Electrical Engineer in Charlotte

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Protection & Control (Relay Settings) Engineer

Location: Hybrid – 3 days/week in office
Schedule: Full-time, Monday–Friday

About the Role

We are seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to support engineering conceptual design, studies, calculations, and protective relay settings development for substation protection systems. This position focuses on applying new protective relaying for both existing infrastructure and new transmission system capital investments.

You will also provide relay settings support, troubleshoot protection systems, and develop/maintain protective device settings templates (e.g., transmission line, transformer, bus, and capacitor protection).

Key Responsibilities

• Perform engineering conceptual design, studies, and calculations for substation protection systems.

• Develop protective relay settings for new and existing transmission infrastructure.

• Provide troubleshooting and support for protection systems.

• Create and maintain relay settings templates (line, transformer, bus, capacitor, breaker failure, etc.).

• Manage and respond to protection system settings tasks within the team’s planner tool.

• Field requests from Account Management, Distribution, Transmission Planning, and System Performance teams.

• Support Transmission Capital projects.

• Perform QA reviews of OLR files and protection system settings.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in the utility industry.

• Familiarity with software tools such as:

  • Aspen Relay Database

  • Aspen OneLiner

  • CymTCC

  • SEL-5010 / SEL-5030 AcSELerator software

• Knowledge of NERC Compliance Standards, including (but not limited to):

  • PRC-006, PRC-023, PRC-025, PRC-026, PRC-027

  • CIP-010, CIP-002

  • FAC-008

• Familiarity with electromechanical, solid-state, and microprocessor-based relays.

• Understanding of relay protection schemes and relay logic for applications such as:

  • Transmission lines

  • Transformers

  • Buses

  • Breaker failure

  • Capacitors

Company DescriptionFounded in 1986, Business Control System, LP, is an award-winning IT and engineering staffing firm specializing in the utility, construction and manufacturing industries.

Our team is committed to providing a fulfilling and meaningful career to our associates. Our high-touch associate relations are at the core of our company’s culture, and we are passionate about our uncompromising integrity when delivering our services.Company DescriptionFounded in 1986, Business Control System, LP, is an award-winning IT and engineering staffing firm specializing in the utility, construction and manufacturing industries. \r\n\r\nOur team is committed to providing a fulfilling and meaningful career to our associates. Our high-touch associate relations are at the core of our company’s culture, and we are passionate about our uncompromising integrity when delivering our services.

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