Experienced Substation Protection Engineer - Relay Settings

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Why Ampirical?

Salary Range :

Engineer III -

• 3+ years of experience

• FE required. In lieu of FE, 2 additional years of experience are required.

• $80,000 - $119,000 - Commensurate (dependent on experience, education, and qualifications)E

Engineer IV-

• 5+ years of experience

• FE required. In lieu of FE, 2 additional years required

• PE preferred

• $92,000 - $140,000 - Commensurate (dependent on experience, education, and qualifications)
  
  Profit-Sharing Bonus : Semi-annual, performance-based (10% to 20% of salary)
  
  Day-One Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision
  
  401(k) with 4% match and immediate vesting
  ️ PTO : Starting at 80 hours of vacation & 40 hours of sick time per year + 10 paid holidays
  ️ Flexible Work Schedule : Every other Friday off
  
  Career Development : Advancement opportunities, tuition reimbursement
  
  Perks : Gym membership stipend, wellness program, fertility benefits, pet insurance, and more

Your Role: Experienced Substation Protection Engineer – Relay Settings

The Substation Protection Engineer - Relay Settings is responsible for system protection settings associated with protective relay systems for the transmission and distribution systems.

What You’ll Do

• Apply knowledge of protection schemes and philosophies commonly applied to Transmission and Distribution (T&D) substations.

• Conduct power system calculations, including short circuit calculation, current transformer performance, and ratio selection, over-current element coordination, zone-distance element selection, and coordination, and relay loadability calculations.

• Utilize Aspen, ETAP, or equivalent as a primary tool to run various cases, interpret results, and develop the best possible bus, transformer, generator, and line protection settings.

• Read and interpret electrical single lines, three lines, schematics, functional diagrams, etc.

• Provide technical guidance for various relay settings schemes for basic and advanced system topologies to ensure the quality of deliverables while meeting individual client preferences.

• Assist project manager to develop scope of work and conceptual design for the projects.

• Attend meetings and conferences, as necessary, to keep informed of technical development in the power industry as it pertains to T&D Protection.

• Perform quality control and peer checking on settings calculation, documentation, and fault analysis studies.

What You Bring

Education : Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university

Experience :

• 3+ years, minimum, of direct relay settings experience

• Hands-on experience in testing equipment using Doble, OMICRON, or Megger.

• Familiarity with DNP and SEL communication protocols.

• Experience in configuring SEL microprocessor relays is required. Experience with other microprocessor relay vendors, and electromechanical relays, is preferred.

• Experience with ETAP, AcSELerator, and ASPEN is preferred.
  
  Skills :

• Capable of managing small projects, or tasks on a larger scale project, and ability to mentor lesser experienced engineers and technicians

• Sufficient PC skills and experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
  
  Communication :

• Excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively communicate both internally and externally
  

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