Substation Senior Engineer – System Protection

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Substation Senior Engineer – System Protection to join our team. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. 

The Substation Senior Engineer – System Protection will work on electrical substation design projects for high-voltage electric utility systems and renewable energy interconnection projects. Perform all system protection and communication design aspects for transmission and distribution systems, including high voltage and EHV (above 230 kV) substations. Develop protection and control specifications, calculate relay settings, perform event analysis, conduct short circuit studies, verify relay coordination, and conduct CT saturation studies. Perform QA/QC on one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, current and potential schematics, control schematics, alarm schematics as well as SCADA and communications schematics. Provide technical support for procurement and construction (including testing and commissioning).

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university
• Ten (10) years progressive experience in high voltage substation design and/or relay settings for electric utility and/or renewable projects
• Five (5) years of QA/QC experience, which may have been gained as part of or in addition to the 10 years of experience requirement.
• Additional experience/skills must include:
  • ASPEN One Liner, ETAP, CAPE, Power Factory, CYME Dist or similar software
  • Relaying and communications equipment manufactured by SEL, GE, Areva, Schneider, and Siemens
  • NERC System Protection Coordination Requirements, including NERC PRC-019, NERC PRC-024, NERC PRC-025 and NERC PRC-027
  • NEC and National Electrical Safety Code
  • SCADA and communications network requirements for power delivery, wind and solar farm projects, including associated designs and device programming
  • Arc Flash Studies
  • SCADA and communications specifications, including points lists and associated mapping
  • Proposal writing and project estimation
  • Scheduling and project controls processes
  • Client coordination/relationship management
• Engineer in Training Certification
• Open to travel up to 25% domestic travel.
• May work remotely within the US
• Must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship

Apply at westwoodps.com/careers

Westwood Professional Services Inc. (Westwood) was established in 1972 and has since become a leader in many of the markets it serves. Westwood is a full-service, multidiscipline professional engineering firm and serves wind, solar, power delivery, residential and commercial development, and public infrastructure clients and their projects from multiple offices across the U.S.

In 2023, Zweig Group ranked Westwood nationally at #12 and #30 respectively on its Hot Firms and Best Firms to Work for lists. Zweig also awarded Westwood two national 2nd place awards for Marketing Excellence. Westwood was recently recognized as #79 in the ENR Top 500 Firms in 2023. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-wining projects nationwide.

Westwood provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that diverse backgrounds strengthen our business. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.