Senior Electrical Engineer - Power System Protection

Key responsibilities include: Providing guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies. Providing technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines. Ensuring compliance with B&V quality program. Preparing a variety of complex engineering deliverables for multiple or mega projects. Performing complex research and developing recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. Overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work. Preparing complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles. Managing assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements. Developing and applying advanced engineering solutions to complex problems. Ensuring project teams delegate appropriate tasks to lower level team members to develop depth of project execution staff. Reviewing lower level engineering work or assignments. Leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for projects. Establishing work plan to be applied to a given project. Actively coordinating with all other internal/external team members on complex projects. Defining project schedules for single discipline or may have responsibility for multiple disciplines. Determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects. Communicating client interests and drivers to project team members and developing approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on complex projects. Identifying future client needs and how to better position B&V for the future. Offering other services to the client. Supporting multiple projects on very complex technical challenges. Recognizing as an industry expert, participating in professional societies by presenting papers, acting as a section lead for a large or complex specialty area, an engineering consultant for larger scale projects. Supporting chief engineers or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes. Overseeing performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development, and corrective actions. Mentoring lower level and mid level professionals and identifying successors to train in the specifics of their role.

Preferred qualifications include: 10-15 years of experience in Transmission industry. Significant working experience with Protection & Control design concepts including one-lines, three-lines, schematics, wiring, etc.10 years of extensive experience in development of protective relay settings (line, transformer, breaker, bus, etc.).Extensive experience with commonly utilized system modeling software programs (ASPEN, CAPE, CYME, ETAP, SKM, etc.).Advanced knowledge and application of the predominant protection schemes and philosophies which are encountered in Transmission, Distribution, and Renewable Collector Substations. Extensive experience with Mathcad and Excel software for protective setting calculations. Experience with commonly utilized communication protocols (DNP, SEL, MMS, Modbus, etc.).Experience with IEC 61850 (GOOSE, MMS, SV) and its implementation. Advanced knowledge and application of NERC-PRC standards and other commonly utilized industry standards. Proven ability to independently develop written communication and to facilitate coordination with team members and clients. Proven ability to work cooperatively in a team environment. Proven ability to lead small projects including management of project schedules, budgets, and staffing. Extensive experience supporting proposal development- including, scope of work, level of work, engineering estimates, schedule. Strong leadership skills, with desire to train and develop early career and/or inexperienced professionals. Extensive experience functioning in a QA/QC capacity. Professional Engineer (PE) License.

Minimum qualifications include: Bachelor's Degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing. Minimum of 11 years related work experience.