Description
WSP is seeking a High Voltage Power Systems Engineer for their Denver, CO office. The successful applicant will perform services related to electrical studies, SCADA, and system protection. They will be part of the ESSP (Electrical Studies, SCADA & Protection) Team.
Responsibilities:
- Perform electrical studies, SCADA, and system protection services
- Support a broad range of activities or specialize in a specific area
- Protective Relaying: short circuit and symmetrical component analysis, time-current coordination, protection scheme and criteria development, relay settings calculation, integration with SCADA systems, NERC compliance, and arc flash analysis
- Power System Planning Studies: steady-state real and reactive power flow including outage contingencies, generation interconnect feasibility, P-V and Q-V analysis for voltage stability margins, dynamic stability performance
- Design Studies: substation grounding, corona, electric and magnetic fields, insulation coordination, transient simulation, power quality
- Networking and Communications: design and configure network and communication paths for Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), protective relays, meters, Human Machine Interface (HMIs), PLC’s and other SCADA system equipment
- Logic and Control Systems: develop and implement logic and control schemes for remote and local operation of power system equipment
- Write technical reports summarizing analysis with findings and conclusions
- Assist technical staff and project managers with risk identification and assessment
Requirements:
- BSEE, BSEET, or BSCE degree from an ABET-accredited university
- 3-5 years of industry experience performing design or device configuration in technical disciplines
- Knowledge of electrical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and application to permitting and project work-related issues
- Analytical mindset with ability to exercise sound judgement
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Power system courses covering topics such as three-phase power, load flow and reactive compensation, protective relaying, symmetrical components, transmission line theory, power system transients, dynamic stability, and power system electromagnetics
- Internships and experience in technical areas and software listed in the Job Description section
- Engineer In Training (EIT) certification
- Experience in mentoring others and/or providing technical leadership in customer-focused engineering projects
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Retirement savings
- Paid sick leave
- Paid vacation
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings
Compensation:
- Expected Salary: $88,500/yr - $141,700/yr