The Power System Protective Relay Engineer is responsible for supporting Gulf Coast Operations in Texas, Louisiana, and other company locations. This position will be responsible for protective relay system design, coordination, setting, programming, and troubleshooting. The role requires an expert in coordination and setting of electro-mechanical, digital, and microprocessor relays.
Power System Protective Relay Engineer Essential Job Functions:
Application of commonly deployed protective relays in Industrial and Power Generation environments (microprocessor, electronic, and electromechanical).
Develop one- and three-line diagrams, interconnect and wiring diagrams, DC schematics, and control logic for Low, medium, and high voltage substations.
Develop protective relay settings for new facility and modify existing facility protective relay settings to maintain optimum system protection.
Implement SCADA system & communications interface using a variety of communication protocols and network topologies.
Develop and supervise system testing and commissioning plans to validate the functionality and performance of protection schemes.
Investigate protective relaying and control issues/events. Analyze system post-fault data from Relay and lead the investigation of electrical events to provide system restoration and recommendations.
Power System Protective Relay Engineer Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor of Science degree* in an Engineering discipline
7+ years experience with protective relay coordination, programming, and setting background
Advanced knowledge of symmetrical components, and protective relay coordination modeling programs
Experience with electro-mechanical, microprocessor-based relaying and metering, power system analysis of events, and system restoration
Working knowledge of SEL acSELerator Quickset, GE Multilin Ener vista Relay programming software
Must be able to obtain a TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) and possess a valid US Driver's license
Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time
Preferred:
Experience in performing Power system studies (load flow, short circuit, motor starting), and dynamic Power system studies using ETAP/Easy Power