System Protection Engineer IV

About the Role

• Ensure the effective technical support of department needs and requirements. • Assist with internal training. • Develop protection settings standards and templates for clients to streamline relay settings processes. • Perform detailed quality checks on project deliverables for accuracy and completeness. • Lead project planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling and monitoring of work activities. • Mentor and develop junior engineers by assisting in their professional growth development of other engineers. • Attends industry meetings and conferences, as necessary, to keep informed of technical development in the power industry. • Report on project status and progress to management regularly. • Provide technical guidance and solutions to meet client goals related to relay settings and protection schemes. • Represent TRC and its clients on technical matters at various forums and meetings • Prepare and/or reviews project scopes and concepts to ensure alignment with client expectations. • Promote efficient flow of information and ensure complete and accurate record keeping. • Perform owner’s engineering activities for utility clients. • Take a leadership role in resolving problems as well as developing procedures and methods working with clients, TRC personnel, contractors, and suppliers. • Programming relays to provide adequate system protection for various equipment in the electrical grid. • Serve as lead engineer for the relay settings portion of assigned projects. • Conduct various power system related studies such as CT performance evaluations, short circuit studies, impact and feasibility studies. • Provide assistance to field personnel during relay testing and commissioning, answering questions and ensuring the test results are acceptable.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸relay programming
• ▸protection settings
• ▸power studies
• ▸project planning
• ▸quality checks
• ▸field support

What You Bring

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in protection and control engineering and relay settings is required; 10+ years of experience is preferred. • Experience with short circuit modeling tools such as ASPEN and CAPE. • Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred. • Possesses the ability to understand relay settings templates and when necessary, develop and/or modify templates/standards. • Strong, demonstrated knowledge of protective relay engineering principles and practices. • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology, or equivalent from an accredited four-year college or university.

Requirements

• ▸8+ years
• ▸aspen
• ▸cape
• ▸pe license
• ▸relay templates
• ▸bachelor ee

Benefits

• These benefits are applicable to US employees depending on their employment status (full time, part time, or temporary). TRC offers jurisdiction specific benefit packages for International and Puerto Rico employees. • Paid time off contingent upon full time or part time status and level of seniority (ranging from 15 to 25 days per year). • All full-time employees enjoy a minimum of 8 Paid Holidays per year. • 401k package that includes both traditional and Roth IRA options and Company match. • TRC ensures that all employees, including those that work part-time, receive paid sick, family, and disability leave in accordance with the laws of their state of residence. • Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.

Work Environment

Hybrid