System Planning & Protection Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Our client is seeking a full-time System Planning & Protection Engineer to perform power distribution system protection analysis, calculations, and coordination of protective relays, ensuring correct and safe operation of all protective relays, and optimizing the distribution system for maintaining higher power quality, efficiency, and reliability standards.

What you will be doing :

System Protection and Coordination

• Ensure all the time current curves (TCC) for protection schemes are correct and effective.
• Ability to establish a process for effective management and delivery of SEL relay programming.
• Assist in performing arc flash study in a timely manner.
• Assist Power Quality Engineer to analyze power quality challenges.
• Prepare HMI displays for substations and Distribution Automation controls
• Assist in the configuration of SCADA RTUs, RTACs and other SCADA interfacing Intelligent Electronics Devices (IEDs).
• Assist Relay and Automation Engineer in programming protection relays, regulator panels, TEAM Server, Automation Controller, and RTAC.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system coordination issues.
• Download and analyze event reports from various intelligent electronic devices.

System Planning

System Reliability

Minimum Requirements :

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Minimum 2 years of power distribution system design experience in configuring sectionalizing and protection schemes.

Demonstrated knowledge of setting up time current curves in software such as CYMTCC, ETAP, MILSOFT, etc.

Knowledge of electrical engineering design, practices, specifications, and safety requirements as found in NEC and NESC.

Knowledge of GIS and Auto-Cad systems

SKILLS :

Ability to develop productive professional relationships, both internal and external.

Obtain an Integrated Transmission System (ITS) Access Only Certificate within 1 year of hire.

Obtain E.I.T (F.E.) within 2 years of hire and PE within 4 years