Senior Engineer II - System Protection

Job Title: Senior Engineer II - System Protection
Duration: 06 months temp job with possible extension
Pay Rate: $73/hr. on W2
Basic Purpose:

• Specifies, selects, and applies protective relaying equipment, determines device settings, and develops protection, control, and automation philosophy.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Completes relay coordination analyses and determines appropriate settings for substation projects.
• Leads the development of protection, control, and substation automation schemes, and specify relaying and associated equipment, including automation methodologies and large to complex remedial action schemes.
• Performs studies, prepares, and provides protection documentation to executive management, internal and external customers.
• Applies technical expertise and knowledge in developing state-of-the-art solutions for large to complex protection problems.
• Ensures quality control and external customer service on assigned projects by providing construction support and coordination with construction forces and proactively seeking and incorporating customer input.
• Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes, and regulations applicable to position and company, including NERC/WECC mandates.

Essential Education, Skills & Environment:

• Engineering degree from an ABET accredited college/university.
• Minimum 8 years transmission system protection experience.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license registration.
• Strong knowledge of relay coordination studies, and development of associated protective relay settings for systems ranging from 12.47 kV to 345 kV is required. Experience with 500 kV systems is a plus.
• Experience applying protection system engineering practices and principles in the following areas: transmission line, bus, transformer, shunt capacitor bank, reactor bank, feeder, remedial action schemes, and communication assisted protection schemes.
• Familiar with the application of NERC PRC standards for compliance.
• Technical analyses utilizing appropriate computer modelling techniques.
• Time management, organizational, oral, and written communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Equipment and Applications:
• Proven experience in system modelling and fault analysis software (ASPEN, CAPE, ETAP, or EasyPower), and Microsoft Software Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access).

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• General office environment with occasional field work required.
• Travel: <10%

About Us:
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Compensation: The pay offered to a successful candidate will be determined by various factors, including education, work experience, location, job responsibilities, certifications, and more. Additionally, IntelliPro provides a comprehensive benefits package, all subject to eligibility.