Senior Electrical Engineer -- Protection & Control
Sargent & Lundy
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- You will be responsible for performing owner’s engineering reviews of relaying philosophies, including relay, control, and communications equipment, SCADA and telecommunication concepts and configurations, and I/O assignments and connection diagrams.
- As a Senior Energy Consultant, you will be responsible for guiding junior and senior-level engineers in protection and controls engineering review efforts.
- You will work on challenging assignments that include investigating, trouble-shooting, and solving a wide variety of engineering issues.
- You will perform analysis of single line diagrams, substation relaying & metering diagrams (i.e. AC & DC schematic diagrams), and electrical design studies, including:
- cable ampacity
- load flow
- short circuit
- grounding
- lightning/surge protection
- arc flash
- temporary overvoltage
- insulation coordination
- harmonics
- sub-synchronous resonance
- protection & coordination
- Prepare engineering studies for client and peer review.
- Perform independent reviews of work performed by others including calculations and drawing preparation.
- Coordinate and provide guidance to other engineers, project managers, client personnel, and suppliers to ensure a complete and timely design.
- Perform reviews of existing facilities to propose upgrades and replacements, and present findings and recommendations to clients and peers.
- Develop your career via peer-learning through sharing of knowledge with other experienced engineers by way of Sargent & Lundy’s systems of process and associated “Communities of Practice.”
- There is the potential for you to travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs.
- Other job duties as a Senior Consultant may also include:
- Preparing and reviewing engineering deliverables such as reports, studies, and calculations
- Collaborating with teammates to define project execution plans
- Monitoring project schedules and budgets
- Supporting multiple projects simultaneously and ensuring high standards of deliverables are met
- Interfacing with clients to understand requests and confirm successful project execution
- Preparing proposals for new business development opportunities
- Traveling from time to time to visit project locations and client offices.
- This position requires a BSEE with a power systems or controls emphasis from an ABET-accredited engineering program.
- 10 or more years experience with a focus on high voltage substations; including design, installation, and coordination.
- PE license.
- Experience with serving as firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.
- Experience in writing and providing support documentation for relay calculations.
- Experience with the design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Proficiency with any of the following programs: SKM, ETAP, ASPEN, CDEGS, or vendor software.
- Familiarity with design codes and standards, such as NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI.
- Experience with various vendor protective relay equipment typically used in substation protection, including SEL, ABB, GE, Areva, and Basler.
- Proficiency with MS Office applications.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Prior experience is desirable to include in-line, bus and equipment protection, breaker, transformer and similar equipment control, RTU and data concentrator based SCADA systems, telemetering and communications (fiber optics, microwave, power line carrier, etc.).
- AutoCAD or MicroStation experience.
- Construction and start-up experience.
- Testing or commissioning experience.