Senior Protection and Control Engineer

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• Lead protection and control engineering activities for AES Clean Energy high-voltage substations supporting solar, wind, and battery energy storage projects, with voltage levels ranging from 35 kV to 500 kV.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, including design development, engineering review, construction support, commissioning, energization, and post-energization support.
• Review protection and control drawings, protection philosophies, relay settings, short-circuit studies, coordination studies, grounding studies, EMT studies, and related technical reports.
• Evaluate short-circuit study results for generation interconnections and provide actionable feedback to EPC partners to support protection design and coordination.
• Apply strong knowledge of protection coordination, time-current characteristics, SEL protection and automation products, and engineering tools such as SEL software, ETAP, and Power Factory.
• Support technical review and interpretation of equipment testing for high- and medium-voltage circuit breakers, main power transformers, instrument transformers, surge arresters, and grounding systems.
• Coordinate NERC PRC compliance activities across multiple projects and work with EPCs, utilities, and internal stakeholders to support applicable standards and reporting requirements.
• Lead efforts to standardize protection and control practices, philosophies, templates, and lessons learned across projects and applications.
• Support root-cause analysis for site events during commissioning, energization, or operations, and incorporate lessons learned into protection and control standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, execution, operations and maintenance, and asset management, to improve project outcomes and support long-term operational value.
• Stay current with evolving protection technologies, OEM guidance, utility requirements, and applicable industry standards, including NERC PRC standards and IEEE guidelines.
• Mentor associate engineers and peer engineers, support technical knowledge sharing, and contribute to leadership development within the engineering organization.
• Travel to project sites, vendor facilities, and commissioning locations as needed; anticipated travel and field work is approximately 25%.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in power systems.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in protection and control engineering for high-voltage substations or renewable generation facilities.
• Experience with SEL protection and automation products is required.
• Strong understanding of power system fundamentals, protection principles, relay coordination, and substation control schemes.
• Experience reviewing or supporting high-voltage equipment testing procedures, test results, and commissioning documentation.
• Familiarity with communication standards and protocols such as IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, and related substation automation applications.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical single-line diagrams, DC schematics, protection and control drawings, and substation equipment wiring diagrams.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to lead technical discussions with EPCs, utilities, consultants, and internal…