What are the responsibilities and job description for the Protection & Control Engineer position at RCS Staffing?
RCS Staffing has an immediate need for a Protection & Control Engineer III in Pittsburgh, PA. This is a Full-Time, Direct Hire, Onsite assignment with our client.
Position Overview :
Provide substation protection and control design, engineering, technical support, and oversight to a transmission substation engineering and design team for the purpose of delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering and design services. Provide technical competency and direction on complex engineering and technical problems for projects including a wide range of utility substation projects, battery energy storage systems and solar collector substations. The incumbent is expected to lead discipline work for projects, perform responsible charge engineering duties, and manage project schedules and budgets. The incumbent will also support proposal development and project cost estimating.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Advanced understanding of protection and control fundamentals as they apply to utility substation and transmission line equipment
- Proficient in design of protection schemes for substation and transmission line equipment, including bus, line, capacitor and transformer design and protection schemes and associated settings
- Advanced understanding of SCADA communication design
- Ability to lead a team of engineers and designers in a lead engineer capacity
- Proficient in principles of project management
- Basic understanding of substation design to include equipment arrangements
- Create substation P&C design project scopes, estimates, budgets, and schedules for substation projects
- Ability to read, interpret, design, and engineer P&C designs for utility stations through 500kV, including one lines, three lines, AC / DC schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, settings, relays, and SCADA
- Ability to perform studies and create reports for coordination, voltage drop, fault current, and insulation coordination
- Perform calculations and studies using client specified software and standards
- Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers / drafters
- Experience checking designs for accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards
- Collaborate, communicate, and liaise effectively with other design disciplines, colleagues, construction contractors, consultants, materials suppliers, and clients
- Visit sites, advise on P&C engineering issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction
- Manage budgets and project schedules
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Other Skills / Abilities
Desired Qualifications
About Our Client :
Specializing in comprehensive electrical services, from installation to maintenance, our client's expert team ensures safety and efficiency across residential, commercial, and industrial projects. They deliver tailored solutions with a focus on quality and customer satisfaction.
Who We Are :
RCS Staffing is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in the recruitment of professionals for best-of-class companies throughout the United States. Since 1994, RCS recruits top talent for direct hire, temp-to-perm and contract staffing positions and provides customized payroll services. Our Recruiting Specialties consist of all Engineering Disciplines, Project Management, Project Controls, Information Technology, Energy Efficiency and Business Professionals.
RCS is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. RCS recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information or age. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.
