Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Horseheads, NY, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 5+ years of relevant post education experience in electrical engineering, power systems protection and control
- EIT Certification
- IEC 61850/GOOSE experience required
- The ideal candidate will have experience working in consulting firms.
- Proficient with various engineering design tools and software.
- Effective self-leadership with attention to detail, results orientation, and managing multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
- Ability to perform independently and in a team environment and maintain project ownership.
- Efficient communications and ability to work with team members not located in the same office through MS Teams, email, and/or telephone calls.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
- This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy. As such, employee may be subject to random drug/alcohol tests. A copy of this policy will be provided during employee onboarding
- This position is subject to and contingent upon client approval of candidates put forth for consideration by WSP.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Engineering
Full description
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer to join our East Energy team in client office in Binghamton, NY, WSP office in Horseheads, NY. The following locations will be considered: Buffalo, NY, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Portland, ME and Augusta, ME. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Energy Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
WSP brings global expertise in power delivery, power generation, and program management—anchored by the acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc. TRC Companies have now joined WSP, deepening our power practice and expanding our energy advisory and intelligent grid services. We're partnering with clients to shape how energy systems evolve around the world—and we need your help.
As part of our team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.
Your Impact
- Work under mentorship and guidance of the Supervising Engineer.
- The Protection & Control Engineer is responsible for the following functions:
- Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design. Special areas of focus are anti-islanding schemes, generator intertie settings, SPS schemes, etc. (anything outside of normal). Basically, the goal is to ensure that we don’t remove required protections already in place or at least be aware of how things work today before we modify existing schemes.
- Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Client standards
- Review contractor provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects
- Review/perform area relay coordination and determine what level of area coordination is required/needed (based on changes in fault duty and overall system performance due to the project changes)
- Review contractor provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings
- Review/provide input to Owner’s Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects
- Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above the items
- Provide feedback to Owner on existing standards and help refine the Owner’s design practices
- Ensure all as-built documentation gets filed appropriately in the plant filing location at Owner
- Lead overall automation and integration design for all capital projects
- Review/design SCADA point indexes