Description
Role Summary: The Substation Protection and Control Engineer is responsible for all electrical design & coordinating all technical aspects of HV / EHV substation protection & control on assigned projects.
Essential Responsibilities: As the Substation Protection and Control Engineer, you will:
- Be responsible for design of protection and control schemes for industrial & utility substations and electrical BOP applications including one-lines, three-lines, AC / DC schematics, and relay settings
- Lead a design team to develop panel and interconnect wiring as well as panel layouts and elevations
- Evaluate the interoperability, control features, and communication/protocol aspects of protective relays, IED's, RTU's for digitization of substations and SCADA
- Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to SCADA engineers, substation physical engineers, and control design staff in order to fully develop system integration of protection, control, and monitoring systems
- Work with team to meet project specifications, cost control, and schedule objectives
- Interface with internal and external team members, such as Principal engineers, Project Engineers, Electrical Designers, Physical Designers, Draftsmen, Project managers, and support organizations
- Perform power system load flow studies, fault studies, relay setting coordination, and transient studies when necessary
- Train end-users on the theory, operational use, and maintenance of integrated protection and control systems
- Lead or support factory acceptance testing and site testing and commissioning of P&C panels and Local Control Cubicles
- Develop outage, cut-over, and testing procedures for FAT and SAT
- Define processes, procedures, perform RCA's (Root Cause Analysis), perform corrective actions, and validate process control
- Support quality initiatives, including aspects of ISO9002
- Work on development of proposals including: writing and/or reviewing technical specifications, estimating design man-hours and materials, supporting sourcing for vendor quotations, directing designers and draftsmen on drawing requirements, and the development of clarifications and exceptions as well as technical responses
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an accredited university or college
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in one or more areas of system protection schemes, relay selection, settings development, operational analysis, communication systems and maintenance practices for transmission, distribution, and generation protection applications
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT:
- Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time. Travel, including international, required for meetings and on-site commissioning tests for customer installations. Must comply with and must comply with all relevant GE company travel and tax policies.
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Contact
General Electric (GE)
Alabama United States
www.ge.com
From the same category : substation engineer
6 Jul, 2025
