Engineer III - Protection and Control (Birmingham, AL) - Trussville
Position Overview:
Power your future with Qualus in our Substation Protection and Control department as a Protection & Control Engineer.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate with Substation Physical Engineering, Relay Settings, and other groups to ensure design concurrence.
- Development of complete engineering design packages for protective relaying and communications systems, including one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, AC schematics, DC schematics, logic and functional diagrams, panel layouts, control house layouts, wiring/connection diagrams, interconnection diagrams, relaying equipment specifications and bill of materials.
- Development of SCADA packages, including input / output list (Point Data Sheet)
- Provides technical direction and on-the-job training to drafters, engineering technicians, and less experienced engineers.
- Maintaining trusted relationships with current or prospective clients.
- Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers; respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable articulate manner.
- Participate in client meetings/job site visits to collect or deliver design and engineering data.
- Performs assignments independently with instruction as to the general results expected and with guidance from Manager of Engineering and/or Lead Engineer on unusual or complex projects.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineer (BSEE) with a power systems focus. An MS Degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the BS Engineering degree. International Engineering Degrees will be considered.
- 3+ years of experience with developing complete utility substation P&C engineering design packages, including AC one-line and three-line diagrams, DC schematics, logic and functional diagrams, panel layouts, interconnection diagrams, relaying equipment specifications and bill of materials
- Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) License, and desire to pursue Professional Engineer (PE) License
- Physical design experience in addition to Protection & Control (P&C) experience is a plus !
- Desire for continuing education and licenses
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Company Overview:
Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services.
Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has nearly 1,600 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.
EEO:
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