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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Power Systems Engineering with a focus on Protection and Controls, including relay coordination and system design. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage complex engineering projects, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Power Systems EngineeringProtection And Controls DesignRelay Configuration And Settings DevelopmentPower System Analysis SoftwareProfessional Engineering Designation (PE)
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Hard Skills
Protection PrinciplesRelay CoordinationPower System StudiesShort Circuit AnalysisLoad Flow AnalysisArc Flash AnalysisSubstation DesignElectrical Building IntegrationPower Management Systems (PMS)SCADA-Based Monitoring
Soft Skills
Technical LeadershipCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsMentoringTeam Coordination
Tools & Technologies
ETAPSKM PowerToolsEasyPowerPSCADSELGESiemensABB
Certifications & Qualifications
Professional Engineering Designation (PE)
Industry Keywords
IEEENFPANECANSIIEC
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesFlash
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead and support engineering projects through technical leadership, coordination, and adherence to project scope, schedule, and quality expectations
- Create and review substation and electrical building integration design packages from conceptual stage through construction completion
- Lead customer technical meetings, design reviews, and interdisciplinary engineering coordination meetings
- Serve as the technical lead for Protection and Controls across projects
- Develop and review protection and control system designs, including relay selection, protection philosophies, settings development, configuration, and coordination
- Support and mentor team members on protection and control best practices
- Review engineering deliverables for technical accuracy, consistency, industry-standard compliance, project-specification compliance, and alignment with internal engineering practices
- Coordinate and provide technical oversight of multidisciplinary vendors and subcontractors
- Support proposal development, engineering estimates, technical risk assessments, and engineering execution planning
- Perform and review power system studies, including short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, and load flow
- Design, review, and implement power management systems (PMS)
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- 10+ years of experience in power systems engineering, with experience in Protection and Controls
- Strong knowledge of protection principles, relay coordination, and protection scheme design for medium and high voltage power systems
- Hands-on experience with protective relay configuration and settings development (e.g., SEL, GE, Siemens, ABB or similar platforms)
- Experience interpreting power system studies such as short circuit, protection coordination, load flow, and arc flash
- Familiarity with power system analysis software (e.g., ETAP, SKM PowerTools, EasyPower, PSCAD, or similar)
- Working knowledge of substation design and electrical building integration, including protection and control system interfaces
- Familiarity supporting or implementing power management systems (PMS) or SCADA-based monitoring and control systems is considered an asset
- Strong understanding of relevant industry standards and codes (IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, IEC, or equivalent as applicable)
- Demonstrated experience serving as the Lead Project Engineer or Engineering Lead on complex engineering projects
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate technical execution across multiple concurrent projects
- Excellent technical problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills
- Ability to mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance within the team
- Professional Engineering designation (PE) strongly preferred
- Ability to occasionally work in the field and travel to customer and manufacturing sites (approximately 25% travel)
Benefits
Comp & perks- Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan
- Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
- Vision benefit
- Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
- Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
- Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
- Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
- Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid; ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay
- Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
- Employee discount program
- 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
- 11 paid holidays
- Vacation based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions
- Vacation under a permissive time away policy for salaried exempt positions