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Dairyland Power Cooperative · 2 weeks ago

Electrical Engineer II or III (Substation Design)

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$115K/yr - $172K/yr

2+ years exp

Dairyland Power Cooperative is seeking an Electrical Engineer II or III specializing in Substation Design. The role involves designing and coordinating the installation of protective relaying and control schemes for transmission and substation networks while ensuring regulatory compliance and providing technical support to various departments and member cooperatives.

EnergyNon ProfitRenewable EnergySustainability

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible, with minimal supervision, for engineering and design of relay protection and control schemes for transmission lines, transformers, circuit breakers, motor-operated switches and other like devices. Includes one-line diagram development, design of schematics and preparing wiring diagrams

Responsible for setting protective relays protecting transmission lines, transformers, capacitor banks and other electrical devices. Includes fault analysis and coordination of protective functions

Provide engineering and design for metering of DPC’s transmission and distribution substations, ties with foreign power suppliers, and ties with municipal power systems

Responsible for maintaining DPC’s fault model. Includes entering data, performing studies, providing data to other utilities, consultants or member cooperatives

Review and monitor system equipment condition according to established program requirements and initiate response to conditions as needed. Responsible for analysis of equipment loading, equipment ratings, protection coordination, system power factor, voltage regulation, power factor, etc. to ensure proper application of the equipment to avoid overloads and to optimize facility operation

Working knowledge of applicable policies, procedures, standards and codes including but not limited to ANSI, IEEE, NESC, NEC and NERC

Provide technical assistance and guidance to the Electrical Maintenance Department, System Operations Department, Planning Department, Generation Division and other departments in the areas of protective relaying, metering, transformers, regulators, circuit breakers, substation design, maintenance procedures, etc. This may include on-site support during testing, commissioning, start up and troubleshooting

Responsible for the preparation of equipment specifications and purchase requisitions for equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, circuit switchers, regulators, capacitor banks, etc. Perform life cycle cost analysis of equipment as required. Evaluate proposals for this equipment and prepare recommendation for acquisition

Responsible for substation grounding activities according to the departmental program. These include review of existing ground grids, recommend modifications to ground grids because of substation changes, design new ground grids and review of newly designed ground grids. Familiar with equipment surge protection and application of surge protection. Must be familiar with ANSI/IEEE Standard 80 and 81

Assist member cooperatives with technical problems such as stray voltage issues, regulator settings, grounding, transformer loading, phase balancing, equipment ratings, etc

Develop operating procedures for substations, capacitor stations and other electrical equipment as needed

Assist leader with scheduling, budget, cost analysis, and manpower forecasting

Prepare engineering studies related to stray voltage, power quality, safety, etc. as directed

Perform project management duties as required

Represent DPC on technical committees or task forces as required

May provide guidance to other engineers, coop students and summer students

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Protective relayingSubstation designPower systemsMeteringCircuit breakersGroundingEngineering EconomicsComputer-aided draftingTechnical assistanceCommunication skillsAdaptabilityTeamwork