As aP&C Engineer – Transmission, you will closely work with regional and global transmission and studies teams to support and/or lead ongoing projects as well as business development and proposal support with a variety of clients including renewable developers, transmission owner/developers as well as utilities.
The successful candidate shall demonstrate related experience and technical knowledge in the area of protection and control applied to transmission and substations from planning/protection philosophy phase to detailed design studies. Experience with software packages such as ASPEN OneLiner is required. Prior knowledge of protection related to renewable generation interconnection and/or HVDC is preferred.
Responsibilities include:
- Advanced knowledge of various protection relaying functions including line protection, transformer protection, breaker failure, cap bank protection, communication-based schemes, differential protection, etc.
- Perform conceptual planning phase protection and control studies including protection philosophy, basis of design, and fault studies.
- Perform P&C related studies such as protection coordination, PT/CT sizing, TCC curves, relay coordinations etc.
- Familiarity with P&C related standards such as IEEE and NERC.
- Familiarity with ASPEN OneLiner, PSS CAPE, or similar software packages.
- Contribute to the delivery of projects, delivering on time and to budget.
- Work closely with the team members across North America and globally.
- Work with different types of customers including renewable developers, utilities, and ISOs/RTOs.
- Participate in related technical committees such as IEEE or CIGRE.
- Minimum Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, from a recognized institution.
- Minimum 7 years of direct experience with protection and control related projects.
- Experience with protection studies software such as ASPEN OneLiner and PSS CAPE.
- Knowledge of applicable industry standards such as IEC, IEEE and CIGRE.
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical capabilities with a focus achieving results.
- Team player with great interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel within North America.
Ideally, You’ll Also Have:
- Experience with other power systems studies software such as PSCAD, PSS/E etc.
- Experience with offshore wind and HVDC.
- Professional Engineer (PE or PEng) License.
