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Duquesne Light Company · 2 months ago

Engineer II - Commissioning

Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Duquesne Light Company is a leader in providing electric energy in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Operations Technical Services Engineer is responsible for ensuring safe and efficient installation and testing of substation equipment, providing on-site engineering support, and producing test reports with conclusions and recommendations.

Electrical DistributionEnergyEnergy Efficiency

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Evaluate and interpret Protection Engineering relay and equipment protection recommendations

Evaluate engineering designs for protective relaying and substation equipment, replacements, upgrades, modifications, and new installations utilizing Protection Engineering recommendations, Asset Management and Planning scopes of work

Engineering designs include drawing lists, bill of materials, AC and DC schematics, panel front views, panel, and equipment wiring diagrams, annunciator diagrams, SCADA communication diagrams, and various other diagrams

Create plans, which ensure essential protection schemes are kept in service without jeopardizing substation function, and coordinate plan execution with bargaining unit employees and other parties, such as:

Isolation plans to isolate and safely remove from service substation relaying and equipment

Removal plans to eliminate required substation relaying and equipment

Develop cable pull plans for installations utilizing new cables

Develop tagging plans for all isolation points

Develop cutover plans to eliminate required substation relaying and equipment and add new substation relaying and equipment

Function test schemes for correctness using field-marked prints

Collaborate with bargaining unit employees to test protective equipment (large power transformers, current transformers, potential transformers, breaker, etc.) procuring test results, and producing test reports with summaries and conclusions, retesting, or failing equipment when necessary

Document, review, interpret, understand, organize, and archive test results from protective equipment, protective devices, end-to-end testing, etc. Performing technical calculations and studies when required. Prepare test reports with conclusions and recommendations as required

Utilizing function tested and verified schematics, perform GPS synchronized end-to-end testing of protection schemes per protection recommendations, comprehend and understand results to verify time synchronized proper operation of all protective devices. Coordinate end-to-end testing for multiphase projects

Enforce and review testing methodology and test results; determine if all tests have passed with expected and satisfactory results

Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Storm role duties as assigned

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringProtection EngineeringTesting MethodologyTechnical CalculationsField TestingTroubleshooting SkillsVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationOrganizational Skills