What are the responsibilities and job description for the Relay Setting Engineer position at Global Edge Group?
Job Title: Relay Setting Engineer
Location: Reading, PA
Global Edge is an international staffing firm connecting projects worldwide with the industry’s most talented project professionals. We work with high level technical and commercial personnel across multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, Automotive and Motorsports, IT, Marine, Mining, and more. With offices strategically located worldwide, Global Edge is known for the highest level of delivery for our clients and contractors.
Summary:
We’re looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer/Relay Setting Engineer to assist with relay settings development and protective relay coordination studies with a background in logic design, QA/QC reviews, technical documentation, and client collaboration.
Responsibilities:
- Work with protection engineers and perform quality reviews of relay setting packages
- Create logic diagrams for IEC 61850 substations
- Prepare protective relay coordination studies
- Develop relay settings from 34.5 kV through 500 kV, including set points, logic diagrams, configuration files, and documentation
- Solve complex substation engineering problems
- Support project planning activities through design and construction support
- Work directly with clients and collaborate with staff in remote office locations
Qualifications:
- Senior Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with four or more years of related experience or
- Lead Level: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with eight or more years of related experience
- Experience creating relay settings and logic diagrams
- Proficient in Aspen OneLiner and/or Siemens CAPE for coordination studies and fault analysis
- Experience developing relay settings for microprocessor relays, including SEL, Alstom, GE, ABB, and others
- Experience with both transmission line relays (line differential, step distance, and pilot schemes) and substation relays (capacitors, transformers, and buses)
- Experience implementing control and protection schemes, including interpreting schematics and wiring diagrams and preparing relay logic
- Familiarity with PTC Mathcad software
- Previous Quality Assurance/Quality Control experience
- Experience preparing technical reports
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for interfacing with clients and staff
- Strong engineering and interpersonal skills with high attention to detail
Global Edge Group LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Edge Group, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need