Design Engineer

Job Title: Design Engineering Consultant

Location: Topeka, KS

Duration: 18+ Months Contract

Schedule: On-Site Role

Must Have: Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an ABET accredited program.

Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, Holidays and PTO available.

Job Description:

Perform engineering design related to the company's electric substation, transmission line, and generation equipment control and fault protection systems. Works closely with other company System Protection Engineers in developing P&C designs for assigned project work. Initial duties will include familiarization with the engineering documents and drawings.

Experience/What you will bring:

• The preferred candidate will have utility experience directly related to electric substation, generation, and transmission line equipment control and fault protection systems. Successful candidate requires knowledge of basic engineering principles and advanced mathematics.
• Requires knowledge of and skills in electric power engineering including Understanding of schematic, wiring, and logic diagrams.
• Requires the ability to learn major systems in a timely fashion.
• Knowledge of Generation, Transmission and Distribution system relays and associated protection schemes.
• Ability to develop elementary drawings, relay logic and settings for system protection designs.
• Must be dependable, self-motivated, and detail-oriented and have excellent organizational and proofreading skills.
• Must possess the ability to work and communicate effectively with other company personnel.
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets and databases preferred.
• Must be able to handle multiple priorities and operate efficiently and effectively in high stress environment

1. Ability to learn company design philosophy related to protection and control designs.
2. Review and redline substation protection and transmission line protection and control drawings related to the company s typical designs.
3. Review detailed system protection and control project bills of material.