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Protection and Controls Engineer
Location
Texas
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
$110K - $160K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Protection and Controls Engineer
AECOM
• Responsible for electrical engineering design work on assigned projects • Provide mentorship for other electrical engineers in the 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, • Mentor early career engineers and facilitate internal training sessions if requested
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- 6 years of relevant experience in electrical engineering
- 6 years of relevant protection and controls experience
- 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)
- 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 (preferred)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off
- Flexible work options
- Employee assistance program
- Wellness resources
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