Lead Engineer – Protection & Controls

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $121.7k - $176.4k / year

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Blattner

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1908

🏗️ Construction

⚡ Energy

Construction • Energy • Renewable Energy

Blattner is a leading utility-scale engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company focusing on renewable energy and energy storage. With significant experience in building wind, solar, and storage projects, Blattner is committed to driving the transformation towards a cleaner and more sustainable world. The company has constructed 25% of the U. S. utility-scale wind, solar, and energy storage capacity, solidifying its role in powering America to a clean energy future. Blattner prioritizes safety and quality, ensuring their projects are executed without compromise. They also offer comprehensive career opportunities, promoting a culture of collaboration and success.

📋 Description

• Develop or review protective relay settings and relay coordination studies for utility-scale solar, wind, and energy storage systems • Perform short-circuit, fault current, protective device coordination, arc flash, and grounding studies • Design generator, bus differential, transformer differential, feeder overcurrent, distance, breaker failure, and synchrocheck protection schemes • Coordinate islanding detection, anti-islanding protection, and voltage/frequency ride-through settings • Integrate protection systems with SCADA, EMS, and RTU infrastructure • Prepare and review one-line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, and relay panel layouts • Review third-party engineer-of-record design packages for compliance with applicable standards • Support relay testing, commissioning, factory and site acceptance testing, energization planning, and initial energization • Support NERC PRC compliance activities, protection system audits, and utility coordination • Mentor junior engineers and develop internal protection engineering standards and design practices • Read and understand electrical project scope during early project phases • Develop proposals incorporating power quality, reliability, and cost efficiency • Develop protection and controls scopes of work with internal and external stakeholders • Review changes, provide recommendations, and serve as a technical resource for Preconstruction and Operations teams • Review contracts and subcontracts related to protection and controls scope and identify opportunities to streamline work and reduce waste

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in protection and controls design for high-voltage transmission, substation, or large-scale generation systems • Experience with relay settings development and coordination studies for systems ranging from 13.8 kV through 345 kV • Proficiency with ASPEN OneLiner, ETAP, CAPE, EasyPower, or SKM Power Tools • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field from an ABET-accredited college required, or relevant equivalent industry experience • Familiarity with NERC PRC Reliability Standards, IEEE, NESC, NEC, and NFPA 70E • Working knowledge of IEC 61850, DNP3, and Modbus for relay and SCADA integration • Experience leading and mentoring engineers and driving protection and controls design standards across solar, wind, and energy storage projects • Experience with Python or scripting for engineering automation • Ability to adhere to the National Society of Professional Engineers' code of conduct • Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred but not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive pay • 100% employer paid HDHP insurance premiums for employees • 401(k) with company match • HSA and FSA options • Dental and Vision insurance • Education Assistance (Tuition Reimbursement) • Work/Life balance • Employee/Family focused culture • Gym on site