Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer

WSP • Horseheads, NY

82d • $83,200 - $145,530

About The Position

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer to join our East Energy team in client office in Binghamton, NY, WSP office in Horseheads, NY. The following locations will be considered: Buffalo, NY, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Portland, ME and Augusta, ME. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Energy Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges. As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, WSP now brings world-class expertise in power delivery, power generation, and project management with the recent acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc. Our vision is to be the preeminent pure-play global consulting firm for the world’s energy transition. And we need your help. With over 73,000 multidisciplinary professionals worldwide, we collaborate daily to create positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity and inclusion. In the U.S, WSP was recognized on TIME’s list of the world’s best companies and Fortune’s Change the World list.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of relevant post education experience in electrical engineering, power systems protection and control.
• EIT Certification.
• IEC 61850/GOOSE experience required.
• Proficient with various engineering design tools and software.
• Effective self-leadership with attention to detail, results orientation, and managing multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to perform independently and in a team environment and maintain project ownership.
• Efficient communications and ability to work with team members not located in the same office through MS Teams, email, and/or telephone calls.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design.
• Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Client standards.
• 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.
• Review contractor provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings.
• Review/provide input to Owner’s Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects.
• Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above items.
• Provide feedback to Owner on existing standards and help refine the Owner’s design practices.
• Ensure all as-built documentation gets filed appropriately in the plant filing location at Owner.
• 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.
• Perform constructability review and ensure adequate automation and integration coverage is available for each outage step.
• Ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of electrical engineering principles.
• Highly capable self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members.
• Developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results.
• Ability to assertively direct others in the field such as subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
• Perform additional responsibilities as needed.

Benefits

• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life.
• Retirement savings.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation (or other personal time).
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees