Principal Engineer - System Protection and Control

Principal Engineer – System Protection and Control

Join TELEX and apply for the Principal Engineer – System Protection and Control role. The Principal Engineer serves as a key technical contributor and advisor, consulting with all business units on engineering and technical activities. The position utilizes advanced expertise to assess and recommend best practices, process improvements, cost savings, and workplace safety enhancements. The Principal Engineer provides guidance and mentoring to less experienced staff, serves as an advisor to company leadership, and leads complex, highly technical projects across generation, transmission, distribution, and industrial facilities.

The Principal Engineer guides and mentors staff, develops detailed protection and control system designs, performs power system modeling, and coordinates studies such as short‑circuit, coordination, and disturbance analysis. The role requires strong project management, stakeholder collaboration, and the ability to serve as a technical expert in regulatory, legal, and legislative contexts.

• Provide expert advice and counsel by utilizing extensive knowledge of engineering design, principles, practices, and project management.
• Suggest and implement innovative and cost‑effective solutions to resolve complex, unique, hazardous, or critical problems.
• Provide technical input and review of internal regulatory compliance documentation.
• Serve as project manager or the technical lead for complex and highly technical projects.
• Provide opinions on issues related to corporate strategy and individual business unit initiatives.
• Act as a technical expert, provide written testimony, and serve as a key witness in court of law hearings, state agency proceedings, and legislative sessions.
• Provide technical commentary and input on pending legislation affecting company operations.
• Develop, foster, and maintain working relationships with manufacturers, vendors, utilities, and consulting firms.
• Mentor project team members and junior staff.
• Attend trade shows, conferences, workshops, seminars, user group meetings, and other educational opportunities on a routine basis.
• Recommend and cost‑justify engineering projects to improve company and customer operational efficiencies, mitigate recurring failures, improve system restoration time, increase equipment longevity, and reduce cost.
• Perform accurate, complete evaluations of engineering alternatives and identify the optimal solution for the electric power system.
• Perform root‑cause analysis and recommend approaches to mitigate future failures or improve processes.
• Provide direction and technical assistance with digital computer programs and perform analysis as needed, including power quality, fault, and system coordination studies, loss evaluations, relay software, relay event analysis, protection asset databases, and arc flash.
• Develop and direct 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.
• Establish, maintain, and improve relationships with internal and external customers, including monitoring the relationships and initiating actions to improve relationships as needed.
• Collaborate with local, state, and federal government agencies for permits and authorization.
• Perform all work in a safe and timely manner.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited school is required.
• A registered professional engineering license is required.
• A minimum of twelve (12) years of progressively responsible engineering work experience is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook and other common business applications is required.
• Proven leadership experience is required.
• A valid driver's license and a good driving record are required.
• A specific engineering discipline may be preferred.

• Knowledge of engineering, operations, strategy, project management, and budgeting processes and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of business acumen, company…