Senior Protection and Control Engineer

Senior Protection and Control Engineer

Salem, NH, United States | req
3036 | Posted on: 6/5/2026

Type of position: Regular

Join BBA and put your experience to work by actively contributing to various project phases as a Protection and Controls (P&C) Engineer. You’ll be involved in designing protection and control systems for high‑voltage and medium‑voltage (HV/MV) transmission systems, distribution systems and power plants across the United States and Canada. You’ll also be responsible for supporting site mandates to ensure work quality and system compliance before energization.

You’ll play a key role in project management, client coordination and delivering high‑quality projects with the BBA team.

• Prepare protection and control deliverables such as electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, protection logic and control schemes
• Prepare protection relay setting and configuration files (GE, SEL, ABB, Siemens, etc.)
• Prepare engineering studies and reports (protection coordination studies, short circuit analysis, power flow calculation, arc‑flash analysis, battery and charger calculations, transformer sizing, etc.)
• Develop HMIs, network architectures and RTU configurations
• Help prepare technical specifications, reports and other documentation for protection and control systems
• Assist with commissioning and testing of protection and control systems
• Review and seal (Professional Engineer License) protection and control designs
• Develop or review outage, cut‑over and testing procedures
• Collaborate with client technical representatives
• Work on proposal development, including writing and/or reviewing technical specifications and estimating project costs

• Thirst to learn and excel
• Willingness to work together while having fun
• Caring mindset that puts people first
• Desire to be in the thick of the action
• Rigorous and ethical
• Ability to share and pass on knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
• Registered as a Professional Engineer or eligible to register within one month of hiring
• Over 8 years of experience within electric utility, power generation and renewables industries in the U.S.
• Hands‑on experience preparing protection system basis‑of‑design documents
• Knowledge of CADD software
• Experience preparing logic diagrams, protection philosophies, wiring diagrams, single‑line diagrams, three‑line diagrams and other P&C deliverables
• Experience selecting, setting and troubleshooting protective relays (SEL, GE, Siemens)
• Experience preparing engineering studies and reports (protection coordination studies, short‑circuit analysis, power‑flow calculations, arc‑flash analysis, battery and charger calculations, transformer sizing, etc.)
• A working knowledge of communication protocols (MODBUS, DNP3, IEC
  61850)
• Knowledge of relay testing equipment and experience with P&C commissioning
• Experience preparing project estimates
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Basic understanding of utility cybersecurity standards
• Asset: experience configuration and programming PLCs and DCS

• Annual premium program for regular employees
• Time bank
• Group insurance plan from the first day of employment
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Annual paid time off (PTO)
• Statutory holidays
• Premium for employee referrals

• Interesting growth opportunities to match your ambitions
• A caring environment where everyone’s ideas are listened to and there is no perception of hierarchy
• A collaborative team that shares its ideas and knowledge
• Opportunity for site work: an amazing career accelerator!
• Participation in our firm’s major projects up to 2030:
  • BBA’s carbon neutrality
  • 30% of women on our team
  • and much more!
• Custom training and development plans