Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer

Overview

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer to join our East Energy team in the client office in Binghamton, NY, with the WSP office in Horseheads, NY
. The following locations will be considered: Buffalo, NY, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Portland, ME and Augusta, ME. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Energy Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, WSP brings world-class expertise in power delivery, power generation, and project management with the recent acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc. Our vision is to be the preeminent pure-play global consulting firm for the world’s energy transition. We collaborate with over 73,000 multidisciplinary professionals worldwide to create positive, long-lasting impacts on communities through a culture of innovation, integrity and inclusion.

As part of our team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.

Note:

The organization emphasizes health, safety, and inclusion in its practices and has been recognized in the U.S. for its workplace culture.

• Work under mentorship and guidance of the Supervising Engineer.
• The Protection & Control Engineer is responsible for the following functions:
• Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design. Special areas of focus include anti-islanding schemes, generator intertie settings, SPS schemes, etc. The goal is to ensure that existing protections are not removed unnecessarily and to understand how current protections operate before modifying existing schemes.
• Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Client standards.
• Review contractor-provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects.
• Review/perform area relay coordination and determine the level of area coordination required based on changes in fault duty and system performance due to project changes.
• Review contractor-provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings.
• Review/provide input to Owner’s Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects.
• Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above items.
• Provide feedback to Owner on existing standards and help refine the Owner’s design practices.
• Ensure all as-built documentation is filed appropriately in the plant filing location at Owner.
• Lead overall automation and integration design for all capital projects.
• Review/design SCADA point indexes and review contractor-provided HMI screens/settings for all capital projects.
• Review/design protection settings and settings basis, review/design IED Data Maps, and review/create substation level operational descriptions (HMI operation, relay front panel operation, etc.).
• Review automated maintenance data gathering (Digital Substation Data) point lists.
• Track licenses, firewalls, and key automation and integration deliverables needed for project implementation.
• Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above items.
• Perform constructability reviews to ensure adequate automation and integration coverage for each outage step (SCADA, etc.).
• Make technical computations and calculations involving electrical engineering principles, understand plans and specifications, and compare to applicable regulations.
• Demonstrate strong self-leadership with attention to detail, ability to multitask, and prioritize responsibilities in a dynamic environment.
• Work independently and provide guidance to junior team or project members with emphasis on QA/QC.
• Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills to apply technical knowledge to testing results, data collation, analysis, and effective, economical solutions.
• Assertively direct…