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Senior Electrical Engineer- Protection and Control Engineering Services

As a technical professional of Systems Control’s Engineering Services in Pewaukee, WI, Iron Mountain, MI and Houghton, Michigan, you will be a subject matter expert responsible for designing solutions that transform the electrical industry.  

Responsibilities:

  • Ability to interpret customer specifications and provide a design which meets all requirements
  • Perform transmission and distribution protection and control relay setting calculations and coordination studies
  • Perform Substation RTU/SCADA configurations
  • Create project transmission and distribution specific protection and control schematic diagrams from standard customer schematics
  • Create protection and control schematic diagrams from a 1-Line diagram
  • Update/revise existing customer substation legacy schematic and wiring diagrams
  • Modify/Create transmission and distribution protection and control relay 1-Line Drawings
  • Develop complete and detailed technical scopes for projects which meet customer requirements
  • Customer visits (travel approximately 10% of the time)

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power focus preferred
  • P.E. license or ability to obtain a P.E. license
  • Minimum of seven years of Transmission and Distribution Protection and Control related experience in both relay settings and P&C drawing package creation
  • Minimum of seven years of experience with at least five years of T&D Protection and Control related experience in both relay settings and P&C drawing package creation
  • Thorough understanding of the function, operation and application of T&D relay protection functions
  • Thorough understanding of the operation and function of all substation equipment
  • Knowledge and understanding of the specifications, structure, programming and configuration of the following control devices is also beneficial:
    • Microprocessor Based Protection and Control Relays
    • RS-232/RS485/Fiber optic/Ethernet Communication
    • IEC-61850 and DNP protocols
    • RTU/SCADA/HMI  Equipment
    • SCADA Systems
    • Distributive Control
  • Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook

  • Strong attention to detail
  • Working knowledge of transmission and distribution protection and control schematic and wiring diagrams
  • Ability to perform relay setting calculations and coordination studies
  • Proven analytical & problem solving skills