Protection and Control Engineer; Orange, CT

We are hiring a Protection and Control Engineer in LaBella's Program Management Services Division at our client's office.

• Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes in the subject area to incorporate into the new design, with focus on anti-islanding schemes, generator intertie settings, SPS schemes, and other nonstandard protections; ensure existing protections are preserved or fully understood before modification.
• Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with AVANGRID TM standards.
• Review contractor-provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects.
• Review/perform area relay coordination and determine the level of area coordination required based on changes in fault duty and overall system performance due to project changes.
• Review contractor-provided relay settings for temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings.
• Review/provide input to Owner's Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects.
• Provide design support during implementation, testing, and commissioning of the above items.
• Provide feedback to Owner on existing TM standards and help refine the Owner's design practices.
• Ensure all as-built documentation is filed appropriately in the plant filing location at the Owner's site.
• Lead overall automation and integration design for all capital projects.
• Review/design SCADA point indexes and contractor-provided HMI screens/settings for all capital projects.
• Review/design Protection settings and settings basis, and review/design IED data maps.
• Track all required licenses, firewalls, and key automation and integration deliverables needed for project implementation.
• Perform constructability reviews and ensure adequate automation and integration coverage is available for each outage step (SCADA, etc.).

Salary Range
: $75,000 - $120,000 per year

The specific salary offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location.

• 2-5 years of engineering experience in the functional area
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or engineering technology
• PE required
• IEC 61850/Goose experience required

• Flexible Work Schedule
• Health/Dental Insurance
• 401k Plan with Employer Match
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off
• Leadership Development Program
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• Wellness Program
• Team Building Events
• Community Service Events

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology

• IT Services and IT Consulting