Electrical Engineering Manager - Protection & Controls - Renewable Energy

POSITION SUMMARY The Electrical Engineering Manager - Protection & Controls leads the high voltage protection and control (P&C) function for McCarthy’s renewable portfolio, including collector systems, substations, and gentie lines. This role owns the P&C strategy, oversees detailed design and studies, and ensures safe, reliable, and compliant interconnections with utilities and ISOs/RTOs. The manager coordinates closely with Preconstruction, Design, Self Perform Electrical, Commissioning, and external engineering partners from early development through commissioning and turnover.

Voltage protection and control (P&C) function for McCarthy’s renewable portfolio, including collector systems, substations, and gentie lines. This role owns the P&C strategy, oversees detailed design and studies, and ensures safe, reliable, and compliant interconnections with utilities and ISOs/RTOs. The manager coordinates closely with Preconstruction, Design, Self Perform Electrical, Commissioning, and external engineering partners from early development through commissioning and turnover.

‑voltage protection and control (P&C) function for McCarthy’s renewable portfolio, including collector systems, substations, and gen‑tie lines. This role owns the P&C strategy, oversees detailed design and studies, and ensures safe, reliable, and compliant interconnections with utilities and ISOs/RTOs. The manager coordinates closely with Pre‑Construction, Design, Self‑Perform Electrical, Commissioning, and external engineering partners from early development through commissioning and turnover.  

This is a full‑time role with periodic travel to project sites and partner offices across the continental U.S.RESPONSIBILITIES Lead development and application of the protection and control philosophy for renewable plants, MV/HV collector systems, substations, and gen‑tie lines, including grounding and lightning protection interfaces.

Oversee P&C design deliverables (ex: SLDs/three‑lines, AC/DC schematics, P&C schematics, wiring/logic diagrams, panel layouts, I/O lists, cable/conduit schedules) produced by internal teams and external EORs.Direct or review protection and controls schemes and relay settings (e.g., SEL, GE, Siemens/Schneider), including trip logic, coordination, metering, alarming, SCADA points lists, and RTU/PLC/RTAC logic.

Plan, coordinate, and review power system studies that support P&C and interconnection (short-circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, grounding grid, and where applicable EMT/PSCAD, ETAP, and ASPEN One Liner studies), leveraging internal and partner resources.‑circuit, protection coordination, arc‑flash, grounding grid, and where applicable EMT/PSCAD, ETAP, and ASPEN One Liner studies), leveraging internal and partner resources. Ensure designs, studies, and settings comply with applicable codes and standards (NEC, NESC, IEEE/IEC, NFPA 70E), utility/ISO interconnection requirements, and project specific NERC PRC/modeling expectations where in scope.‑specific

NERC PRC/modeling expectations where in scope. Establish and enforce QA/QC procedures for P&C designs, models, and relay settings, including structured peer review, version control, and as-built documentation.‑built documentation. Lead technical coordination with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, owners, inverter/BESS vendors, and SCADA/telecom teams on protection schemes, ride through and reactive requirements, metering, communications, and OT network topology.‑through and reactive requirements, metering, communications, and OT network topology.

Support pursuits, estimating, and preconstruction by defining P&C scope, staffing and study assumptions, key risks, and design/study milestones.

Provide field engineering and commissioning support, including…