Lead System Protection Engineer 2 - Grid

Lead System Protection Engineer

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Lead System Protection Engineer to join our Grid Services team. This individual will have primary responsibility for system protection engineering—including relay settings, protection philosophies, and power system studies—with a secondary role in supporting and reviewing substation protection & control (P&C) design for high-voltage transmission and substation projects.

Responsibilities include:

Lead the development and application of protection philosophies and settings for:

• Transmission lines
• Power transformers and autotransformers
• Buses and breakers
• Capacitor and reactor banks
• Station service and auxiliary systems

Perform system protection studies, including:

• Short-circuit analysis
• Relay coordination and time-current curve development
• Protection settings development and verification using CAPE and/or ASPEN (or equivalent tools

Configure, set, and troubleshoot microprocessor-based protective relays using vendor software such as SEL AcSELerator, Ener Vista, and other major OEM relay software platforms.

Use Powerbase (or similar utility databases) to:

• Manage relay records, settings, and configuration data
• Align settings and documentation with client standards and change-management processes

Support event analysis and misoperation investigations, including:

• Retrieval and interpretation of relay event records and oscillography
• Recommendations for settings or scheme adjustments
• Ensure that protection schemes and settings comply with client standards, NERC PRC requirements, IEEE/ANSI standards, and good utility practice.

Develop and review P&C design documents in coordination with substation design teams, including:

• AC/DC one-lines and three-lines
• Protection and control schematics
• Wiring diagrams, logic diagrams, and panel layouts
• Bills of material related to protection and control systems

Provide system protection requirements and markups to guide P&C design:

• CT/VT ratios and burdens
• Trip, close, and interlock logic
• Communications and channel requirements for protection schemes

Support commissioning and field energization by:

• Reviewing and commenting on relay and functional test plans
• Responding to RFIs and field questions related to protection and control
• Assisting with resolution of protection issues during construction and startup

This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation of spending three days a week in the office, giving you the flexibility to work remotely for two days.

Dependent upon your location, this opportunity offers a generous relocation package.