ESPO
Job Title: Protection & Controls Substation Project Engineer
Location: Chicago - Remote
Job Type and Duration: Full Time, Direct Hire
Pay range: $149,100 - $160,000
No Sponsorship or Corp-to-Corp Available
Job Summary
The Protection & Controls Substation Project Engineer 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 leads projects in electrical substation protection and control design. 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:
Required Skills and Abilities
ESPO Corporation
630-789-2525
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Leaders in Technical Recruiting & Staffing since 1965
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.
Location: Chicago - Remote
Job Type and Duration: Full Time, Direct Hire
Pay range: $149,100 - $160,000
No Sponsorship or Corp-to-Corp Available
Job Summary
The Protection & Controls Substation Project Engineer 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 leads projects in electrical substation protection and control design. 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 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, and monitoring systems
- Perform basic calculations such as relay burden, voltage drop, and short circuit calculations
- Perform relay coordination studies and prepare relay settings
- Effectively communicate and coordinate project activities with Project Managers, clients, designers and drafters as needed
- Drive the company automobile for the purpose of substation visits for needed project information
- Coordination and possible delivery of material to the project site
- Single point of contact with clients on technical issues
- Multi-discipline engineering
- Manages project work from all technical aspects
- Ability to review engineering of the entire project
- Creates project cost estimates and proposals for new project work
- Performs site walk-downs independently to scope project requirements
Required Skills and Abilities
- Strong understanding of a substation project lifecycle at the utility level
- Excellent technical communication and detail-oriented work practices
- High comfort level with teaching, training, and mentoring team members
- Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited university in Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Technology degrees considered in combination with industry experience
- Professional Engineering License (PE) required, MS Engineering preferred, but not required
- Minimum 6 years experience in relay protection and control design of high voltage 15-500 kV substations
ESPO Corporation
630-789-2525
View all open jobs at
Leaders in Technical Recruiting & Staffing since 1965
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.