Protection Engineer

🕒 March 27

🐊 Florida, Ohio – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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ENTRUST Solutions Group

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2002

⚡ Energy

🤝 B2B

Energy • B2B

ENTRUST Solutions Group is a North American utility engineering and consulting firm specializing in electric and gas infrastructure. The company delivers engineering, program and project management, regulatory compliance, inspection and construction management, automation, and data solutions across transmission, distribution, substations, power generation, renewable energy, and pipeline projects. Serving utilities, co-ops, municipal and government clients across all 50 states and Canada, ENTRUST emphasizes innovation, technical expertise, and community-focused infrastructure modernization with a workforce of over 3,200 professionals and more than two decades of experience.

📋 Description

• Lead the analysis, documentation, and implementation of protection strategies for generation and transmission systems. • Review and analyze protective relay settings to ensure proper coordination margins in accordance with NERC PRC standards and recommend setting changes as needed. • Document relay coordination in compliance reports. • Model primary and secondary systems using industry-leading tools such as ASPEN, PSS®E, and PSLF. • Perform system disturbance analysis to recommend protection system improvements. • Utilize advanced microprocessor-based digital transient recorders and sequence-of-event recorders to support detailed system performance analysis. • Conduct special short-circuit studies and perform complex calculations to establish relay settings. • Interact with manufacturers, regulatory bodies, and professional organizations such as IEEE and NPCC to remain current on evolving protection and control requirements.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution. • 5+ years of experience in protection and control engineering for generation and/or transmission systems. • Demonstrated expertise in protective relay and control system engineering, relay settings calculations, relay logic development, and analysis of relay operations for transmission and distribution substations. • Strong knowledge of relay communications theory, testing practices, and the maintenance of relay communications network infrastructure. • Experience with advanced system modeling and short-circuit studies using ASPEN, PSS®E, PSLF, or similar tools. • Hands-on experience with digital fault recorders and sequence-of-event recording systems. • Active engagement with industry standards and organizations related to protection and control.

🏖️ Benefits

• A supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and encourages innovation. • Opportunities for professional growth and career development. • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and flexible work schedules. • Benefits offered include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) plan with company match. • Also offered are tuition reimbursement, voluntary life, disability, critical illness, accident, and hospitalization plans. • HSA or FSA medical accounts and FSA dependent care and transportation/parking accounts are also available. • Full-time employees are eligible to earn PTO hours. • May be eligible for discretionary bonus as determined by the company.