Protection & Control Engineer

$40 - $63/Yr

Actalent - Kansas City, MO

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Kansas City, MO

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Protection & Control Engineer will perform design relating to the company's electric substation, transmission line, and generation equipment control systems and fault protection systems to ensure reliability and safety.

Responsibilities

• Specify substation equipment using substation ratings (e.g., bus, ground mat, conduit, switches, power circuit breakers, transformers, relay panels, instrumentation, capacitor banks, reactor banks) to ensure reliability and safety.
• Design protective relay systems, metering, and SCADA by referencing standards, past projects, new research, regulations, and system requirements to ensure reliability and safety.
• Gather and analyze system ratings (e.g., voltage, power ratings, ampacity, system impedance, CT ratios, and relay settings) by researching substation current conditions and configurations to provide data to reporting agencies (i.e., SPP, NERC, FERC) and meet new system requirements.
• Produce detailed system protection and control project scopes and cost estimates to assist in multi-year projects and budget planning by using data from previous projects, bids, and research to ensure accuracy and completion of tasks on time and on budget.
• Prepare and study technical drawings and specifications of electrical systems and equipment to ensure that installation and operations conform to requirements (e.g., company, protection, code).
• Work with designers and technicians to review work and monitor progress to ensure compliance with safety and regulations.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of utility experience directly related to electric substation, generation, and transmission line equipment control and fault protection systems.
• Knowledge of basic engineering principles and advanced mathematics.
• Skills in electric power engineering, including understanding of schematic, wiring, and logic diagrams.
• Ability to learn major systems in a timely fashion.
• Knowledge of generation, transmission, and distribution system relays and associated protection schemes.
• Ability to develop elementary drawings related to system protection designs.
• Dependable, self-motivated, and detail-oriented with excellent organizational and proofreading skills.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with other company personnel.
• Proficient with word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to learn company design philosophy related to protection and control designs.
• Review and redline substation protection and transmission line protection and control drawings related to the company's typical designs.
• Create and review detailed system protection and control project bills of material, cable schedules, and other project documents.
• Experience with the use of drawing management systems or document management systems (VAULT or similar).
• Prior experience with the use of AutoCAD.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)