Protection & Controls Engineer, Senior

Wood•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Wood currently has exciting opportunities for a Senior Protection & Controls Engineer. This position can be located in any of the following offices - Los Angeles, CA, West Palm Beach, FL, Orlando, FL, Tucker, GA, or Vancouver, BC, Calgary, AB, Oakville, ON. If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of utility-specific protection, control, and metering experience.
Electrical Engineering Degree from a recognized university along with the ability to register as a Professional Engineer in Canada and/or the United States
Excellent English written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience executing EPC projects is considered an asset
3-4 years of experience in performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high voltage utility transmission systems is considered an asset
Proven working experience of relay setting software such as ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM Power Tools as well as SEL and GE relay programming software
Proven field experience with outage planning, construction sequencing and commissioning is considered an asset
Familiarity with utility protection and control maintenance and operational practices is considered an asset
Clean driving record/abstract

Responsibilities

Providing technical leadership and support to a team of engineers and designers to develop protection, control, and metering system design for electrical substations ranging from 12 kV to 500 kV from conceptual stage through construction and commissioning
On assigned projects, serving as Technical Lead and: Developing protection planning and application documents, one-lines, schematics, panel layouts and wiring diagrams for power system protective relaying and metering systems
Performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high voltage utility transmission systems
Reviewing or preparing engineering drawings/documents, specifications, construction and outage staging plans, and inspection and testing plans/procedures
Supporting construction and commissioning activities
Performing factory inspections
Participating in client technical, Safety by Design and constructability review meetings
Reviewing or preparing project conceptual, feasibility and definition phase scopes and estimates
Supporting Business Development team in preparing proposals and estimates
Liaising with clients at the discipline level on technical matters
Reviewing new engineering standards, design practices, guides, etc. from clients and sharing with the P&C team
Enhancing and maintaining relationships with internal groups as well as external contractors and clients
Mentoring junior engineers