Position Details

Salary $103K – $103K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Not specified

Category Engineering (Non-Software)

About this role

Sr Engineer - Transmission & Substation Protection Analysis provides operational and protection-focused analysis support across transmission, distribution, and substation automatic operations. The role analyzes abnormal conditions and protection failures, supplies fault location information for 69kV+ and critical 34kV operations, and supports operations with risk prioritization and power quality/claims investigations.

Key Responsibilities

Provide fault location for 69kV and above and critical 34kV automatic operations (trip and reclose or lockout)
Review and analyze protective relay event records to determine fault type and protective relay performance
Analyze protection system failures, provide root causes, and feed feedback to design engineering
Serve as a single point of contact for risk analysis and prioritizing work related to degraded protection systems
Support power quality and claims investigations and provide guidance on system alarm/degraded protection/event conditions

Technical Overview

This role centers on protection system performance analysis using protective relay event records. It includes immediate fault location support (trip and reclose/lockout), identification of fault type and relay performance, root cause findings with feedback to design engineering, and guidance on alarm and degraded protection conditions.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior engineer with hands-on experience analyzing transmission, distribution, and substation automatic operations and protection system performance. They can perform fault location (69kV+ and 34kV), review protective relay event records to determine fault type and relay performance, and provide root causes and corrective action recommendations to improve reliability and cost effectiveness.

Must-Have Skills

operational analysis for transmissiondistributionand substation automatic operations and system faultsanalyze protection system failures including providing root causes and feedback to design engineeringreview and analyze protective relay event records to determine fault type and protective relay performanceprovide fault location information for 69kV and above and critical 34kV line operations

Required Skills

operational analysisfault analysisroot cause analysisprotection system failure analysisprotective relay event records reviewfault type determinationprotective relay performance analysistrip and recloselockoutfault locationpower quality investigationclaims investigationssystem alarm conditions guidancedegraded protection conditionsevent analysisrisk prioritizingdesign engineering feedback

Hard Skills

operational analysis for automatic operationsfault analysisroot cause analysisprotection system failure analysisrisk analysisprioritizing work related to operating equipmentpower quality investigationclaims investigationsfault location for 69kV and above line automatic operations (trip and reclose or lockout)fault location for critical 34kV line operations (airport lines)fault location for 34kV line operations where load is downprotective relay event record reviewprotective relay performance analysisfault type determinationprotective relay recommendationsaction plan implementationsystem alarm condition guidancedegraded protection condition guidanceevent analysistransmission and distribution operations supportfield testing group guidance

Soft Skills

single point of contact communicationcross-team collaborationproblem solvingprioritizationcommunication with operations and field testing groupscustomer/stakeholder readiness (operations support)

Industry & Role

Industry Energy

Job Function Analyze transmission and substation protection events to support operations with fault location, root cause, and corrective action guidance.

Role Subtype Electrical Engineer

Keywords for Your Resume

Sr EngineerTransmission & Substation Protection Analysisprotection analysisoperational analysisautomatic operationssystem faultsroot causedesign engineering feedbacksingle point of contactrisk prioritizing69kV34kVtrip and recloselockoutprotective relay event recordsfault typeprotective relay performancerecommendationsaction planssystem alarm conditionsdegraded protection conditionsevent analysispower qualityclaims investigationstransmission and distribution operationsfield testing group

Deal Breakers

Must be able to provide fault location for 69kV and above automatic operations (trip and reclose or lockout), Must have experience analyzing protective relay event records for fault type and protective relay performance, Must be able to work extended hours including coverage during storms or energy delivery emergencies

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