System Protection Engineer I/II/III/IV
About The Position
This position provides daily support for Operations and Maintenance, trending system performance and initiating actions to restore/improve system performance and reliability, troubleshooting off-normal system conditions, failure and root cause analysis, evaluating proposed configuration changes, recommendations to maintain asset value, and coordinating maintenance-related projects. Assignments are designed to develop general knowledge of professional engineering practice in the electric utility industry and introduce customer/supplier communication skills. In addition to the general engineering activities above, job-specific knowledge and expectations for this individual role will include: System Protection: Includes specifying appropriate protection schemes, making relay recommendations, performing calculations to support relay settings, developing trip-checking procedures, calculating ground potential rise and available fault current, locating faults, analyzing system disturbances, operational support, and project management.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited college/university OR Professional Engineering License and Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a Non-ABET accredited school (for Level I).
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university or college OR Professional Engineering License obtained by accredited examination (for Levels II, III, IV).
- Demonstrated high level of technical competence in discipline with general knowledge of other disciplines (for Level IV).
- Project engineering skills in coordinating multi-discipline teams (for Level IV).
- Project management skills (for Level IV).
- Subject-matter expert in NPPD's systems (for Level IV).
- Demonstrated ability to perform the duties of Engineer Level III (for Level IV).
- Must have successfully passed the Engineering in Training (EIT) / Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination (for Engineer III and IV).
Nice To Haves
- Assignments designed to develop general knowledge of professional engineering practice in the electric utility industry and introduce customer/supplier communication skills (for Level I).
- Assignments designed to develop competent technical knowledge within an engineering discipline, develop customer relations skills, and introduce project management skills (for Level II).
- A fully competent engineer in conventional aspects within the specific discipline with expertise in specific areas of past assignments. Assignments designed to expand the areas of expertise within the discipline, develop project management skills, and develop a general knowledge of other disciplines (for Level III).
- Assignments designed to develop knowledge of the energy industry and strategic planning skills for technical issues (for Level IV).
Responsibilities
- Provides daily support for Operations and Maintenance.
- Trends system performance and initiates actions to restore/improve system performance and reliability.
- Troubleshoots off-normal system conditions, failure and root cause analysis.
- Evaluates proposed configuration changes.
- Makes recommendations to maintain asset value.
- Coordinates maintenance-related projects.
- Specifies appropriate protection schemes.
- Makes relay recommendations.
- Performs calculations to support relay settings.
- Develops trip-checking procedures.
- Calculates ground potential rise and available fault current.
- Locates faults.
- Analyzes system disturbances.
- Provides operational support.
- Manages projects.
Benefits
- Medical and dental insurance
- 401K retirement plan
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- Paid medical
- Training opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
