Lead Protection & Control Engineer

K&A Engineering•Rochester, NY

2d•$108,000 - $116,000

About The Position

K&A Engineering Consulting is a privately held company, providing comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program/project management, construction management, and support services to power utility and industrial clients. Specializing in substation, transmission, distribution, distributed energy resources, and EPC services, we excel in solving complex challenges with precision-driven solutions. We pride ourselves on employing top talent, fostering a culture of excellence, and building meaningful relationships with clients and employees. Start your K&A Career: We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Lead Protection & Control Engineer to join our team at K&A Engineering in Rochester, New York. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting and challenging projects that make a real impact in the energy and utility sectors. Youll be part of a dynamic, people-focused team where your expertise, ideas, and contributions will be valued and celebrated.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with a strong background and knowledge of all utilities engineering disciplines
10 years or more of relay/protection settings engineering experience
Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Proven experience in Substation Design should include general arrangement, electrical equipment plans, elevation and section views, Equipment cable trays, cable design, conduit fill calcs, rigid bus calcs
Professional level skills in MicroStation, AutoCAD
IEC 61850/Goose experience required

Nice To Haves

PE preferred

Responsibilities

Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Avangrid TM standards
Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design. Special areas of focus are anti-islanding schemes, generator intertie settings, SPS schemes, etc. (anything outside of normal). Basically, the goal is to ensure that we dont remove required protections already in place or at least be aware of how things work today before we modify existing schemes.
Review contractor provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects
Review/perform area relay coordination and determine what level of area coordination is required/needed (based on changes in fault duty and overall system performance due to the project changes)
Review contractor provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings
Review/provide input to Customers Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects
Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above the items
Provide feedback to Customer on existing TM standards and help refine the Customers design practices
Ensure all as-built documentation gets filed appropriately in the plant filing location at Customer
Lead overall automation and integration design for all capital projects
Review/design SCADA point indexes
Review contractor provided HMI screens/settings for all capital projects
Review/design Protection settings and settings basis
Review/design IED Data Maps
Review/create substation level operational descriptions (HMI operation, relay front panel operation, etc.)
Review automated maintenance data gathering (Digital Substation Data) point lists
Track all required licenses/firewalls and key automation and integration deliverables needed for project implementation
Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above items
Perform constructability review and ensure adequate automation and integration coverage is available for each outage step (SCADA etc.)