Senior Substation Protection & Control Field Engineer - Whiting, Indiana

Senior Substation Protection & Control Field Engineer - Whiting, Indiana

Working with our business partners to create, improve and sustain industry and infrastructure.  Orbital Engineering, Inc. (Orbital) has been driven by this core purpose for more than 50 years - energizing Orbital team members and helping our clients solve challenging and complex problems with innovative engineering, inspection, and construction solutions.  Orbital team members are guided by the fundamental beliefs of building trusted relationships, personal accountability, innovation, and excellence in everything we do.  Orbital is looking for others to join our team to continue activating our purpose and embrace our values.

Orbital is currently seeking a Senior Substation Protection & Control Field Engineer to support projects in the Whiting, Indiana area. The position may be filled at the Senior Engineer I through Senior Engineer III level, based on the candidate's experience criteria detailed below.

This position is responsible for the guiding the installation, testing, and maintenance of the protection and control and substations systems that safeguard customer electric transmission, distribution, and generation infrastructure. Performs startup and commissioning of new T&D equipment. Performs P&C system troubleshooting and problem correction. Investigates electric system events and protection operations. Performs NERC compliance activities. Documents and reviews compliance requirements. Performs fieldwork in an industrial setting with exposure to high voltage, electromagnetic fields, and hazardous materials. Work schedule can include extended hours or overnight stays out of the area.

• Reviews project design drawings and verifies field wiring to ensure strict adherence to proper protective relaying practices and Orbital or customer standards.
• Provides onsite engineering support and directs various operating and construction personnel to ensure that all substation electrical equipment is installed, tested, and operates properly.
• Designs control scheme logic and creates protective relaying schematic diagrams for new substations or renovation projects for temporary protection purposes during construction outages.
• Performs acceptance, calibration, functional testing and final load checks of protective relays and control schemes for new substations or renovation projects.
• Performs field acceptance testing of new substation equipment (power transformers, high voltage circuit breakers, instrument transformers, voltage regulators, circuit reclosers, capacitor banks, and motor operated switches).
• Performs scheduled inspection and functional test maintenance of protective relays and equipment control systems to ensure continued reliability.
• Maintains, calibrates and repairs the system monitoring equipment (Digital Fault Recorders and Sequential Event Recorders) located at critical transmission substations.
• Maintains, calibrates and repairs the electronic controls used in voltage regulating, power factor correction and circuit recloser equipment.
• Provides technical assistance and engineering services to various departments within the organization and to industrial and commercial customers.
• Documents all equipment test data and maintains the most current version of substation electrical prints.
• Provides the field-testing of the recommended ground grid installation to ensure adherence to design parameters.
• Conducts substation power transformer loading and voltage surveys and maintains system distribution voltage levels in proper adjustment.
• Responds promptly to investigate and provide solutions to field problems with protective relaying control schemes or other substation equipment.

 

Required for Selection:

Sr Level I Engineer:  

• Knowledge normally acquired through a formal engineering curriculum: BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or BS Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. Consideration will be given to two-year degrees with experience in electric system protection/control or other relevant experience.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of total relevant experience with (5) years Substation Field Engineering Experience. Responsible experience requires evidence of critical decision-making skills without supervisory intervention and a mastery of the knowledge/skills required.

Sr Level II Engineer:  

• Requirements as for Sr. Level I plus a minimum of ten (10) years of total relevant experience with eight (8) years Substation Field Engineering Experience. Responsible experience requires evidence of critical decision-making skills without supervisory intervention and a mastery of the know