Relay Settings Engineer
- Location: Allentown
- Salary: Market related
This position requires a proactive and self-directed individual with project engineering experience and relay settings skills. Must have strong relay settings experience & overseeing work completed by other engineering firms.
5-8 years pf experience required
1. Develop familiarity with PPL's protective settings requirements.
a. Implement processes and procedures associated with PPL's standard settings approach.
2. Support EPC work
a. Physical and electrical design as well as protective relay design and settings are contracted to third parties for execution. This job supports those projects in an owner's engineer function.
b. Assist EPC contractors with guidance for PPL projects. Review work, answer questions, facilitate discussions with implementation of design and deviations from standard.
c. Oversee implementation of PPL's controls that ensure quality and compliance with industry standards.
3. Support interconnection customer work
a. Perform fault analysis using CAPE and Aspen studies / 1 or both or by hand and provide system parameters to customers receiving service at transmission voltages.
b. Review interconnection settings of relays at customer point of interconnection.
c. Review regional substation line settings to ensure coordination with customer facilities.
4. Support PPL operations
a. Perform line relay adequacy studies for abnormal switching. Review protection coverage for transmission line reconfigurations, extended reach, networking, outages, etc.
5. Support PPL compliance
a. Includes work to ensure PPL complies with one or more of the PRC-19, PRC-23, PRC-25, PRC-26, and PRC-27 standards.
b. Run reports. Follow up with engineers completing work to ensure tasks are complete.
c. Meet with internal and external organizations regarding compliance controls and evidence.
Job Summary Under minimal supervision, responsible for support of NERC CIP compliance activities associated substation relaying and associated equipment.This position ensures high quality of the engineering team's deliverables verifying all documented processes and procedures are followed. These procedures are based on enforceable national standards, client and industry best practices and are uniformly applied in system protection. Primary Responsibilities1. Prepares, executes and coordinates the planning, documentation and follow up of Cyber Asset assessments (CSVA, CSV), protective (security) patching and conducts reviews confirming engineering protection and control procedures are delivered.2. Able to work in a variety of functions either in field locations or in the home office, which may include necessary activities ensuring quality processes are implemented in optimization of system/component performance and availability. Verification of in field systems either documenting as left conditions or ensuring new systems meet requirements before in service.3. Applies industry best practices in development of procedures and processes addressing quality and reliability standards requirements. 4. Works effectively in a team environment and may assume the role of team leader.5. Provides quality assurance, procedure and standards requirements guidance and recommendations to other PPL employees in support of high quality, timely and cost-effective engineering solutions to technical problems. CIP audit guidance as required.6. Builds knowledge of the organization's reliability and quality procedures and processes.7. Ensures department deliverables exceed all industry standard requirements through development and implementation of uniform processes based on industry best practices. 8. Implement industry best practices in development of efficient review processes and procedure development. Basic Qualifications1. Bachelor's Degree in engineering or science from a college or university accredited by ABET. Candidates with extensive experience and certifications in quality assurance in lieu of the specified degree will be considered.2. Minimum 5 years experience implementing a quality or reliability program, or project management involving engineering projects.3. Engineers with quality or licensing experience with generation, distribution, industrial protection, or system planning will be considered.Preferred Qualifications (some of the following)1. NERC Reliability standards expertise Cybersecurity program implementation expertise.2. Knowledge of Protection & Controls engineering3. Six Sigma Certification4. PMP Certification5. Experience in the energy industry Quality program implementation in a regulated industry such as nuclear or pharmaceuticals.
This position ensures high quality of the engineering team's deliverables verifying all documented processes and procedures are followed. These procedures are based on enforceable national standards, PPL and industry best practices and are uniformly applied in system protection. Primary Responsibilities1. Prepares, executes and coordinates the planning, documentation and follow up of Cyber Asset assessments (CSVA, CSV), protective (security) patching and conducts reviews confirming engineering protection and control procedures are delivered.2. Able to work in a variety of functions either in field locations or in the home office, which may include necessary activities ensuring quality processes are implemented in optimization of system/component performance and availability. Verification of in field systems either documenting as left conditions or ensuring new systems meet requirements before in service.3. Applies industry best practices in development of procedures and processes addressing quality and reliability standards requirements. 4. Works effectively in a team environment and may assume the role of team leader.5. Provides quality assurance, procedure and standards requirements guidance and recommendations to other employees in support of high quality, timely and cost-effective engineering solutions to technical problems. CIP audit guidance as required.6. Builds knowledge of the organization's reliability and quality procedures and processes.7. Ensures department deliverables exceed all industry standard requirements through development and implementation of uniform processes based on industry best practices. 8. Implement industry best practices in development of efficient review processes and procedure development. Basic Qualifications1. Bachelor's Degree in engineering or science from a college or university accredited by ABET. Candidates with extensive experience and certifications in quality assurance in lieu of the specified degree will be considered.2. Minimum 5 years experience implementing a quality or reliability program, or project management involving engineering projects.3. Engineers with quality or licensing experience with generation, distribution, industrial protection, or system planning will be considered.Preferred Qualifications (some of the following)1. NERC Reliability standards expertise Cybersecurity program implementation expertise.2. Knowledge of Protection & Controls engineering3. Six Sigma Certification4. PMP Certification5. Experience in the energy industry Quality program implementation in a regulated industry such as nuclear or pharmaceuticals.
Testing, including (without limitation): reading/verifying all voltage and current inputs to relays; verifying all metering (local and SCADA); calibrating all relays; trip testing (local and SCADA); verifying all alarms (local and SCADA); verifying all alarms (local and SCADA); verifying all function switches, etc.Performing routine troubleshooting and repair of substation relaying and control equipment. Commission new substations, power equipment, relaying (electro-mechanical, solid state and microprocessor), pilot channel equipment (power line carrier, pilot wire, transfer, transfer trip, fiber optic, CVT’s, line tuners, line traps, etc.), controls and communications equipmentPlanning, scheduling, and completing test activities efficiently, on time, without service interruptionsProviding Project Technical Support to Field Service personnel Qualifications: Minimum of 10 years of field experience in commissioning, panel and equipment checkout, relay calibration, testing and repairing substation relaying and control schemesExperience is desirable in any of the following related areas: substation design (including protection & control engineering); substation construction; substation commissioning; SCADA/Fault Data/SER/Integration-Automation equipment installation and testing3 phase power systems; power system protection & control schemes; test equipment; test equipment softwareTest equipment and toll/wiring usage; interpretation of wiring and elementary diagrams; basic test skills to perform duties listed above; basic PC skillsQuickly learn and apply test procedure for various types of substation equipment; communicate effectively with diverse groups, tailoring communication for audience and situationLearn and apply client’s switching procedures and safety measures as require
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