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Electrical Engineer – Protection and Controls, Substations
Location
Texas
Posted
59 days ago
Salary
$110K - $160K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Electrical Engineer – Protection and Controls, Substations
AECOM
• AECOM has a position opening for a Protection and Controls Engineer • Support our growing Energy Business Line’s Engineering Center of Excellence in our Grid Modernization programs, projects and pursuits • Responsible for the electrical engineering design work on assigned projects • Provide mentorship for the other electrical engineers in our High Voltage/Power team • Work with Project Engineer and Project Manager on developing design schedules and budgets for electrical engineering work activities • Perform Power system studies and system protection settings coordination on various projects • Generate basis of design documentation for protection settings and relay configurations • Support projects during construction, start-up, and commissioning • Review engineering work performed by peers • Attend client meetings • Occasional travel to client and/or project sites (including data gathering and field walks) • Mentor early career engineers and facilitate internal training sessions, if requested
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
- 6 years of relevant protection and controls experience in electrical engineering
- Professional Engineering licensure (preferred)
- 8+ years of experience with 2+ years as a project lead (preferred)
- Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements (preferred)
- Experience with IEC61850 (preferred)
- Successful track record working with remote teams (preferred)
- Experience on full EPC, Design/Build projects from start to finish (preferred)
- Plant Startup and Commissioning Field Experience (preferred)
- Power systems analysis software experience (SKM, EasyPower, Etap) (preferred)
- Relay coordination utilizing ASPEN OneLiner (preferred)
- Experience developing native relay setting files (preferred)
- Distribution automation experience (preferred)
- Experience working in collaborative 3D model environments (e.g. Navisworks) (preferred)
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- AD&D
- disability benefits
- paid time off
- leaves of absences
- voluntary benefits
- perks
- flexible work options
- well-being resources
- employee assistance program
- business travel insurance
- service recognition awards
- retirement savings plan
- employee stock purchase plan
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