OverviewWe are designing the Grid of the future
Responsibilities
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The Protection & Controls Engineering Manager will provide power systems engineering expertise in protection design and coordination analyses on the transmission systems. This will include designing protection system including overcurrent, distance, differential, communication-aided protection, wide area protection coordination. The Transmission System Protection Engineer will also focus on system protection schemes and studies involving generation interconnection protection and NERC PRC compliance ensuring adequate safety and reliability of the bulk electric system.
The successful candidate for this positionhas a strong background in power systemswhich includes experiencewith system protection software and tools, transmission modeling tools, conventional and non-conventional generator protective and ride-through functions,and industry standardsand can utilize that background effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Howyou can make an impact:
- Perform system protection and coordination studies involving transmission generation interconnection protection schemes
- Providing guidance and recommendations for system protection philosophies and standards to clients and stakeholders
- Applying system protection engineering practices and principles in one or more of the following areas: transmission lines and buses, transformers, capacitor banks, reactor banks, grounding transformers, generators, and communication-assisted protection schemes
- Performing system modeling and fault analysis for short circuit, equipment duty, relay device coordination studies and root cause analysis
- NERC PRC compliance verification including PRC-005, PRC-019, PRC-023, PRC-024, PRC-025, PRC-026 and PRC-027
- Substation and transmission line design experience is of great interest
- Developing protective relay and device settings for transmission and sub-transmission systems ranging from 69 kV - 500 kV
- Review protective relay operations and system outages, identifying system disturbances and providing resolutions to operational control problems
- Assess data and model quality to ensuresuccessful coordination between protective devices and identify necessary corrections or enhancements
- Direct and guide clients to operate equipment or modify settings to improve system reliability.
- Model transmission system elements within planning and operational software to identify expected impacts under various scenarios
- Communicate challenges, lessons learned, and critical information to team members to ensure operational success
- Identify process improvement opportunities and develop corresponding modification plans and justification
- Communicate with a variety of work groups to improve transparency and ensure the overall success of the project
- Develop and maintain process documentation, flow charts, whitepapers, working papers, and other materials necessary for the continuity and success of the project
- Develop communication materials and provide status updates to technical leaders, project teams, or affected stakeholder groups
- Lead process improvement efforts identifying opportunities to enhance organizational efficiencies focused on maximizing team bandwidth while ensuring quality and timeliness of client deliverables.
- Support business development activities including development of RFP responses & scope of work statements for clients, outlining EPE deliverables and projected completion dates.
- Experience leveraging AI and automation tools responsibly to improve quality, productivity and innovation under experience (bring your passion section.
- This role will manage/supervise a team
Qualifications
Bring your passion, here's whats needed:
How we support you:
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision with 100% premium coverage foryou.
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Work with industry leaders
- 401K, up to a 4% match (100% vested from day 1)
- Flexible Work including hybrid and remote possibilities based on position.
Location: This position is remote US
Travel: Travel will be needed (20%+)
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