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Relay Protection Engineer

Mesa Brand
Chattanooga, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 1/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/7/2025

PDS 2 / Power Delivery Substation

This position is not eligible for recruiting or sourcing by outside parties.

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Mesa seeks a power systems specialist with at least 3-8 years of progressively responsible experience performing transmission power system protection studies and settings including but not limited to:

  • Development of relay protection schemes using microprocessor-based relays to protect transmission and distribution assets.
  • Perform protective device coordination for transmission lines, buses, transformers, capacitor banks, circuit breakers, and reactors.
  • Develop logic settings to support desired relay schemes.
  • Perform area protective device coordination studies.
  • Develop system component modeling.

The ideal candidate will also be responsible for the following:

  • Capable of acting as Lead Engineer on simple and moderately complex studies which require interfacing with the client, other engineering firms, and other departments within Mesa. This includes the identification of study input requirements and coordinating the collection of the input information and data.
  • Responsible for conceptualizing the initial design approach for a major phase of a large project or have overall responsibility for the engineering work on a routine project.
  • Exercises judgment in the independent evaluation selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
  • Capable of preparing and verifying calculations using engineering formulas and skills or application specific software as required.
  • Manages personal task assignments to ensure adherence to scope, schedule and budget.
  • Monitors project execution milestones and schedules to ensure projects are completed on schedule.
  • Performs technical and coordination checking/ review of deliverables and other project or study documents.
  • Ensures deliverables comply with Business Unit procedures and meet applicable design requirements.
  • Prepare reports documenting the process and results of the studies performed
  • Adhere to client/industry standard practices and procedures.
  • Work with clients to assist them in meeting their compliance requirements
  • Mentor less experienced associates to help them progress
  • Use good verbal and written communication skills with team members and clients
  • Use good interpersonal skills to build relationships with team members and clients
  • Accept responsibility for technical adequacy of deliverables designed or checked
  • Lead studies and work under the direction of others to complete the assignment on schedule and under budget.

Supervision of less experienced engineers or technical support personnel is exercised on an assignment basis and is not an on-going substantial component at this level.

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