Protection And Control Engineer

Actalent • Roanoke, VA

28d • $45 - $55 • Remote

About The Position

Join a dynamic team where passion meets purpose in the Protection and Controls Department. You will collaborate with senior engineers to complete essential protection and control projects with minimal supervision. Engage with both in-house and client engineers and designers, and offer training and guidance to junior engineers.

Requirements

• Experience in Protection and Control, P&C Design, and Fault Studies.
• Proficiency in One-Line Diagrams, Fault Analysis, and working with utilities.
• Five to eight years of experience in utilities working with protection and controls.
• Five to eight years of experience completing engineering projects from start to finish.
• Five to eight years of experience setting relays and designing one-line diagrams.
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Nice To Haves

• A PE License is desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Work on green-field and brown-field (retrofit) Protection and Controls Projects in substations.
• Set relays and conduct relay setting calculations utilizing ASPEN, AcSELerator 5010 (SEL), and related software.
• Design settings in the appropriate format and pass them on to the assigned field Protection and Controls supervisor using IPS.
• Mark-up and review protection schematics and elementaries.
• Utilize MOB to review equipment and materials established by substation engineers for Protection Designers.
• Work with transformers, circuit breakers, buses, reactors, line disconnects, protective relays systems (SEL, ABB, etc.), and SCADA systems.
• Perform all engineering and design activities with minimal direction from higher-level engineers.
• Coordinate work activities of others within the work group and department to complete protection and control projects.
• Provide training and guidance to lower-level employees.
• Initiate corrective action when protection and control project objectives are not being met.
• Work under the supervision of Protection Engineers IV, Senior Engineers, and Principal Engineers.
• Travel to field substations is required 10-15% of the time.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees