Senior Relay Settings Engineer

Description

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The Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation operation helps solve utilities’ complex challenges through our full life-cycle, performance-based solutions. Our services include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning for electric power substations and transmission and distribution lines; protection and controls design; and electrification programs. Utilities consistently come to Leidos for reliable power expertise, as reflected through our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and more than 100 municipals/cooperatives across the country as well as a growing number of private developers.

Your greatest work is ahead!

We are in search of a Senior Relay Settings Engineer to join our diverse and fast-paced organization. As a core team member, you will be interacting with other electric utility disciplines, playing a valuable part in leading and designing utility substation and renewable energy projects.

Hybrid or Remote:

* Fully remote available.

* Hybrid:
Two to four days a week in the Framingham, MA office.

* Must be willing to travel to customer sites and in-office / testing lab as needed.

Career development and growth including:

• Professional Engineer License (PE)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Technical & non-technical training opportunities
• Mentorship Program

What you’ll be doing:

• Work with protection engineers and perform quality reviews on relay setting packages.
• Create logic diagrams for IEC
  61850 substations.
• Work directly with clients as well as other staff in remote office locations.
• Support a full range of project planning activities through design and construction support.
• Prepare relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV including relay set points, logic diagrams, configuration files and documentation.
• Solve challenging substation engineering problems.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Senior Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and four plus years of related experience.
• Lead Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and eight plus years of related experience.
• Experience creating relay settings and logic diagrams.
• Capable of using Aspen One Liner and/or Siemen’s CAPE for coordination studies and fault study analysis.
• Preparation of protective relay coordination studies
• Experience with development of relay settings for microprocessor relays including: SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB and others for both transmission line relays (Line Differential, Step Distance and Pilot Schemes) and substation relays (Capacitors, Transformers and buses).
• Familiarity with Schweitzer AcSELerator Quick Set, General Electric Ener Vista and Schneider Electric MiCOM software is a plus.
• Strong engineering and interpersonal skills and high attention to detail with a passion for quality.
• Experience implementing control and protection schemes including interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams and preparing relay logic to complete the schemes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required when interfacing with clients and staff.

Favorable if you have:

• Experience preparing technical reports.
• Familiarity with PTC Mathcad software.
• Previous Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience.
• Periodic travel may be required.

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For U.S. Positions:
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited…