Lead Engineer, Protection and Controls

Lead Engineer - Protection and Controls (Hybrid)

Lead Engineer is responsible for the development, expansion, planning, design, maintenance and operation of protection and control systems necessary for the safe and reliable operation of the transmission and distribution system. Additionally, coordinates the evaluation of system failures, and the appropriate resolutions, to provide support to operations on unplanned maintenance. Shares accountability with peers in the strategy, development, and design of the organization's Life Cycle Plan, a comprehensive L-T plan for the T&D system.

Responsible for supervising, assigning, prioritizing and directing the work performed by other Engineers and staff.

Location:

Westwood, MA (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Supervises, coaches, and develops engineers; approves time and conducts performance reviews; assigns, prioritizes and directs work performed by at least two Engineers and / or Designers
• Responsible for the scope and cost development, justification and approval of Life Cycle Plan activities over a multi-year horizon and for ongoing projects
• Review and evaluate proposed changes to existing electric facilities to ensure compatibility with established company protection system standards and practices
• Create new Protection and Control system designs in accordance with company Standards as required.
• Ensures the design and specification of additions, modifications and replacements to the transmission and distribution systems, and the preparation of system electrical permits and related customer notifications, are completed accurately and on time.
• Oversee or provide guidance in the development, calculation, and documentation of settings and logic for protective relays, logic processors, feeder reclosers, and switches necessary to support system reliability projects and initiatives
• Review and evaluate the results of coordination studies by modeling and analyzing electric system elements and their protection systems using fault simulation software
• Analyze protection system operations during transmission and distribution system disturbances in support of Substation Technical Group Event analysis
• Ensure department work is performed in adherence to applicable company or compliance engineering and design standards, safety codes and related NERC, NPCC, and ISO-NE compliance.
• Collaborates with other Engineers within Engineering to ensure consistency and teamwork
• Provides technical support and direction to operating areas relative to system priorities, engineering guidelines and operating decisions during normal and emergency situations
• Accountable for root-cause analysis, development and implementation of corrective actions
• Interface with Planning, Operations and Field personnel to support their efforts to plan, operate and maintain the transmission and distribution system
• Responsible for the evaluation and selection of technology and equipment for the system
• Responsible for the development of standards and procedures for design, operation and maintenance
• Manage and perform work activities in a self-sufficient manner without frequent guidance and oversight
• Assumes the role of the Manager as required
• Actively support storm and/or emergency restoration assignments

Qualifications

• BSEE or BSEET required; MSEE, Power Systems or similar, preferred
• Eight years in the technical, operational, or engineering aspects of the electrical utility industry
• Experience performing overcurrent and distance coordination studies with ASPEN One-liner modeling software
• Experience performing post event analysis using relay and digital fault recorder event records
• Experience with the design and installation of protection and control schemes utilizing IEC 61850 protocol
• Prior supervisory experience preferred

Company Brief:

Fortune 500 diversified energy services firm (electric utility / gas utility) that has been providing energy products and services throughout the northeast United States for 100 years