Sr. Consultant - Protection and Controls Engineer

Join a team at the forefront of power system protection and reliability. We are seeking an experienced Protection & Control Engineer to play a critical role in the design, analysis, and modernization of transmission and distribution protection systems. We are open to part-time and full-time employees for these positions. This is an opportunity to work on complex, high impact utility projects using stateoftheart protective relaying, communications, and substation automation technologies, while collaborating with highly skilled engineers and utility clients.

If you’re driven by solving challenging technical problems, influencing system reliability, and leading work that truly matters to the grid, this role offers the technical depth, responsibility, and growth you’re looking for.

What You’ll Do:

Knowledge of NERC and NPCC protection and control standards.

Expertise in protective relay and control system design, relay settings, logic development, and event analysis for transmission and distribution substations.

Understanding of relay communications theory, testing methods, and communications network maintenance.

Ability to model primary and secondary systems using power system simulation tools (e.g., CAPE, ASPEN).

Experience with IEC 61850 substation automation architecture, logic, and protocols (preferred).Proficient in developing technical specifications for protection, communications equipment, and instrument transformers, and evaluating vendor bids.

Perform system disturbance analysis and recommend protective relaying modifications or enhancements.

Review and optimize relay settings to ensure proper coordination and document protection system improvements.

Interface with manufacturers, professional organizations, and standards bodies (e.g., NPCC, IEEE).Design protective relaying systems using PLC, leased lines, microwave, and fiber optic communications.

Utilize digital fault recorders and sequenceofevent recorders for advanced system monitoring and analysis.

Conduct short circuit studies and complex calculations to establish relay settings using advanced analysis software.

Required Qualifications:

BS Electrical Engineering or related field
10+ years of related Protection and Controls experience

Experience with IEC 61850

Ability and willingness to travel up to 30% of the year

Preferred Qualifications:

Professional Engineering LicenseMS Electrical Engineering or MBANot quite right for you? For a full listing of all our openings, please visit us at:

Who We Are:

ENTRUST Solutions Group, an ENR Top 100 company, is a community of people, 3,000+ strong, who are committed to our clients and each other. We provide comprehensive and dependable engineering, consulting, and automation services to gas and electric utilities, telecommunication service providers, pipeline operators, and industrial companies. In return for top talent, ENTRUST Solutions Group offers:

Generous paid time off and benefits
401(k) retirement program with a company match

Career development programs

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work schedule

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Benefits & Salary:
This position pays between $125,000 and $165,000 annually and is an exempt position.

Benefits offered include company sponsored medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) plan with company match. Also offered are tuition reimbursement, voluntary life, disability, critical illness, accident and hospitalization plans. HSA or FSA medical accounts and FSA dependent care and transportation/parking accounts are also available. These benefits are subject to employee contribution amounts generally set annually.

Full time employees are eligible to earn PTO hours.

May be eligible for discretionary bonus…