AECOM
10,000+ employees
Founded 1990
Construction • Engineering • Sustainability
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm that partners with clients to deliver innovative solutions to the most complex challenges while creating legacies for generations to come. Focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion, AECOM leverages technical expertise and digital innovation to drive transformative outcomes in infrastructure development, sustainability, and social systems. The company provides a wide range of services, including architecture & design, construction management, engineering, and environmental services across various markets such as transportation, energy, healthcare, and national governments. With a strong emphasis on sustainability, technical excellence, and community impact, AECOM is committed to building a better world.
Electrical Engineer – Protection and Controls, Substations
🕒 March 31
🤠 Texas – Remote
💵 $110k - $160k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🔋 Electrical Engineer
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AECOM
10,000+ employees
Founded 1990
Construction • Engineering • Sustainability
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm that partners with clients to deliver innovative solutions to the most complex challenges while creating legacies for generations to come. Focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion, AECOM leverages technical expertise and digital innovation to drive transformative outcomes in infrastructure development, sustainability, and social systems. The company provides a wide range of services, including architecture & design, construction management, engineering, and environmental services across various markets such as transportation, energy, healthcare, and national governments. With a strong emphasis on sustainability, technical excellence, and community impact, AECOM is committed to building a better world.
📋 Description
• AECOM has a position opening for a Protection and Controls Engineer • Support our growing Energy Business Line’s Engineering Center of Excellence in our Grid Modernization programs, projects and pursuits • Responsible for the electrical engineering design work on assigned projects • Provide mentorship for the other electrical engineers in our High Voltage/Power team • Work with Project Engineer and Project Manager on developing design schedules and budgets for electrical engineering work activities • Perform Power system studies and system protection settings coordination on various projects • Generate basis of design documentation for protection settings and relay configurations • Support projects during construction, start-up, and commissioning • Review engineering work performed by peers • Attend client meetings • Occasional travel to client and/or project sites (including data gathering and field walks) • Mentor early career engineers and facilitate internal training sessions, if requested
🎯 Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering • 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education • 6 years of relevant protection and controls experience in electrical engineering • Professional Engineering licensure (preferred) • 8+ years of experience with 2+ years as a project lead (preferred) • Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements (preferred) • Experience with IEC61850 (preferred) • Successful track record working with remote teams (preferred) • Experience on full EPC, Design/Build projects from start to finish (preferred) • Plant Startup and Commissioning Field Experience (preferred) • Power systems analysis software experience (SKM, EasyPower, Etap) (preferred) • Relay coordination utilizing ASPEN OneLiner (preferred) • Experience developing native relay setting files (preferred) • Distribution automation experience (preferred) • Experience working in collaborative 3D model environments (e.g. Navisworks) (preferred)
🏖️ Benefits
• medical • dental • vision • life • AD&D • disability benefits • paid time off • leaves of absences • voluntary benefits • perks • flexible work options • well-being resources • employee assistance program • business travel insurance • service recognition awards • retirement savings plan • employee stock purchase plan
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