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Substation P&C Engineer (Entry-Level)

Primera Branding
Lisle, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/8/2025

You’ll work on the design and implementation of electrical protection systems within substation projects. Working closely with project teams, you’ll be responsible for creating comprehensive design documents and detailed drawings that are crucial for the successful completion of substation projects. With a deep understanding of protection relaying schemes, such as bus protection, transmission line protection, and transformer protection, you’ll apply your expertise to design and engineer solutions that ensure the safety, reliability, and efficiency of power systems.


WHO WE ARE

We’re a people-first organization. We value knowledge and learning. We believe in the power of connection and collaboration and we seek to build relationships that mean something. We employ some of the best and brightest in the industry and we work hard to maintain a culture that our people can be proud of. The secret to our success is our ability to connect with clients to provide a first-class customer experience.

WORKING FOR PRIMERA
Our Utilities division is a talented team of experts working together to provide solutions that are vital to energizing our future. We provide full-service electrical, civil, and structural engineering services to support electric and gas utilities nationwide. We’re also fortunate to support wind farms and renewables; transmissions systems; and university and industrial facilities.


WHO YOU ARE

  • You studied electrical engineering. You have a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with 0 to 5 years of experience in protection and control (P&C) engineering design, particularly in substation projects. You are growing your knowledge of the industry standards, codes, and best practices in protection and control (P&C) engineering. Having your EIT is a plus.
  • You’re proficient with business and engineering applications. Microsoft Office and AutoCAD or Microstation proficiency is a must.
  • You’re a people person with the ability to collaborate with various disciplines and team members while also being able to develop effective protection strategies, ensuring that all designs adhere to industry standards, client specifications, and regulatory requirements. Your strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills will contribute to your success.


WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • You’ll collaborate with a project team to develop design documents and drawings for substation protection and control (P&C) systems including one-line diagrams, single line relay & metering diagrams, AC & DC schematic diagrams, bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups of project as-built drawings.
  • You’ll apply knowledge of protection relaying schemes, including bus, transmission line, and transformer protection, to design solutions for complex substation projects.
  • You’ll design and implement protection schemes and controls, ensuring compliance with industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols. You’ll also perform detailed analysis of system configurations and relay settings.
  • You’ll perform quality assurance (QA) design reviews for all protection and control (P&C) documents.
  • You’ll support the commissioning and testing phases of protection and control systems to ensure proper functionality and performance.
  • You’ll connect with people. You’ll communicate and coordinate project activities with project engineers, designers, and customer representatives.
  • You’ll enjoy what you do. You’ll work with great people, learn, grow and have a good time doing it.

SOME OF WHAT YOU’LL ENJOY

  • An excellent benefits package including 401K match and employee stock ownership, gym and transit subsidies, paid volunteer time off, parental leave, continuing education reimbursement and much more
  • Flexible work scheduling in a fast-growing company
  • Colleagues that appreciate differences in people, perspectives, cultures, and ideas
  • The fruits of our employee-led committees focused on offering engaging social, wellness and community service activities all year long

For more information about Primera please visit our website: PrimeraEng.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Primera is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Primera’s practices and employment decisions, including those regarding recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion and compensation, shall not be based on any person’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, disability, physical handicap, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship status or other protected group as defined by law.

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