Relay Settings Engineering Manager

Description

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The Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation operation helps solve utilities’ complex challenges through our full life-cycle, performance-based solutions. Our services include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning for electric power substations and transmission and distribution lines; protection and controls design; and electrification programs. Utilities consistently come to Leidos for reliable power expertise, as reflected through our work with more than 75 investor-owned utilities and more than 100 municipals/cooperatives across the country as well as a growing number of private developers.

Your greatest work is ahead!

We are in search of a Relay Settings Engineering Manager to join our diverse and fast-paced Framingham, MA organization. As a core team member, you will be interacting with other electric utility disciplines, playing a valuable part in leading and designing utility substation and renewable energy projects.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and manage a team of eight plus engineers to develop relay settings from 4.16kV through 500kV including relay set points, logic diagrams, configuration files and documentation.
• Review work provided by Client and assess requirements of scopes.
• Showcase expertise in dealing with customers and outside vendors, while collaborating effectively with field engineers.
• Comply with Leidos and Client Safety requirements as well as design and quality expectations.
• Solve challenging substation engineering problems for entire project cycle.
• Clearly communicate design and engineering requirements to both internal teams and external vendors on behalf of clients.
• Work with protection engineers and performing quality reviews on relay setting packages.
• Create logic diagrams for IEC
  61850 substations.
• Work directly with clients as well as other staff in remote office locations.
• Assignments will cover the full range of project planning through design and construction support.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) ten plus years of related experience.
• Experience managing and leading a team of engineers.
• Experience with creating relay settings, settings calculation templates and logic diagrams highly preferred.
• Experience working with EPC clients is preferred.
• Capable of using either Aspen One Liner, ETAP, Power Tools SKM and/or Siemen’s CAPE for coordination studies and fault study analysis.
• Preparation of protective relay coordination studies
• Experience with development of relay settings for microprocessor relays including: SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB and others. For both transmission line relays (Line Differential, Step Distance and Pilot Schemes) and substation relays (Capacitors, Transformers and buses)
• Being familiar with Schweitzer AcSELerator Quick Set, General Electric Ener Vista and Schneider Electric MiCOM software is a plus.
• Strong engineering and interpersonal skills and high attention to detail with a passion for quality.
• Experience creating & implementing protection and control schemes including interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams and implement relay logic.
• Ability to meet deadlines under pressure situations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required when interfacing with clients and staff.

Favorable if you have:

• Experience preparing technical reports.
• Demonstrating expertise in proposal development.
• Familiarity with PTC MathCAD software
• Previous Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience
• Relay testing and troubleshooting experience.
• Previous Power Consulting or Power utility business experience

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