Job Description

Introduction:

Analyze, design, and monitor electrical protection and control systems for transmission, generation, and distribution equipment to ensure optimum operational security, safety, reliability, and overall system integrity which minimizes the probability of system outages and ultimately preserves the delivery of electrical energy to customers.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Electric System Protection Engineer I

• Assists in analyzing and developing protective relay settings, relay coordination, short circuit, load flow, or impact studies as well as other various protection system studies of transmission, generation and distribution facilities to predict, analyze and verify performance under various operating situations
• Assists in preparing protective relay equipment specifications, settings coordination, control / logic schemes for implementation in the field
• Reviews system events and faults with other departments or entities to identify protection system issues
• Reviews expansion or replacement projects to ensure compatibility with existing and future protection system design
• Responds to customer requests regarding facility / load additions that may include protection system analysis, planning, and coordination studies which result in protective system changes.
• Performs Arc Flash analysis and other protective equipment support for field engineers or personnel
• Produces work products that adhere to NERC reliability standards through established processes
• Attends applicable seminars, conferences, and training to stay informed and relevant in industry practices

Electric System Protection Engineer II

All duties and responsibilities performed as an Engineer I plus:

• Proficiently analyzes and develops protective relay settings, relay coordination, short circuit, load flow, or impact studies as well as other various protection system studies of transmission, generation and distribution facilities to predict, analyze and verify performance under various operating situations
• Proficiently prepares protective relay equipment specifications, settings coordination, control / logic schemes for implementation in the field
• Proficiently determines accurate coordination of protective devices with any internal or external entities at points where there is a change in ownership or responsibility.
• Proficiently determines improvements or appropriate corrective actions following event analysis
• Develops and performs maintenance of system modeling and databases for transmission, generation and distribution assets
• Performs peer reviews of associate engineers work products as assigned by department lead

Electric System Protection Engineer III

All duties and responsibilities performed as an Engineer I & II plus:

• Research, propose, develop, test, and implement new or improved protective relay scheme design standards using innovative design approaches available to the electrical utility industry
• Provide subject matter expert support on best practices and approaches to ensure that proper protection techniques are being utilized and implemented internally as well as externally if external entity facilities are impacting
• Acts as a subject matter expert for associated NERC reliability standards by developing process controls and participating in internal compliance adherence processes as well as compliance audits
• Maintains engineering proficiency through participating in industry reliability / protection forums or organizations which may include accepting lead roles or opportunities in such forums or organizations

Electric System Protection Senior Engineer

All duties and responsibilities performed as an Engineer I, II, & III plus:

• Provide guidance to fellow engineers on technical matters. Make required decisions based on sound technical judgement
• Lead specific technical projects by assigning duties to group members and ensuring work completed meets highest quality
• Represent group at internal/external meetings, forums, etc. Share key takeaways and offer suggestions for decisions to be made
• Analyze areas for process improvement. Gather stakeholder input and implement improvements by effective communication and follow ups

Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Required for Selection:

• Must have the ability to use personal computers and use associated engineering software.
• Must have working knowledge of Microsoft office.
• Must understand the operation of high voltage power systems and equipment and have the ability to evaluate system performance.
• Must have the ability to evaluate power system performance.
• Must have working knowledge of power system symmetrical components.

Preferred for Selection:

• Previous knowledge of medium / high voltage power system protective devices.
• Previous knowledge and use of power system modeling software.
• Previous knowledge and use of AutoCAD, MATHCAD, and BASIC programming language.
• Previous knowledge of relay setting calculations and coordination techniques for medium / high voltage facilities.
• Previous knowledge of ANSI/IEEE standards relating to high voltage power equipment as well as NERC reliability standards.

Education/Work Experience:

Required for Selection:

Engineer I - Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET
accredited engineering program

Engineer II - Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) with a focus in Power System Engineering + 2 years of experience in Power System Protective relaying

or

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET accredited engineering program + 3 years of experience in Power System Protective relaying

Engineer III - Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) with a focus in Power System Engineering + 5 years of experience in Power System Protective relaying

or

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET accredited engineering program + 7 years of experience in Power System Protective relaying

Senior Engineer- Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) with a focus in Power System Engineering + 8 years of experience in Power System Protective relaying

or

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET accredited engineering program + 10 years of experience in Power System Protective relaying

Preferred for Selection:

• Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) or more advanced degree with a focus in Power System Engineering.
• Previous experience implementing or testing medium/high voltage power equipment or associated protection and control equipment.
• Previous experience in an electrical engineering role with an electric utility

Relocation assistance is available for this position

Nisource, Inc.
801 E 86th Ave
Merrillville
Indiana United States
www.nisource.com