June 13, 2026
Electric Energy Jobs

Protection and Controls Engineer Sr

Organization:
American Electric Power
Region:
United States, Ohio, New Albany
End of contest:
September 4, 2023
  This job posting has expired
Type:
Full time
Category:
Protection & control
Description
P&C Engineer Senior Accountabilities:

  • Perform and Review relay protection and control activities for 4kV thru 765KV electrical substation projects.
  • Prepare and Review P&C scopes for electric substation projects.
  • Prepare and/or review P&C engineering settings and designs for electrical substation projects.
  • Prepare and Review Relay Setting Calculation Sheets, Setting Files and other relay setting deliverables for substation projects. 
  • Perform area protection studies and recommend settings for existing and new transmission line and station protection schemes.
  • Model transmission system impedances and perform short circuit fault studies.
  • Perform activities related to NERC P&C standards. Prepare and review PRC-023, FAC-008 etc. NERC required documents.
  • Review, evaluate and provide P&C comments and recommendations on transmission system planning proposals.
  • Coordinate with transmission customers and interconnected companies on associated protection issues.
  • Provide engineering support for project installation, commissioning, checkout and troubleshooting.
  • Provide general P&C technical support, as needed, including the technical interfaces with Telecomm, Operations, Transmission Region Operations, Station Engineering, Transmission Planning and Project Management.
  • Peer Review and approve P&C related work of other team members. Manage, Oversee and peer review P&C related work of outsource companies.
  • Identify, clarify, resolve, and initiate solutions to protection and control problems through analysis of interruption reports and fault recorder records.
  • Contribute to development of system-wide protection standards for transmission and distribution station protection, metering and control applications.
  • Participate in project scheduling, resource planning, and cost control for assigned projects.

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Contact

American Electric Power

1 Riverside Plaza

Columbus

Ohio United States

www.aep.com