Protection & Control Engineer - Grant

Position: PROTECTION & CONTROL ENGINEER - GRANT
The City of Lake Worth Beach invites qualified individuals to apply for the position of Protection and Control Engineer - GRANT.

The Full - Time, Exempt with a salary rate of $67,275 - $90,563. This position is part of the Public Employees Union (PEU). Working at the Utilities Building located at 1900 2nd Avenue North, Lake Worth, FL 33461.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office has selected the City of Lake Worth Beach for investment via the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program to enhance grid flexibility,

install more than 60 reclosers and other sectionalizing devices to autonomously rebalance the electrical system, integrate battery energy storage (BES) for community solar, new fiber optics connections, install advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and deploy a meter data management (MDM) system.

Positions covered under this GRIP Grant will expire / terminate in accordance with the grant's timeline: this position will expire on the same date that the grant expires. The regular work schedule for these positions is Monday through Friday. All positions are in-person and / or on-site.

JOB SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Transmission and Substation Engineering Manager, Assistant Director of Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Engineering. Oversees the complete protection and control network to internal and external standards. The position is responsible for reviewing settings, providing guidance and direction in P&C design and substation construction standards, and coordinating with supporting functions such as the Electric Utility's Project Management Office (PMO), Materials Management, and the City's Procurement Department.

This role will also include duties outside of the typical P&C engineer that include but are not limited to physical substation design review, SCADA implementation and updates, remote terminal programming (RTU), procurement of equipment, maintenance oversight of substations and their equipment, and testing of equipment in support of the project's infrastructure objectives including

• Improve system reliability and limit the effects of outages.
• Enhance secure communication and data flow between distribution components.
• Provide interconnections and battery storage for its solar and green energy initiatives.
• Improve grid visibility and condition; and
• Improve grid-related decision making based upon historical and real-time system data.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following tasks, knowledge, skills and other characteristics. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility.

Employees may also perform related work as required.

The examples of essential functions as listed in this classification specification are not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function of work does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment in relation to the position.

All candidates must be United States citizens.

The Protection and Control Engineer is responsible for ensuring system designs and upgrades include features designed to yield improved reliability of all equipment/systems for all the Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility's Substation and P&C System. Additionally, this position will require technical knowledge and/or interest in digital applications for modeling, designing, and system improvement. The primary functions of this position will include protection and control.

Still, they will also include knowledge of electrical behavior, troubleshooting, substation design, device coordination, SCADA upgrades, and changes, RTU changes and improvements, and specification creation and guidance.

SUPERVISION: This role has no supervisory responsibilities

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (BSEE) or equivalent experience required
• Three or more years of successful experience in the design of Substations, P&C, and/or Automation Systems
• Direct experience in the Electric Utility Industry or similar electric protection and control systems, and has relevant work experience in the engineering, construction, and operations, of Electric substation systems and/or components
• Must have a valid automobile Driver's License

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Create/modify design documents and drawings for a project, including one-lines, three-lines, control schematics and wiring diagrams, relay panel arrangements and specifications, conduit and cable sizing/routing, and generating bills of material
• Design auxiliary AC and DC power systems
• Develop SCADA system and communications interfaces
• Work with project team to fully develop system…