Protection & Controls Engineer

Description

• Review/create substation level operational descriptions (HMI operation, relay front panel operation, etc.)
• Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above items
• Review/design SCADA point indexes
• Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Avangrid TM standards
• Lead overall automation and integration design for all capital projects
• Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above the items
• 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). Basically, 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.
• Review contractor provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings
• Ensure all as-built documentation gets filed appropriately in the plant filing location at Customer
• Review contractor provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects
• Review/provide input to Customer’s Aspen model changes as required for individual 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/design IED Data Maps
• Review/design Protection settings and settings basis
• Review automated maintenance data gathering (Digital Substation Data) point lists
• Provide feedback to Customer on existing TM standards and help refine the Customer’s design practices
• Track all required licenses/firewalls and key automation and integration deliverables needed for project implementation
• Perform constructability review and ensure adequate automation and integration coverage is available for each outage step (SCADA etc.)
• Review contractor provided HMI screens/settings for all capital projects

Requirements

• Professional level skills in MicroStation, AutoCAD
• Proven experience in Substation Design should include general arrangement, electrical equipment plans, elevation and section views, Equipment cable trays, cable design, conduit fill calcs, rigid bus calcs
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a strong background and knowledge of all utilities engineering disciplines
• Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• 7 years or more of relay/protection settings engineering experience
• PE requested

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement, Parking and Transit Reimbursement, and Pet Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• 401K (Traditional and Roth with Company Match)
• Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability, and Life Insurance
• Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA)
• Paid Holidays and Flexible PTO
• FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care Spending Account

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance