Engineering Manager, Relay Settings

Leidos•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? The Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation operation helps solve utilities’ complex challenges through our full life-cycle, performance-based solutions. Our services include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning for electric power substations and transmission and distribution lines; protection and controls design; and electrification programs. Utilities consistently come to Leidos for reliable power expertise, as reflected through our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and more than 100 municipals/cooperatives across the country as well as a growing number of private developers. Your greatest work is ahead! We are in search of an Engineering Manager to join our diverse and fast-paced organization. As a core team member, you will be interacting with other electric utility disciplines, playing a valuable part in leading and designing utility substation and renewable energy projects.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)
ten plus years of related experience.
Experience managing and leading a team of engineers.
Experience with creating relay settings, settings calculation templates and logic diagrams highly preferred.
Experience working with EPC clients is preferred.
Capable of using either Aspen OneLiner, ETAP, Power Tools SKM and/or Siemen’s CAPE for coordination studies and fault study analysis.
Preparation of protective relay coordination studies
Experience with development of relay settings for microprocessor relays including: SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB and others.
For both transmission line relays (Line Differential, Step Distance and Pilot Schemes) and substation relays (Capacitors, Transformers and buses).
Being familiar with Schweitzer AcSELerator QuickSet, General Electric EnerVista and Schneider Electric MiCOM software is a plus.
Strong engineering and interpersonal skills and high attention to detail with a passion for quality.
Experience creating & implementing protection and control schemes including interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams and implement relay logic.
Ability to meet deadlines under pressure situations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills required when interfacing with clients and staff.

Nice To Haves

Experience preparing technical reports.
Demonstrating expertise in proposal development.
Familiarity with PTC MathCAD software.
Previous Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience.
Relay testing and troubleshooting experience.
Previous Power Consulting or Power utility business experience.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a team of eight plus engineers to develop relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV including relay set points, logic diagrams, configuration files and documentation.
Review work provided by Client and assess requirements of scopes.
Showcase expertise in dealing with customers and outside vendors, while collaborating effectively with field engineers.
Comply with Leidos and Client Safety requirements as well as design and quality expectations.
Solve challenging substation engineering problems for entire project cycle.
Clearly communicate design and engineering requirements to both internal teams and external vendors on behalf of clients.
Work with protection engineers and performing quality reviews on relay setting packages.
Create logic diagrams for IEC61850 substations.
Work directly with clients as well as other staff in remote office locations.
Assignments will cover the full range of project planning through design and construction support.