Tx Planning & Protection Engineer II - Transmission Planning & Protection - Morristown Gen. Office

FirstEnergy•Morristown, NJ

About The Position

FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is seeking a Transmission Protection Engineer to perform relay protection functions across FirstEnergy’s transmission and sub-transmission systems. The role focuses on studying and protecting transmission and sub-transmission lines, system interconnections, and substations to support reliable operation. Work primarily involves relay protection system designs, setting development, and system analyses for assets in FirstEnergy’s service territories. Positions are available in Akron, Ohio; Greensburg, Pennsylvania; and Reading, Pennsylvania, with consideration for other reporting locations within FirstEnergy’s territories based on expertise.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution; Electrical Engineering is preferred.
Acceptable education alternatives include a Professional Engineer license; an ABET-accredited bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology; or a bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering or a technical field from a non-ABET program plus an advanced degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering from a university with an ABET-accredited bachelor’s program.
At least 2 years of engineering experience.
Commitment to safety and sound customer service and responsiveness.

Nice To Haves

Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certificate.
Electrical Engineering degree.

Responsibilities

Provide technical support and guidance for transmission and sub-transmission infrastructure projects, plans, and capital budgets to maintain the reliability and integrity of the protection system.
Develop protective relay design specifications for transmission line and substation projects, including protection schemes, relay models, communication architecture, instrument transformer selection, and input/output contact assignments.
Model the transmission system for short-circuit calculations, relay modeling and coordination, breaker duty calculations, and fault locating, in compliance with NERC, RF, and FirstEnergy protection criteria.
Develop relay settings for new and existing protection schemes and perform setting coordination studies using time-current coordination curves, R-X diagrams, step-distance diagrams, and CAPE software modules.
Participate in peer review, electronic issuance, as-left verification, and retention of protection settings using PowerBase.
Analyze automatic trippings on transmission and sub-transmission systems in a timely manner.
Gather and analyze SCADA alarm data, relay targets, digital fault recorder data, and relay event records; document findings in the ED Outage Analysis system.
Follow up on incorrect operations with work requests and corrective action plans for field personnel, and periodically report findings and corrective-action status to FirstEnergy management and RFC.
Perform studies related to new load and generation interconnection facilities in the assigned area.
Coordinate transmission protection activities with FirstEnergy operating companies, other utilities, nonutility generation, the Regional Transmission Organization, and Reliability Councils.
Follow procedures and retain evidence supporting compliance with NERC Protection and Control Reliability Standards.
Provide staff assistance to management and higher-level professionals as needed.
Conduct technical research, compile and analyze moderately complex data, solve practical problems, prepare technical reports and summaries, and make presentations as necessary.
Demonstrate commitment to safety and meet customer needs through sound service and responsiveness.
Use sound decision-making by developing alternatives and recommendations for technical work processes.
Support FirstEnergy storm restoration processes, including assigned field storm roles during significant system disturbances.