Lead System Protection Engineer

🔥 19 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $126.4k - $164.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Ulteig

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1944

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏗️ Construction

Consulting • Logistics • Construction

Ulteig is a North American infrastructure engineering, technical services, and consulting firm that delivers design, digital tools, and advisory services for critical lifeline sectors. The employee-owned company supports public and private clients on power and utility-scale renewable energy projects, transportation planning and infrastructure, and water sector work—offering engineering design, SCADA/EMS solutions, project-development services, and decision-support software to help manage complex, multidisciplinary projects.

📋 Description

• Act as a technical leader for system protection engineering • Lead the full scope of protective relay settings and coordination studies • Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate detailed phases of assigned project work • Perform short-circuit and symmetrical component analysis • Perform time-current and step-distance coordination • Develop and coordinate relay settings • Develop test plans and assist with commissioning • Analyze and troubleshoot protection system events • Develop NERC PRC compliance reports • Develop protection schemes for transmission, distribution, generation, and renewable energy sources • Provide technical guidance to other engineers

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required • ABET accredited program or equivalent required • PE License required or ability to obtain a PE License within 1 year of start date • A minimum of 7-9 years of relevant experience is required • Proven experience in system modeling and fault analysis software (ASPEN, CAPE, ETAP, or EasyPower) • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access • Strong knowledge of system modeling, relay coordination studies, and protective relay settings for systems ranging from 12.47 kV to 345 kV • Experience applying protection system engineering practices in transmission line, bus, transformer, capacitor bank, reactor bank, feeder, generator, motor, or communication-assisted protection schemes • Familiarity with NERC PRC standards for compliance • Willingness to travel 10-20% of the year • Ability to work in a high-paced team environment • Must have permanent authorization to work in the US • Must have a valid driver's license, or ability to obtain prior to starting date

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible Workplace • Employee Ownership • Competitive Pay • Comprehensive Benefits Package • Collaborative Environment • Innovative Culture • Flexible working schedule • Remote, hybrid, or in-office work options • Drug Free Workplace