Protection Engineer - Mid Level

POWER Engineers, Inc. is seeking a Mid-Level Power System Protection Engineer to join our SCADA and Analytical Services (SAS) team. This position is posted in multiple POWER office locations with the ability to work remotely from a mutually acceptable location (please note in the application questions where you prefer to be located). The candidate selected for this position may work remotely full-time at a location other than a POWER-designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a POWER office for periodic meetings.

Roles and Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be responsible for successful completion of assigned projects and for maintaining and improving client relationships. Completion of these functions requires technical competence in primary production roles as well as leadership competence in working with clients and mentoring and supervising team members assigned to projects. Assigned projects will include electrical studies for utility and industrial/commercial clients. Systems to be analyzed will include conventional and renewable generation facilities, substations, and transmission and distribution systems. Technical disciplines include the following:

Protective Relaying: short circuit and symmetrical component analysis, time-current coordination, protection scheme and criteria development, relay settings, integration with SCADA systems, NERC compliance, arc flash analysis.

Applicable software: AcSELerator Quickset (SEL-5030), GE Enervista, ASPEN Oneliner, SKM-PTW, ETAP, RSCAD/RTDS

The successful applicant must also demonstrate aptitude in the following:

• Integrity
• Initiative and self-sufficiency
• Spoken and written communication
• Leadership and mentoring
• Business and commercial performance
• Troubleshooting and problem solving
• Interpersonal relations
• Organization
• Successful candidates must be willing to travel on occasion and work successfully in a customer-focused, project-oriented environment.

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BSEE)
• Five (5) or more years of industry experience performing studies in technical disciplines described in the Job Description section
• EIT certified and eligible to sit for the P. Eng Exam

Desired Education/Experience

Preference is given to applicants with any of the following:

• Registered professional engineers (P. Eng.) or equivalent
• Power Systems focused MSEE
• A proven history of completing similar projects in a consulting environment
• Experience in mentoring others and in providing technical and commercial leadership in customer-focused engineering projects

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