Lead System Protection Engineer
Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Lead System Protection Engineer to join our Grid Services team. This individual will have primary responsibility for system protection engineering—including relay settings, protection philosophies, and power system studies—with a secondary role in supporting and reviewing substation protection & control (P&C) design for high-voltage transmission and substation projects. Responsibilities include:
Lead the development and application of protection philosophies and settings for:
- Transmission lines
- Power transformers and autotransformers
- Buses and breakers
- Capacitor and reactor banks
- Station service and auxiliary systems
Perform system protection studies, including:
- Short-circuit analysis
- Relay coordination and time-current curve development
- Protection settings development and verification using CAPE and/or ASPEN (or equivalent tools
Configure, set, and troubleshoot microprocessor-based protective relays using vendor software such as SEL AcSELerator, EnerVista, and other major OEM relay software platforms.
Use Powerbase (or similar utility databases) to:
- Manage relay records, settings, and configuration data
- Align settings and documentation with client standards and change-management processes
Support event analysis and misoperation investigations, including:
- Retrieval and interpretation of relay event records and oscillography
- Recommendations for settings or scheme adjustments
- Ensure that protection schemes and settings comply with client standards, NERC PRC requirements, IEEE/ANSI standards, and good utility practice.
Develop and review P&C design documents in coordination with substation design teams, including:
- AC/DC one-lines and three-lines
- Protection and control schematics
- Wiring diagrams, logic diagrams, and panel layouts
- Bills of material related to protection and control systems
Provide system protection requirements and markups to guide P&C design:
- CT/VT ratios and burdens
- Trip, close, and interlock logic
- Communications and channel requirements for protection schemes
Support commissioning and field energization by:
- Reviewing and commenting on relay and functional test plans
- Responding to RFIs and field questions related to protection and control
- Assisting with resolution of protection issues during construction and startup
This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation of spending three days a week in the office, giving you the flexibility to work remotely for two days.
Dependent upon your location, this opportunity offers a generous relocation package.