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Protection & Controls Substation Engineer III

ESPO, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Job Title: Protection & Controls Substation Engineer III Location: Chicago, Remote Job Type and Duration: Full Time, Direct Hire Pay range: $100,000 - $115,000 per year No Sponsorship or Corp-to-Corp Available

Job Summary The Protection & Controls Substation Engineer III role is a mid-level, full-time, permanent position. This position is fully-remote, allowing you to work from home Monday - Friday each week. While working alongside a team of experienced electrical engineers and providing guidance to entry-level electrical engineers, this position assists in designing protection and control systems for substations. This position is an excellent launchpad if your long-term career goal is to work as a Licensed Professional Engineer on the transmission side of the power industry. If you're looking for an exciting opportunity where your contributions and career growth is valued from day one, we invite you to apply!

Duties/Responsibilities Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Create/modify design documents and drawings for a project, including electric substation one-lines, three-lines, control schematics and wiring diagrams, relay panel arrangements and specifications, conduit and cable sizing/routing, and generating bills of material. Design auxiliary AC and DC power systems. Develop SCADA system and communications interfaces. Work with various project teams to fully develop system integration of protection, control, automation, and monitoring systems. Perform basic engineering calculations such as relay burden, voltage drop, short circuit calculations, battery sizing calculations, auxiliary AC and DC load tabulations, and others as needed to support successful projects. Perform relay coordination studies and prepare relay settings. Effectively communicate and coordinate project activities with Project Managers, clients, other engineers, designers and drafters as needed. Coordination and delivery of material to project sites. May perform site walk-downs independently to scope project requirements. May help to create project cost estimates that include all planning, engineering/design, construction, and testing costs for substation protection and control upgrade projects. Supervisory Responsibilities This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Requirements Required Skills and Abilities

Strong understanding of a substation project lifecycle at the utility level Excellent technical communication and detail-oriented work practices Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited university in Electrical Engineering Minimum 3 years of experience in relay protection and control design of high voltage 15-500 kV substations EIT designation required

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ESPO has a comprehensive benefits package which includes PTO, Group Health and Dental Insurance, and 401k after you have satisfied the necessary waiting periods.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value the benefits of diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other attribute or protected characteristic by law. If you need assistance applying, please get in touch with us directly.

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