Transmission Systems Engineer III

E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. (E2) is a professional services firm established in 1988 specializing in a full spectrum of engineering services including, project engineering and design, federal base operations and infrastructure support services, gas pipeline construction and inspection services, environmental consulting and remediation, and information technology services. At E2, we value safety, innovation and collaboration, and we are dedicated to excellence.

E2 is hiring a Transmission System Engineer III. The Engineer III should have a thorough knowledge and experience with regulations, guides, standards, codes, methods, practices, and advance engineering principles necessary to perform very complex or unique assignments for a specific discipline, various installations, or services.

This is a Hybrid opportunity and requires Wednesday and Thursday on site.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload

Thorough Immediate Expectations (within first 3 months)

Support capital program type projects as needed (DSP, TSP, SUB IR, DSERP, etc.)
• Gather and evaluate line data of transmission, sub-transmission, distribution systems, transformer test data, generator data, etc. Model systems on appropriate software tool, such as CAPE, perform short circuit studies, and protection coordination studies necessary for completing relay settings, perform relay settings, prepare protection summary, coordinate relay settings with neighboring utilities, balancing authorities and perform other required assignments meeting WECC and NERC PRC compliance.
• Issue Substation Relays and field Auto recloser settings (GE, SEL and Electromagnetic) via ASPEN relay database to the field, support Test technicians in-servicing or commissioning relay settings, making revisions/changes to relay settings as necessary.
• Perform system studies, provide protection requirements for design
• Provide support to the Test Technicians and Operators.
• Travel to the field may be required from time to time per project job walk or testing needs.

Longer Term Expectations (in addition to the above)

• QA Support in review of protection deliverables (settings, relay electronic files, calculations,
  logic, etc)
• Design protective relaying systems to ensure the safety and reliability of the SCE grid by reviewing AC/DC/Logic drawings
• Review and sign off one-line, elementary, logic diagrams and work with other discipline engineers - substation engineers, Distribution Field engineers, project engineers, apparatus engineers - to support sub transmission and distribution substation expansion, substation automation and infrastructure replacement projects.
  

Required Skills / Attributes

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• Five (5) or more years of engineering experience.
• Perform required pre-engineering studies and provide protection requirements for design.
• Review, design and approve (as needed) onelines, AC/DC Elementaries and Logic diagrams associated with protection scope, ensuring that they are per SCE design standard and philosophy on capital projects.
• Provide feedback on print review to Responsible Engineers (RE) on projects.

OD43 Relay Settings

• Gather and evaluate system modeling data as needed (transmission/sub-transmission/distribution lines, transformer, generator, etc.
• Model systems on appropriate software tool (i.e. CAPE, CYME), perform short circuit studies, and protection coordination studies necessary for completing relay settings
• Prepare calculation sheets, relay settings, protection summary, coordinate relay settings with neighboring utilities, balancing authorities and perform other required assignments meeting WECC and NERC PRC compliance
• Perform Quality Assurance (QA) review of protection deliverables (settings, relay electronic files, calculations, logic, etc
• Issue Substation Relays and field Auto recloser settings (GE, SEL and Electromagnetic) via ASPEN relay database to the field.
• Support Test technicians for in-servicing or commissioning relay settings, review/approve returned as-left relay setting files, and communicate with Test technicians for making revisions/changes to relay settings as necessary.

Field Support

• Provide field support (as needed) to Test Technicians and Operations in the deployment of capital projects or resolving associated field issues.
• Travel to the field may be required occasionally per project job walk or test support needs.

Collaboration/Communication

• Collaborate and communicate with stakeholders on capital projects, initiatives and emergent requests to support the reliability and maintenance of the grid.
• Stakeholders to include (but not limited to): REs (substation engineers), project managers, schedulers, distribution field engineers, project engineers, apparatus engineers, test technicians, operators, transmission engineers, system planners, etc.
  

Desired Skills / Attributes

• Demonstrated experience in developing logic diagrams, programming relay settings and preparing setting documents for Test technicians and support them for in-servicing relays for bulk-power (220/115 kV) transmission lines, bus, transformer banks, capacitor banks, reactor banks, etc.
  
• Demonstrated experience with automation of sub-transmission substations, protective relay upgrades in transformer banks, transmission and distribution lines, and protective fuse and auto-recloser setting calculations in distribution lines.
  
• Experience using application software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, and Project.
  

E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401(k) with employer match, paid time off.

The salary range for this position is $81,436.16 - $101,795.20. The starting salary will be commensurate with skill, education, experience, and working environment.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment and uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to sit/ stand for up to 8 hours per day.
• Ability to move freely for up to 8 hours per day.

E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. is a Drug Free Workplace. After accepting an offer of employment, applicants may be required to undergo background checks, drug testing, and/or fit-for-duty physical examination. Drug screens will include, but not be limited to, Amphetamines, Cocaine Metabolites, Marijuana Metabolites (THC), Opiates, and Phencyclidine (PCP). As a federal contractor, E2 cannot permit employees in certain positions to use medical marijuana, even if prescribed by an authorized physician.

Please no solicitation of any kind from agencies, staffing, or recruiting firms.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.