Senior Protection Engineer

Job Details:
Level: Senior,

Job Location:

Remote or Lakewood CO
- Lakewood, CO 80215, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: $ - $ Salary/year,

Travel Percentage :
Minimal: 0 - 10%,

Job Shift: Day, Job Category:
Engineering, Senior Protection Engineer
- Transmission & System Studies

We are seeking a Senior Protection Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert in power system protection, short-circuit analysis, and protection-system modeling. This position will support utility clients at the individual facility level as well as grid level cluster studies as needed.

• Serve as the company’s protection engineering subject matter expert and provide technical leadership for protection-related studies, modeling, calculations, and design decisions.
• Develop, maintain, and validate detailed protection and short-circuit models in ASPEN One Liner, PSS®CAPE, or similar software.
• Perform and support utility interconnection and cluster studies.
• Conduct short-circuit studies for transmission systems, substations, renewable-generation facilities, and other electric power systems.
• Evaluate available fault current, protection-system performance, relay coordination, equipment-duty requirements, and the impacts of new generation or transmission facilities on the surrounding system.
• Perform protection studies involving transmission lines, transformers, buses, generators, collector systems, and substation equipment.
• Develop, review, and validate protective-relay philosophies, settings, coordination, and application criteria.
• Review utility protection requirements, interconnection standards, planning criteria, and modeling requirements.
• Prepare clear, technically defensible study reports documenting assumptions, methodology, results, identified risks, and recommended mitigation measures.
• Perform technical review and QA/QC of protection studies, short-circuit models, calculations, relay-setting files, and engineering reports.
• Identify modeling discrepancies, protection gaps, coordination issues, overdutied equipment, and other system risks, and develop practical recommendations for resolution.
• Coordinate with utility engineers, clients, project managers, design engineers, and other stakeholders to obtain required system data, resolve technical questions, and communicate study findings.
• Establish and maintain study templates, modeling conventions, methodologies, QA/QC procedures, and best practices for protection and system studies.
• Provide guidance and troubleshooting support for ASPEN One Liner, PSS®CAPE, and related power-system study tools.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical oversight for protection engineering and system-study assignments.
• Support regulatory and NERC compliance activities throughout applicable project phases, from conceptual design through testing and commissioning.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of applicable utility requirements, NERC reliability standards, IEEE standards, NFPA requirements, the National Electrical Code, and other relevant codes and standards.
• As needed, review or support the development of one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, protection and control schematics, wiring diagrams, SCADA interfaces, grounding designs, equipment specifications, and testing or commissioning documentation.
• Assist with proposals, scopes of work, project estimates, schedules, budgets, client presentations, and technical meetings.
• Occasionally support protective-relay testing, troubleshooting, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Maintain responsive client relationships and high ethical, technical, safety, and professional standards.
• Participate in relevant conferences, technical training, workshops, and…