Job Title: Principal Electrical Engineer-Electrical System Protection, Control & Relay Coordination
Location: Monrovia, CA

Overview:
Principal Electrical Engineer-Electrical System Protection, Control & Relay Coordination
Position: Contract
Location: Monrovia, CA

Purpose

You will provide electrical engineering services on large or mega projects to our client and its customers', including technical support and supervision within the electrical engineering team.

Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Must have a strong understanding of power system fundamentals, including sequential components, per unit, harmonics, transformers, and fault analysis.
• Good understanding of traditional generation and inverter-based generation.
• Conduct engineering analysis, perform fault current calculations, protection device coordination studies; present to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with client and other P&C (protection & control) engineers, other departments, contractors, and vendors.
• Experienced in writing protection specifications and develop relay settings/size protection devices for the protection of substation buses, power and distribution transformers, substation and line capacitor banks, and distribution lines.
• Propose solutions to open-ended challenges; Provide informal mentorship to junior engineers.
• Actively participate in ongoing projects that include230kV transmission lines and GIS substations with IEC 81850 based power system automation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong organization and planning skills; ability to work in a team environment.
• Commitment to quality and accuracy; and a willingness to meet fast-paced project schedules.
• Manage electrical engineering services that meet our client', its customers' and applicable statutory and regulatory specifications, on time and within budget.
• Manage electrical engineering project requirements.
• Manage electrical engineering services such as:
• participate in relevant meetings, prepare progress reports and comply with required checking procedures;
• ensure the project scope is clear and that changes comply with project change management processes;
• provide advice during procurement, construction and commissioning activities. For example, oversee requisitions, technical bid evaluations and purchase order preparation.
• Act as the electrical engineering Lead on specific projects.
• If responsible for a team:
• outline project requirements including actively promoting workshare, where appropriate, assign tasks and supervise progress; and
• ensure the required services meet our client, its customers and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, on time and within budget.
• Proactively resolve any discrepancies between our client and its Customer's requirements.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest developments and technical innovations in electrical engineering.
• If required, assist and support junior personnel within the electrical engineering team.
• Communicate effectively with the electrical engineering team and project stakeholders, including the Customer.
• Identify issues and problems, develop appropriate solutions, and ask for assistance when required.

Qualifications:
Qualifications:

• A recognized and relevant engineering degree.
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status.
• Relevant postgraduate qualifications in engineering; management, project management or supervisory qualifications or equivalent.
• P.E. preferred
• This position is located in California

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