Protection and Controls Lead Engineer
Wood PLC

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood perform consulting and EPCM services for many North American gas processing, power generation, and power distribution companies.

Wood currently has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Protection and Controls Engineer. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, South East Region, Transmission & Distribution, this position is located in any of our Florida offices (Tampa, West Palm Beach, Miami, Lakeland, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tallahassee, Pensacola) office. Wood is open to Work From Home options. If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.



Key Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership and support to a team of engineers and designers to develop protection, control, and metering system design for electrical substations ranging from 12 kV to 500 kV from conceptual stage through construction and commissioning
• Designing protection, control and metering systems for electrical substations of 12 to 500 kV
• Developing protection application documents, one-lines, schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts and IED settings for power system protective relaying and metering systems
• On assigned projects, serving as Technical Lead and:
  • Developing protection planning and application documents, one-lines, schematics, panel layouts and wiring diagrams for power system protective relaying and metering systems
  • Performing protection coordination studies and relay settings for high voltage utility transmission systems
  • Reviewing or preparing project conceptual, feasibility and definition phase scopes and estimates
• Preparing and reviewing drawing lists, engineering documents, specifications, and inspection and testing plans/procedures
• Writing and planning project scope(s), staging plans, test plans, proposals, estimates, schedules, and budgets
• Reviewing design documentation with the Owner's Engineer to ensure the design satisfies the project's requirements
• Reviewing of vendor documents against specifications
• Preparing material take offs for all P&C equipment, as well as ordering materials through the procurement group
• Performing factory inspections of P&C equipment
• Coordinating construction and commissioning activities with utility clients and subcontractors
• Responding to information requests from construction sites and completing project documentation, including as-builts, calculations and returning data to clients
• Traveling to site and liaising with internal groups, external contractors and clients
• Enhancing and maintaining relationships with internal groups as well as external contractors and clients
• Leading projects from conception through construction and commissioning, including mentoring junior engineers and designers
• Supporting Business Development team in preparing proposals and estimates
• Liaising with clients at the discipline level on technical matters
• Reviewing new engineering standards, design practices, guides, etc. from clients and sharing with the P&C team
• Enhancing and maintaining relationships with internal groups as well as external contractors and clients
• Mentoring junior engineers

Skills / Qualifications

• Minimum 5-10 years (intermediate or senior) of utility-specific protection, control, and metering experience
• Experience with Florida Power & Light or Duke Energy is an asset
• Experience with tools such as AIM, AMP, and PUR is an asset
• Electrical Engineering Degree from a recognized university along with the ability to eventually register as a Professional Engineer in the United States
• Proven working experience of relay setting software such as ASPEN, CAPE, EasyPower, SKM Power Tools as well as SEL and GE relay programming software
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Proven field experience with outage planning, construction sequencing and commissioning is considered an asset
• Familiarity with utility protection and control maintenance and operational practices is considered an asset

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 45,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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