The Engineer III will provide system protection and control engineering services and support under limited checks and verifications. The position will successfully manage assignments in a safe, regulatory compliant, timely, and cost-effective manner. The position will demonstrate proficiency of technical expertise while developing skills and familiarity in related technical areas. The role will be responsible for a range of assignments where workmanship will be subject to limited checks and verification by Senior/Principal Engineers. Typical services provided will be short-circuit and coordination studies, protective relay settings, protection and control system design including one-line diagrams/ac & dc schematics/panel layouts/wiring diagrams, power system modeling on modeling platforms such as ASPEN OneLiner and power system disturbance analysis; all for generation/transmission/distribution/industrial facilities.
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Job Summary
The Engineer III will provide system protection and control engineering services and support under limited checks and verifications. The position will successfully manage assignments in a safe, regulatory compliant, timely, and cost-effective manner. The position will demonstrate proficiency of technical expertise while developing skills and familiarity in related technical areas. The role will be responsible for a range of assignments where workmanship will be subject to limited checks and verification by Senior/Principal Engineers. Typical services provided will be short-circuit and coordination studies, protective relay settings, protection and control system design including one-line diagrams/ac & dc schematics/panel layouts/wiring diagrams, power system modeling on modeling platforms such as ASPEN OneLiner and power system disturbance analysis; all for generation/transmission/distribution/industrial facilities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS, AND RESPONSIBLITIES
Develop reports and work plans and recommend action based on short/long-range objectives and economic/budget considerations.
Develop and coordinate individual project work plans and manage through completion, redirecting when necessary.
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Function as a technical representative in customer, vendor, and contractor meetings.
Provide work direction to other staff/contractors on projects as assigned.
Manage multiple assignments while training and developing less experienced engineers and other staff.
Complete preparation of estimates (cost, work order, schedules).
Analyze data and make recommendations and/or decisions.
Maintain technical records (e.g. drawings, files, databases).
Provide engineering assistance for customers and internal staff.
Contribute to the creation of corporate standards and specifications related to respective expertise.
Demonstrate working knowledge of sound engineering practices and standards.
Perform analysis of system disturbances to determine proper operation of the protection scheme and assist in investigation of root cause.
Investigate all technical aspects of protective relaying and controls to apply new ideas or technology that would improve procedures and overall results.
Provide protective relay scheme insight to help establish the arrangement and location of substation facilities.
Develops and works with digital computer programs as needed including power quality, fault, and system coordination studies, loss evaluations, relay software, relay event analysis, protection asset databases, and arcflash.
Develop detailed drawings for relaying single lines, secondary protective relay schemes and schematics, low voltage equipment power, and control system connections for generation, transmission, and distribution protection.
Design and manage the installation of generation, transmission, distribution and industrial facility replacements and upgrades.
Develop cabling requirements for relay cabinets, equipment, and relay panels.
Prepare building layout drawings for control houses and battery buildings.
Create customer system protection equipment bidding documents for industrial, distribution, and transmission substations.
Develop protective relay settings as required for new facility (generation, transmission, distribution and industrial) equipment protection and modify existing facility protective relay settings to maintain optimum system protection.
Perform SME tasks on assigned NERC and/or CIP Compliance standards.
Prepare construction, equipment, material specifications, and work scope.
Evaluate customer bids and recommend suppliers/contractors for system protection.
Maintain and coordinate contracts with equipment suppliers and monitor progress, expediting as required to meet schedules.
Coordinate and oversee substation and industrial control system field testing and modification, phasing tests, and other commissioning and check-out activities for all generation, transmission, distribution and industrial protection schemes, with contractors and other Telex departments, at the customer substation and industrial sites.
Develop protection system switching procedures.
Coordinate contractors or staff on project related work, certification of completed work, and recommendation of final acceptance of the project.
Monitor the project during construction start-up and recommend modifications necessary to support project success.
Perform project management duties for small and larger projects simultaneously and assist other engineers with their projects.
Perform all work in a safe and timely manner.
About Telex LLC
Electric Power & Utilities70 employeesFounded 2014
Technician-owned engineering and field-testing firm serving utilities, substations, and high-voltage infrastructure.
