Protection & Control Engineer

Job Description

Wood perform consulting and EPCM services for many of North America’s power generation and power distribution companies.

Wood currently has exciting opportunities for a Protection & Control Engineer. Reporting to the P&C Dept Manager, this position is located in Charlotte, NC. If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Responsibilities

• Design protection, control and metering systems for electrical substations of 12 to 500 kV from conceptual stage through construction and commissioning
• Developing protection planning and application documents, one-lines, schematics, panel layouts and wiring diagrams for power system protective relaying and metering systems
• Preparing and reviewing drawing lists, engineering documents, specifications, construction, and outage staging plans, and inspection and testing plans/procedures
• Assisting Business Development team by preparing protection and control technical scope of work, engineering budgets and schedules for proposals and estimates
• Reviewing design documentation with the Owner’s Engineer to ensure the design satisfies the project’s requirements
• Reviewing of vendor documents against specifications
• Reviewing/preparing material take-offs for all protection & control equipment, as well as ordering materials through the procurement group
• Performing factory inspections of protection & control equipment
• Coordinating construction and commissioning activities with clients and subcontractors
• Responding to information requests from construction sites and leading project closeout documentation, including as-builts, calculations and returning data to clients
• Participating in client technical, Safety by Design and constructability review meetings
• Experience with performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high voltage utility transmission systems is considered an asset.
• Traveling and visiting client sites during various project stages
  
  

Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering Degree from a recognized university
• 5 years of protection, control and metering experience in a Transmission and Distribution Utility or EPC organization designing substations
• Experience with relay setting software such as ASPEN, and/or CAPE, EasyPower as well as SEL and GE relay protection systems is considered an asset
• Experience interfacing design with other substation engineering disciplines such electrical and telecom
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven field experience with outage planning, construction sequencing and commissioning is considered an asset
• Familiarity with utility protection and control maintenance and operational practices is considered an asset
  
  

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.