Senior Protection & Control Substation Engineer

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $115k - $136.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Amped I LLC

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11 - 50 employees

🏗️ Construction

Construction

Amped I LLC is an innovative design and engineering firm specializing in power infrastructure projects ranging from transmission to distribution and fire protection projects for power utility, industry, government, and commercial facilities. With over 40 years of experience, the team provides exceptional value through their design, engineering, and fire protection services. They are involved in planning and commissioning projects, including electrics substations, wind farms, and smart grid upgrades. Amped I emphasizes quality, safety, and customer satisfaction while managing various utility and building projects to meet client needs.

📋 Description

• Lead engineering projects and work with design engineers and drafters to deliver high-quality project milestones on time • Create and modify one-lines, three-lines, control schematics, wiring diagrams, relay panel arrangements, specifications, conduit and cable sizing/routing, and bills of material • Design auxiliary AC and DC power systems • Develop SCADA systems and communications interfaces • Develop system integration of protection, control, automation, and monitoring systems • Perform relay burden, voltage drop, short circuit, battery sizing, and auxiliary AC/DC load calculations • Perform relay coordination studies and prepare relay settings • Coordinate project activities with Project Managers, clients, designers, and drafters • Perform engineering and technical quality reviews of packages created by other engineers and designers • Independently perform site walk-downs to scope project requirements • Coordinate material delivery to project sites • Support the Project Manager's project needs • Join the Project Manager on project calls and meetings

🎯 Requirements

• Strong understanding of a substation project lifecycle at the utility level • Excellent technical communication and detail-oriented work practices • High comfort level with teaching, training, and mentoring team members • Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited university in Electrical Engineering • EIT designation required • Professional Engineering License (PE) strongly preferred but not required • Minimum 5 years of experience in relay protection and control design of high-voltage 15–500 kV substations • Completion of the Culture Index assessment

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance: medical, dental, and vision plans • Access to telemedicine • 401(k) with a company match • Vacation days, sick leave, and personal time off • Company-paid holidays and one floating holiday • Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption, and foster care placement • Basic and supplemental life insurance • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Remote work and flexible work hours • Career growth and job satisfaction opportunities