Westwood Professional Services · 4 hours ago
Substation Senior Engineer – System Protection
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $124K/yr
10+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Work on electrical substation design projects for high-voltage electric utility systems and renewable energy interconnection projects.
Perform all system protection and communication design aspects for transmission and distribution systems, including high voltage and EHV (above 230 kV) substations.
Develop protection and control specifications, calculate relay settings, perform event analysis, conduct short circuit studies, verify relay coordination, and conduct CT saturation studies.
Perform QA/QC on one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, current and potential schematics, control schematics, alarm schematics as well as SCADA and communications schematics.
Provide technical support for procurement and construction (including testing and commissioning).
Qualification
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Required
Master’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university
Ten (10) years progressive experience in high voltage substation design and/or relay settings for electric utility and/or renewable projects
Five (5) years of QA/QC experience, which may have been gained as part of or in addition to the 10 years of experience requirement.
Additional experience/skills must include: ASPEN One Liner, ETAP, CAPE, Power Factory, CYME Dist or similar software
Relaying and communications equipment manufactured by SEL, GE, Areva, Schneider, and Siemens
NERC System Protection Coordination Requirements, including NERC PRC-019, NERC PRC-024, NERC PRC-025 and NERC PRC-027
NEC and National Electrical Safety Code
SCADA and communications network requirements for power delivery, wind and solar farm projects, including associated designs and device programming
Arc Flash Studies
SCADA and communications specifications, including points lists and associated mapping
Proposal writing and project estimation
Scheduling and project controls processes
Client coordination/relationship management
Engineer in Training Certification
Open to travel up to 25% domestic travel.
May work remotely within the US
Must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship
Company
Westwood Professional Services
Westwood Professional Services is a architecture, engineering, and construction services.
1,001-5,000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$13.51M2024-08-07Acquired· by Blackstone Energy Partners
2024-03-04Private Equity· $7M
2023-06-30Series Unknown· $3M
Leadership Team
Paul Greenhagen
Chief Executive Officer
Jenn Bradbury
Chief Financial Officer
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