Engineer; Relay Settings and Configurations

Engineer (Relay Settings and Configurations)

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Onsite

Entergy Services, LLC

• This position can be filled as an Engineer I, II, III or Sr based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.

Performs a wide variety of planning, maintenance, design engineering, project management and construction, and operations activities related to routine, non-routine, and emergency restoration duties. Project areas may include grid/system design, operations and maintenance, planning, asset management, reliability, computer applications, safety, and root cause failure analysis.

• Support and participate in project scoping activities for substation projects. Review existing relay settings. Coordinate with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets.
• Support project schedules and processes by using activity tracking applications such as Primavera.
• Model power systems using CAPE. Maintain master model for relay fault analysis. Support wide area coordination. Occasionally use additional tools such as ETAP, EMTP and Hypersim.
• Develop relay settings for substation protective relays. This includes performing fault studies and developing relay settings for transmission protection equipment related to capital projects and asset maintenance projects.
• Works with field groups, distribution engineers and plant engineers to ensure coordination of downstream distribution devices for the system.
• Oversee, review, and approve settings developed by professional consultant engineers. This includes awarding projects to contractors and reviewing invoices.
• Lead activities pertaining to SERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations as required.
• Establish and improve relay testing laboratory. Develop and support relay test plans for planned projects.
• Support development of Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) configurations.
• Participate in substation visits. Provide technical support and protection system expertise in response to operational/commissioning requests from field personnel.
• Manage documentation via Documentum (Web Top and IPS-TRAMS) for transmission system protection and other records according to company and departmental policies.
• Assist with storm/emergency restoration efforts as necessary.
• Support protection standard development and implementation as required.
• Investigate impact of relay firmware and software changes to Entergy system applications. Develop and update templates as appropriate.
• Update group databases such as power line carrier frequency database and transmission line rating database.
• Access new technologies. Lead better application development geared toward fault studies and relay settings.
• Lead and participate in Entergy continuous improvement projects.
• Lead and develop less experienced personnel. Develop departmental guidelines/tools and provide training as needed.
• Research and implement smartgrid in Entergy system.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline (typically Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and Industrial) from a four-year accredited institution.
• Degrees in Engineering Technology (typically, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and Industrial) from a four-year accredited institution with PE may be considered.
• Preferred:
  Electrical or Computer Engineering Degree.

• Engineer I: 0 - 2 years of related experience.
• Engineer II: at least 2 - 4 years of related experience.
• Engineer III: at least 4 - 6 years of related experience.
• Engineer Sr.: at least 6 years of related experience.

• Demonstrated ability to apply engineering principles.
• Thorough understanding of procedures, programs, and standards in responsible area.
• Consistently demonstrates good engineering judgment.
• Good leadership skills.
• Good interpersonal skills along with strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent math skills.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Good knowledge of Personal Computer operations and related…