Engineer III - Electrical Power System Protection and Control; Remote

The Engineer III will provide engineering services and support to an assigned group. The position will demonstrate proficiency in technical expertise in a designated work group area while developing skills and familiarity in related technical areas. The role will be responsible for a range of assignments and workmanship will be subject to limited checks and verification by expert team members.

• Develop reports and work plans and recommend action based on short/long-range objectives and economic/budget considerations.
• Develop and coordinate individual project work plans and manage through completion, redirecting when necessary.
• Complete status reports for all work assignments and communicate progress to management.
• Communicate major developments or changes in project direction to supervisors.
• Function as a technical representative in customer, vendor, and contractor meetings.
• Complete increasingly complex assignments on a routine basis.
• Provide work directions to other staff/contractors on projects as assigned.
• Manage multiple assignments while training and developing less experienced engineers and other staff.
• Complete preparation of estimates (cost, work order, schedules).
• Analyze data and make recommendations and/or decisions.
• Maintain technical records (e.g. drawings, files, databases).
• Collaborate with other team members and supervisors in carrying out assignments.
• Provide engineering assistance for customers and internal staff.
• Contribute to the creation of corporate standards and specifications related to respective expertise.
• Remain current in the industry by pursuing ongoing technical expertise and awareness of job-related field.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of sound engineering practices and standards.
• Perform analysis of system disturbances to determine proper operation of the protection scheme and assist in investigation of root cause.
• Investigate all technical aspects of protective relaying and controls to apply new ideas or technology that would improve procedures and overall results.
• Provide protective relay scheme insight to help establish the arrangement and location of substation facilities.
• Develops and works with digital computer programs as needed including power quality, fault, and system coordination studies, loss evaluations, relay software, relay event analysis, protection asset databases, and arc flash.
• Develop detailed drawings for relaying single lines, secondary protective relay schemes and schematics, low voltage equipment power, and control system connections for generation, transmission, and distribution protection.
• Design and manage the installation of generation, transmission, distribution and industrial facility replacements and upgrades.
• Develop cabling requirements for relay cabinets, equipment, and relay panels.
• Prepare building layout drawings for control houses and battery buildings.
• Create customer system protection equipment bidding documents for industrial, distribution, and transmission substations.
• Develop protective relay settings as required for new facility (generation, transmission, distribution and industrial) equipment protection and modify existing facility protective relay settings to maintain optimum system protection.
• Perform SME tasks on assigned NERC and/or CIP Compliance standards.
• Prepare construction, equipment, material specifications, and work scope.
• Evaluate customer bids and recommend suppliers/contractors for system protection.
• Maintain and coordinate contracts with equipment suppliers and monitor progress, expediting as required to meet schedules.
• Coordinate and oversee substation and industrial control system field testing and modification, phasing tests, and other commissioning and…