Senior Electrical Power Systems Project Engineer

Job Description

• We are seeking a highly skilled Project Engineer to join our team.

Key Responsibilities:

1. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading projects from conception to commissioning, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results.
2. They will also be expected to assist customers with the installation, commissioning, and operation of automation and/or protection systems.
3. In addition, they will mentor and develop professional staff, while modeling and teaching SEL values and principles.
4. Other duties may include identifying, preparing, and presenting proposals for SEL equipment, services, and systems.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a relevant field.
• At least 5 years of experience in electric power systems, industry practices, and focus area practices and philosophies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of electric power system protection and control, integration and/or automation and communications applications.
• Demonstrated proven knowledge of electric power system design, studies, information and communication technology and protective relay applications.
• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
• Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL.
• Negative drug test result(s).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Engineer License or equivalent certification.
• Electrical utility, industrial plant, consulting engineering, or system integrator experience.
• Project management experience.
• Working knowledge of Vision or other project management tracking software.

Focus Area:

• Automation = Software, integration and automation, industrial controls, PLCs, industry protocols (IEC-61850, DNP, Modbus), Ethernet systems, protocol analyzers, and industry SCADA practices.
• Business Development = Identifies, negotiates and manages strategic business relationships. Develop opportunities and leads. Work with the engineering teams to develop competitive proposals and secure purchase orders with customers. Develop targeted sales with focus on strategic customers and markets.
• Civil = Civil design and engineering theory, principles, and applications; structural design and constructability of electrical power substations including equipment, grading slopes, drainage, and applicable foundation types.
• Commissioning = Perform commissioning and site acceptance testing in the field, train and assist customers with installation, commissioning, and operation of devices. Up to 80% travel.
• Design = Analyze technical specifications; create detailed physical and electrical designs, bill of materials, and job estimates.
• Networking = Industrial control system networking experience, including provision, design, test and implementation of wide area/local area networks.
• Project Manager = Full life-cycle project management of multiple large multi-discipline projects from proposal conception to commissioning and close-out. Effectively track and stabilize projects, implement solutions for obstacles and anticipate customer needs.
• Proposals = Review customer RFQ documents for technical specifications and scope. Evaluate bid/no bid decisions, develop work statement, preliminary designs, responsibility matrix, risk assessment, cash flow and preliminary project schedules. Develop good understanding of SEL's complete ES portfolio and use it effectively to develop complete solutions. Work with contracts to finalize terms and conditions.
• Protection = System protection, protective relays and their applications, settings, and testing.
• Security = Industrial control system security experience, including technical controls, security assessments, policies, plans and procedures. Working knowledge of NERC/CIP compliance and/or NIST SP800 security requirements.
• Studies = Demonstrated experience using PSSE, ETAP, and/or RTDS. Strong electrical power systems knowledge.

Physical Requirements:
No requirements specified.