to work under pressure and comfortable with change and complexity
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time, including international
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening
