Protection And Control Engineer

Job Description

Join our dynamic Protection and Controls Department as an engineer dedicated to completing protection and control projects. Collaborate with both in-house and client engineers and designers, while offering training to junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Work on green-field and brown-field (retrofit) Protection and Control Projects in substations.

• Set relays and conduct relay setting calculations using ASPEN, AcSELerator 5010 (SEL), and other software.

• Design settings in the appropriate format and issue them to the assigned Protection and Controls Supervisor using IPS.

• Mark-up and review protection schematics and elementaries.

• Utilize MOB Port to review equipment and materials established by substation engineers for Protection Designers.

• Work with equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, buses, reactors, line disconnects, protective relays systems (SEL, ABB, etc.), and SCADA systems.

• Function as a project lead for protection and control projects.

• Perform all engineering and design activities with minimal direction.

• Lead, facilitate, and coordinate work activities of others within the work group, team, department, or external parties to complete substation projects.

• Provide training and guidance to lower-level employees.

• Identify and initiate corrective action when substation project objectives are not being met.

• Interpret codes and regulations and develop standards for construction projects.

• Promote engineering professionalism and standards.

• Develop, recommend, and implement plans by establishing goals, objectives, and requirements, including scheduling and resources for complex engineering.

• Travel to field substations is required, approximately 10-15% of the time.

Essential Skills

• Relay setting

• Relay Coordination Studies

• Protection System Design

• Protective Relaying

• Fault Analysis

• Short Circuit Studies

• Protection and Control

• Transmission Protection

• Power System Protection

• Load Flow Analysis

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Over eight years of experience in utilities working with protection and controls.

• Over eight years of experience completing engineering projects from start to finish.

• Over eight years of experience setting relays and designing one-line diagrams.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (ABET-accredited preferred).

• PE License is highly preferred. A clear path to obtaining a PE License is required if not currently held.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of New Albany, OH.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $49.62 - $69.46/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 10, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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