[Hiring] Senior Engineer, Substations - Protection & Control @wsb

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer with a strong background in utility substation protection, control, automation, and SCADA design. This individual will execute, lead, and provide technical oversight for substation engineering and consulting services across the United States while coordinating with project managers, discipline leads, engineers, designers, and drafters. The role is responsible for successful delivery from conceptual design through IFC, construction support, testing, commissioning, and record drawings.

The Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer will:

• Execute, lead, and oversee protection and control design for greenfield, brownfield, expansion, retrofit, and equipment replacement substation projects.
• Develop and review one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, AC and DC schematics, protection logic diagrams, tripping and closing circuits, interlocking, annunciation, and auxiliary control circuits.
• Develop and review relay and control panel layouts, control building arrangements, equipment wiring diagrams, elementary diagrams, termination drawings, cable schedules, and bills of material.
• Develop protection philosophies and design criteria for transmission, distribution, transformer, bus, breaker failure, capacitor bank, reactor, and other substation protection applications.
• Coordinate relay application, settings requirements, logic, communications, and interfaces with protection studies and relay settings engineers.
• Develop and review SCADA, RTU, HMI, communications, metering, sequence-of-events, and station automation design requirements.
• Develop and review station service AC and DC systems, including battery, battery charger, DC distribution, panelboard, and control power loading requirements.
• Prepare and review equipment specifications and technical procurement packages for relays, control panels, control enclosures, batteries, chargers, RTUs, communications equipment, and related systems.
• Review vendor drawings and incorporate approved equipment, panel, and wiring information into the design.
• Coordinate P&C requirements with Physical, Civil/Structural, Telecommunications, Transmission Line, Distribution, and other supporting disciplines.
• Support project scope development, engineering estimates, schedules, budgets, proposals, and execution plans.
• Provide technical leadership through conceptual, 30%, 60%, 90%, IFC, construction support, testing and commissioning, and record drawing phases.
• Perform interdisciplinary design reviews and identify protection, wiring, interface, constructability, outage, and commissioning risks.
• Perform and document quality control reviews of drawings, calculations, specifications, and other engineering deliverables in accordance with company and client quality processes.
• Participate in client meetings and communicate with utilities, equipment manufacturers, contractors, testing organizations, and other project stakeholders.
• Provide construction and commissioning support, including responses to RFIs, review of substitutions, resolution of field conditions, and support for design changes.
• Perform site visits, field inspections, field data collection, and existing-condition verification for brownfield and retrofit projects.
• Support factory acceptance testing, panel inspections, testing documentation, and energization activities when required.
• Develop and maintain design standards, templates, checklists, specifications, typical details, and engineering procedures.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineers, designers, and drafters while managing assigned work to scope, quality, schedule, and budget requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited or similarly recognized engineering program.
• 10+ years of experience in substation protection and control engineering and design.
• Demonstrated experience designing medium- and high-voltage utility substations, including both greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Strong experience with protection schemes, AC and DC schematics, relay and control panel design, equipment wiring, station service systems, SCADA, communications interfaces, and cable schedules.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable IEEE, ANSI, NESC, NFPA, NERC, and utility standards and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and review engineering drawings, calculations, specifications, and construction documents.
• Experience leading technical design activities and coordinating engineers, designers, and drafters.
• Previous experience mentoring junior and mid-level engineers and designers.
• Ability to interpret existing drawings, relay and equipment manuals, vendor drawings, specifications, and field information.
• Strong understanding of constructability, outages, cutovers, testing, and modifications within energized substations.
• Working knowledge of project scope development, estimating, scheduling, budgeting, and proposal preparation.
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and client-facing communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects or assignments and travel occasionally for field assignments, client meetings, factory testing, and commissioning support.
• Experience with substations from 69 kV through 500 kV or higher.
• Experience serving as Lead P&C Engineer or Engineer of Record on utility substation projects.
• Experience with major utility clients and utility-specific design standards.
• Experience with AutoCAD Electrical, MicroStation, Bentley applications, Bluebeam, or comparable design and review platforms.
• Familiarity with SEL, GE, Siemens, Schweitzer, and other commonly used protection, automation, and communications equipment.
• Experience with IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, PRP/HSR, communications networks, digital substations, or process bus applications.
• Experience with protection studies, relay settings coordination, testing plans, commissioning, and energization support.
• Experience supporting EPC, engineer-procure, or fast-track substation programs.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license highly preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, company paid short-and long-term disability.
• 401K with match.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.