Protection and Controls - Substations - Electrical Engineer - Remote (U.S.)

AECOM•Houston, TX

22h•$110,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM is hiring a Protection and Controls Engineer to support the Energy Business Line’s Engineering Center of Excellence in Grid Modernization programs, projects, and pursuits. The role may be remote within the U.S. or hybrid from an AECOM U.S. office. The team provides electrical engineering services across transmission, power distribution, renewables, and next-generation energy markets. The successful candidate will contribute technical expertise, work effectively with project teams and clients, and demonstrate initiative, motivation, and attention to detail. The position serves as lead engineer on projects of all sizes and may act as a senior technical advisor. It provides specialized technical input for studies and design, develops procedures for high-quality and cost-effective work, participates in interdisciplinary reviews, develops cost and technical effort estimates, contributes to PS&E packages, reviews design calculations and drawings, prepares technical specifications, and supports engineering budgets and schedules. AECOM’s Energy practice provides consulting, engineering design, energy procurement, and EPC services for power, energy efficiency, and renewable energy clients. Its teams work across generation, distribution, storage, and demand-side infrastructure to advance cleaner, secure, and sustainable energy solutions. Relocation assistance and U.S. employment authorization sponsorship are not available. Newly hired employees must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
6 years of relevant protection and controls experience in electrical engineering.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineering licensure.
8 or more years of experience, including 2 or more years as a project lead.
Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements.
Experience with IEC 61850.
Successful track record working with remote teams.
Experience on full EPC or Design/Build projects from start to finish.
Plant startup and commissioning field experience.
Power systems analysis software experience, such as SKM, EasyPower, or ETAP.
Relay coordination using ASPEN OneLiner.
Experience developing native relay setting files.
Distribution automation experience.
Experience working in collaborative 3D model environments such as Navisworks.

Responsibilities

Perform electrical engineering design work on assigned projects.
Mentor electrical engineers on the High Voltage/Power team and early-career engineers; facilitate internal training sessions if requested.
Work with the Project Engineer and Project Manager to develop design schedules and budgets for electrical engineering activities.
Perform power system studies and coordinate system protection settings.
Generate basis-of-design documentation for protection settings and relay configurations.
Support projects during construction, start-up, and commissioning.
Review engineering work performed by peers.
Attend client meetings.
Travel occasionally to client and/or project sites for activities such as data gathering and field walks.
Serve as lead engineer on projects of all sizes and, when appropriate, as a senior technical advisor.
Provide specialized technical input to studies and design in the engineer’s area of expertise.
Develop study and design procedures to facilitate high-quality, cost-effective work.
Participate in interdisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
Develop construction cost estimates and estimates of technical effort for projects.
Complete the discipline component of PS&E packages.
Perform quality-control reviews of design calculations and drawings.
Prepare technical specification sections.
Provide input to engineering budgets and schedules.