Senior Power Controls – Grid Planning Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $134.5k - $205.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Sargent & Lundy

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1891

🏗️ Construction

🎖️ Defense

⚡ Energy

Construction • Defense • Energy

Sargent & Lundy is a global leader in engineering and design for the power industry, with over 130 years of experience. The company specializes in providing consulting, engineering, design, analysis, and project services for various sectors, including nuclear power, renewable energy, conventional power, oil and gas, and government services. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, Sargent & Lundy helps clients navigate complex challenges throughout the lifecycle of their projects, contributing to advancements in energy sustainability and national security.

📋 Description

• Support Owner’s Engineer and design teams on large, isolated power systems integrating gas turbines, reciprocating engines, BESS, Solar PV, and large dynamic loads • Provide independent technical oversight of plant control philosophies • Ensure OEM, EPC, and system integrator designs deliver stable, resilient, and compliant operation under steady-state, transient, and islanded conditions • Review and challenge dynamic studies, control narratives, plant controller strategies, and protection philosophies without directly performing detailed PSS®E or PSCAD modeling • Validate integration between GT controls, BESS EMS/PPC systems, SCADA, and coordination strategies for frequency response, voltage control, inertia management, black start, load rejection, and large motor/data center step loads • Identify risks and translate complex control interactions into recommendations for owner and lender stakeholders • Conduct engineering design reviews, technical due diligence, project development support, and conceptual design • Travel within the United States and internationally as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering • 12+ years’ experience in power generation controls, grid integration, or utility-scale plant systems • Demonstrated experience with islanded or isolated grids • Strong understanding of dynamic performance studies (transient stability, EMT, frequency response), even if not the primary modeler • Familiarity with gas turbine control systems (e.g., Mark VIe or equivalent) and BESS plant/energy management systems, power plant controllers • Experience reviewing EPC deliverables, grid code compliance documentation, and performance guarantees • Knowledge of protection coordination and system-level control architecture • Strong communication skills for engagement with developers, OEMs, lenders, and regulatory bodies • Experience in development support and conceptual design of thermal power projects, including simple cycle gas turbines, combined cycle projects, coal fired generation, or reciprocating engines (RICE) • Master's degree in electrical engineering is a plus • Experience in technical due diligence and owner’s engineering design reviews of thermal power projects is a plus • General understanding of power station operations and performance reviews is a plus • General understanding of process design at electric power generation facilities is a plus • Contract development experience is a plus • Reliability modeling experience is a plus • U.S. work authorization required; Sargent & Lundy does not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision • Life & Accident Insurance • Disability Coverage • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Back-Up Daycare • FSA & HSA • 401(k) • Pre-Tax Commuter Account • Merit Scholarship Program • Employee Discount Program • Corporate Charitable Giving Program • Tuition Assistance • First Professional Licensure Bonus • Employee Referral Bonus • Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST) • Paid Vacation • Paid Holidays • Paid Parental Leave • Paid Bereavement Leave • Flexible Work Arrangements • Yearly discretionary bonus may be available for eligible positions