Lead Protection & Controls Engineer

K&A Engineering Consulting

K&A Engineering Consulting is a privately held company that provides comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program/project management, construction management, and support services to power utility and industrial clients.

Lead Protection and Controls Engineer – Binghamton, New York

• Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Avangrid TM standards.
• Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes in the subject area to incorporate into new design, focusing on anti-islanding, generator intertie settings, SPS schemes, and other specialized areas.
• Review contractor-provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects.
• Conduct area relay coordination and determine the required level of coordination based on changes in fault duty and overall system performance.
• Examine contractor-provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps, including mobile settings.
• Provide input on customer’s Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects.
• Support implementation, testing, and commissioning of protection-related items.
• Provide feedback to the customer on existing TM standards and help refine the customer’s design practices.
• Ensure all as-built documentation is filed appropriately in the plant filing location at the customer.
• Lead overall automation and integration design for all capital projects.
• Review and design SCADA point indexes.
• Review contractor-provided HMI screens/settings for all capital projects.
• Review and design protection settings and basis.
• Review and design IED Data Maps.
• Track required licenses/firewalls and key automation and integration deliverables needed for project implementation.
• Support implementation, testing, and commissioning of automation and integration items.
• Perform constructability review and ensure adequate automation and integration coverage for each outage step (SCADA, etc.).

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a strong background in all utilities engineering disciplines.
• 10 years or more of relay/protection settings engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Proven experience in Substation Design, including general arrangement, electrical equipment plans, elevation and section views, equipment cable trays, cable design, conduit fill calculations, and rigid bus calculations.
• Professional level skills in Micro Station and AutoCAD.
• IEC 61850/Goose experience required.
• PE requested.

Pay Range: $112,000–$120,000 annually

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

The salary range for this role considers a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to technical ability, experience and training, licenses and certifications, and other related skillsets. The disclosed range is an estimate and has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.