Associate Engineer - Relay
About The Position
AES Ohio is hiring a Relay Engineer to join its Engineering Services Team. The position is based at the company's Dayton, Ohio office; candidates should live in Dayton or be willing to relocate. The role is responsible for engineering and designing protective relaying to detect and isolate faults on AES Ohio’s transmission and distribution system. The engineer carries out relay design assignments for all or parts of substations, including relay system recommendations, proposal evaluations, protection-zone and control-system design, construction consultation, and field engineering. The position supports projects of varying complexity and project documentation procedures. It also responds to emergencies, including extended customer outages and storm restoration.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or another related discipline from an ABET-accredited college or university.
- All levels of relevant work experience will be considered.
- Positive attitude and priority for safe and reliable operations.
Nice To Haves
- Power engineering experience.
- Familiarity with utility operations, including transmission and distribution.
- Familiarity with power systems short circuit and impedance calculations.
- Familiarity with digital logic and/or Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).
- Willingness to take the FE exam in pursuit of a Professional Engineering License.
Responsibilities
- Perform relay setting calculations, coordination studies, and short circuit studies.
- Maintain the short circuit model and protection engineering databases.
- Support the NERC compliance program.
- Evaluate relay performance following system events.
- Support commissioning of new relay equipment and systems by field technicians.
- Investigate and resolve protection and control system operation issues.
- Support field staff in construction and maintenance activities.
- Develop new and follow established work practices to ensure a safe work environment.
- Aid in system restoration during storm events.
- Prepare relay system recommendations and evaluate proposals.
- Design relay protection zones and control systems.
- Provide construction consultation and field engineering.
- Support projects of various complexities and project documentation procedures.
- Respond to emergencies, including long-duration customer outages and storm service restoration.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- 22 days of starting paid time off each year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
