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Puget Sound Energy Hiring for System Protection Relay Engineer III at Kent, WA Full Time
Job Description
Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.
PSE’sEngineering Operationsteam is looking for qualified candidates to fill anopenSystem Protection Relay Engineer IIIposition!
Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.
Job Description
The Relay Engineering position is a unique technical engineering role at PSE. It offers opportunities to work side by side in the lab and in the field with Operations personnel as well as directly interface with numerous groups in Engineering, Communications, and IT. Relay Engineers develop, test, document, commission, and troubleshoot equipment and systems that improve the safety and reliability of our power system. This role also exposes Engineers to everything from R&D to commissioning.Notable Relay Engineering work includes: TLAS, digital substations, capacitor automation, anti-islanding, NERC compliance, event analysis, OT engineering and support, power quality investigations, onboarding new technologies, providing support in the field, and much more.
This job is considered “safety sensitive” as defined in RCW 49.44.240 and is subject to pre-employment drug screening that includes screening for the presence of marijuana and marijuana metabolites.
Job Responsibilities
- Provides on-site engineering support for Relay Technicians during construction and commissioning activities
- Acts as liaison between Relay Technicians, System Protection and Other Engineering Departments
- Conducts root-cause analysis of suspected mis-operations
- Supports Operational Technology (OT) functions (database, server, and asset management)
- Serve as point of contact for relay manufacturers
- Supports research and development of new devices and relay functions
- Supports research and development of Transmission Line Automated Switching and Distribution Automation schemes
- Reviews and archives of relay test records
- Tracks, and documents root cause analysis of relay and protection scheme failures
- Supports investigative actions for transmission and distribution substation outage reviews
- Supports NERC and WECC reliability standards associated with protection systems and cybersecurity
- Provides detailed design review of internal or external technical documents
- Supports emergency responsework as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures
Additional Responsibilities
- Knowledge and ability to apply engineering principles, practices, theories and methods to solve complex problems
- Performs highly complex engineering analysis and evaluations using specialized analytical skills
- Prepares complex engineering plans, designs, specifications, standards, evaluations and studies using specialized analytical skills
- Supervises and coordinates work of engineers, engineering assistants, office, field personnel, and others who assist in specific assignments (including contractors or consultants
- Interacts effectively with non-technical entities in both verbal and written form
- Leads creation of department standards and design templates
- Actively influences, develops and shares best practices
- Ensures solutions are in compliance with all applicable industry codes, standards and regulations
- May be required to sign and stamp documents
- Acts with integrity and professionalism and serves a role model to other engineers by consistently demonstrating PSE’s values and expectations of employee behaviors
- Proven ability to interact with operations field and construction personnel, providing effective support for real-time operations and quick decision making
- Recognizes and applies lessons learned to enhance future solutions
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree or PE license in electrical, mechanical, civil or other appropriate engineering field.
- Substantial experience in planning, design, specification preparation, technical field work, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after 5 or more years practice as a degreed engineer). Years of acquired experience is provided as a guide and alone does not constitute readiness for job level as individual’s skill acquisition rates can vary significantly.
- Demonstrated organization, documentation, prioritization, and project management skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Desired Qualifications
- Proficiency working in a range of transmission and distribution-focused projects
- Experience managing projects involving multiple groups or organizations
- Knowledge of electrical power system relay testing principles and practices
- Knowledge of electrical power control system principles
- Experience designing or operating electrical power control systems
- Experience designing IED integration architectures, transmission and distribution system automation, SCADA communications and Ethernet communications, including DNP, TCP/IP and IEC 61850.
- Knowledge of electric utility industry standards/best practices, leading edge technological developments and field engineering practices
- Experience working with protection systems for transmission or distribution substations and generator protection systems
- Experience with integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and inverter-based systems
- Experience with special protection schemes including RAS
- Experience applying NERC and WECC standards, supporting WECC Audits, gathering of evidence and development of documentation (including RSAWs, self-reports, responses to data requests etc.)
- Organization, documentation, prioritization and project engineering skills
- Possession of or ability to acquire a Professional Engineering license
Additional Information
At PSE we value and respect our employees and provide them opportunities to excel. We offer a competitive compensation and rewards package.
The pay range for this position is$88,000.00-$146,500.00, and this position is eligible for annual goals based incentive bonuses.
PSE offers a suite of benefits to our employees. Employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance. There are additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare, and an Employee assistance program (EAP). For long term savings, PSE offers a 401(k) investment option and a cash balance retirement plan. Employees will also receive Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year.Detailed benefit overviews can be found on our Career page – .
Families and businesses depend on PSE to provide the energy they need to pursue their dreams. Our steadfast commitment to serving Washington communities with safe, dependable and efficient energy started in 1873. Today we’re building the Northwest’s energy future through efforts like our award winning energy efficiency programs and our leadership in renewable energy.
Puget Sound Energy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status or presence of a disability that with or without reasonable accommodation does not prevent performance of the essential functions of the job, or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law.
Should you have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable accommodation with the job application process, please contact the Human Resources Staffing department at [email protected] or 425-462-3017.
