Relay Protection Engineer - New York, United States - Amerit Consulting

Description

Position: Relay Protection Engineer

Location: New York NY 10003

Duration: 3 Years contract with possible extension

Pay Rate: $65/hr - $75/hr (depending on experience)

Job Description:

• The qualified candidate will be involved in a major project to build a new substation and will be fully responsible for relay protection associated with that new station buildout.
• Perform detailed fault studies in CAPE and use results to perform settings calculations.
• Perform associated coordination studies, loadability studies, etc. as necessary.
• Develop setting files for protective relays including all associated documentation.
• Review, mark up, provide guidance to design engineering regarding project drawings.
• Provide oversight to protection and controls integration vendor including reviewing deliverables for accuracy.
• Assist in off-site and on-site acceptance testing of the system.
• Check installation design for regulatory compliance and present to regulators as needed.
• Additional tasks as necessary to develop the protection system for the new substation.

Job Requirement:

• The candidate must have at least 4 years of experience performing fault studies and setting protective relays at the transmission level.
• It is highly preferred if the candidate has IEC61850 experience as well.