Engineer III or Senior Engineer - Transmission
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This position may be filled as an Engineer III or one level higher as a Senior Engineer dependent upon the experience level of the selected candidate.
This position is for a Transmission Protection Settings or Controls Engineer to support substation projects across the Duke Energy Indiana Territory.
The Protection & Controls (P&C) Engineer is responsible for the design, development, implementation, and support of protection, control, SCADA, and automation systems associated with Duke Energy's transmission substations and switchyards. This role provides engineering support for capital, maintenance, emergent, and grid modernization projects throughout the transmission system. The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team supporting projects from concept development through design, construction, commissioning, and closeout. The role will include assignments in either protection engineering or controls engineering.
The Engineer III position solves complex problems in engineering areas of specialization with limited supervision. An Engineer III is expected to develop advanced skills, and the ability to work with greater independence. An Engineer III effectively applies fundamental concepts and procedures to work that is progressively complex and varied.
The Senior Engineer is expected to develop advanced skills and to have the ability to work independently, with guidance limited to unusual or complex projects or issues. Employees in the Senior Engineer position are fully competent in the use of concepts and procedures. The Senior Engineer identifies problems, develops solutions and takes action to resolve.
Primary Responsibilities
- Protection Engineer • Perform Protection Calculations and Coordination to protect the grid, • Maintain Relay Database for Midwest Relay assets and settings, • Support compliance activities related to relay setting and coordination, • Interface with Relay Technicians to support install and commissioning of settings, • Conducts engineering and related studies; expected to engage in frequent working group phone calls and face-to-face meetings to coordinate and implement changes as a result of fleet and recognize industry best practices, • Strives to continually improve job-related, technical and professional knowledge, skills and performance, • Develops positive working relationships to effectively coordinate work activities, • Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills, • Maintains accurate records and files, • Supports the company's goals and represents the company positively and professionally. • Identify opportunities to improve standard control designs and engineering processes
- Controls Engineer • Develop complete control system designs for transmission substations and switching stations • Develop and update schematic drawings, wiring diagrams, panel layouts • Perform AC and DC system calculations • Provide technical support for field troubleshooting and commissioning activities. • Learn company standards and design practices for transmission control systems. • Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure accuracy of project design • Identify opportunities to improve standard control designs and engineering processes • Manage project engineering timeline and quality steps • Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills,
Basic / Required Qualifications - Engineer III
- Must have obtained Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program or PE
- Minimum of 4 years of engineering experience
- A master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the B.S. Engineering degree
Basic / Required Qualifications - Senior Engineer
- Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience or 5 years of engineering experience with state registration as a Professional Engineer.
- Working Conditions • Travel may be needed for face-to-face interactions with engineering and relay field personnel. • Expectation to be hands on in lab environment with protection and SCADA based devices for template development, testing, and debugging. • Both full-time onsite and Hybrid mobility classifications are acceptable for this role.
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Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.
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