Overview
On Site
$80,000 - $100,000
Full Time
Able to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
Control Engineering
Accountability
Estimating
Energy
Drawing
Job Details
3) Relay Protection & Controls Engineer, Sacramento, CA
Job Summary:
The Relay Protection and Controls Engineer is responsible for the design and procurement of
protective relaying equipment for substations, switchyards, and transmission lines. They are
accountable for adherence to and revisions of design/construction scope processes. The Senior
Engineer works closely with the client to ensure quality design to meet client's standards and provides
field support to the client during construction activities as required.
Work Experience
Who You Are:
Bachelor s degree in electrical engineering from an ABET accredited university
4+ years of experience engineering/designing electrical systems within the Utilities or Energy
industry
Experience with ETAP, WinIGS, IEEE 88/998
Experience using Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Bentley MicroStation and/or
Bentley Substation software to develop 2D drawings or 3D models are a plus.
PE Certification
Knowledge and understanding of one or more of the following skillsets: SCADA, automation,
relay settings, RTU configuration, and Protection & Controls engineering terms and concepts
are a plus.
Experience working with the electric utility industry or petro-chemical industry.
BSEE Degree with 6+ years of experience.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Identify proper protection and control schemes for transmission and distribution substations.
Select proper protection devices for equipment within a substation.
Prepare scopes of work and estimates for evaluating and designing substations.
Identify proper equipment sizing and order material.
Ensure the maintenance and adherence of customer standards as it pertains to relay protection.
Create drawing packages for substation relay protection that include wiring diagrams,
schematics, protection panels, one-line, and three-line diagrams.
Interface with clients and vendors.
Perform load calculations for load panels, battery systems, voltage drop, and other various
substation components.
Perform substation field support and field pre-inspection for turn-key substation projects
consisting of protection panels, circuit switchers, circuit breakers, transformers, control house,
and supporting equipment.
Mentor new engineers.
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