Protection and Control Engineer

Role: Protection and Control Engineer Location: San Ramon, CA (Onsite) Job Summary Our P&C Engineers independently produce and understand the process to complete P&C packages, including managing designers and drafters for the package.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university
• Professional Engineer (PE) License
• 4+ years of experience engineering/designing electrical systems within the Utilities or Energy industry
• Skilled in AutoCAD (MicroStation is a plus)
• 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 is a plus
• 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.

Essential 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.