Protection and Controls Engineer

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⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $110k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

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AECOM

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

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

• Perform electrical engineering design work on assigned projects • Mentor other electrical engineers in the High Voltage/Power team • Develop design schedules and budgets with the Project Engineer and Project Manager • Perform power system studies and system protection settings coordination • Generate basis of design documentation for protection settings and relay configurations • Support projects during construction, startup, and commissioning • Review engineering work performed by peers • Attend client meetings • Travel occasionally to client and/or project sites for data gathering and field walks • Mentor early-career engineers and facilitate internal training sessions when requested • Serve as lead engineer on projects of all sizes • Provide specialized technical input to studies and designs • Develop study and design procedures • Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables • Develop construction cost estimates and technical effort estimates • Perform quality control reviews of design calculations and drawings • Prepare technical specification sections • Contribute to engineering budgets and schedules • Support discipline components of PS&E packages

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education • 6 years of relevant protection and controls experience • Professional Engineering licensure preferred • 10 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years as project lead preferred • Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements • Experience with IEC61850 • Successful track record working with remote teams • Experience on full EPC, Design/Build projects from start to finish • Plant startup and commissioning field experience • Power systems analysis software experience (SKM, EasyPower, ETAP) • Relay coordination utilizing ASPEN OneLiner • Experience developing native relay setting files • Distribution automation experience • Experience working in collaborative 3D model environments (e.g. Navisworks) • Ability to work successfully within a team environment and communicate effectively with project team members and customers • Occasional travel to client and/or project sites • Sponsorship is available for this role

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability benefits • Paid time off • Leaves of absence • Voluntary benefits and perks • Flexible work options • Well-being resources • Employee assistance program • Business travel insurance • Service recognition awards • Retirement savings plan • Employee stock purchase plan • Award-winning training and development programs • Sponsorship available • In-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location