Principal Engineer - System Protection and Control
About The Position
The Principal Engineer serves as a key technical contributor and advisor who consults with all Telex business units on engineering and other technical activities. The position serves as a technical consultant who utilizes advanced expertise to assess and recommend best practices, process improvements, cost savings, and workplace safety improvements. The Principal Engineer has disciplined specific expertise and industry experience necessary to evaluate project plans, anticipate potential problems and provide solutions for the most complex projects. This position guides and mentors less experienced staff and serves as an advisor to company leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited school is required.
- A registered professional engineering license is required.
- A minimum of twelve (12) years of progressively responsible engineering work experience is required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook and other common business applications is required.
- Proven leadership experience is required.
- A valid driver's license and a good driving record are required.
- A specific engineering discipline may be preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert advice and counsel by utilizing extensive and diversified knowledge of engineering design, principles, practices, and project management.
- Suggest and implement innovative and cost-effective solutions to resolve complex, unique, hazardous, or critical problems.
- Provide technical input and review of internal regulatory compliance documentation.
- Serve as project manager or the technical lead for complex and highly technical projects.
- Provide opinions on issues related to corporate strategy and individual business unit initiatives.
- Develop, foster, and maintain working relationships with manufacturers, vendors, utilities, and consulting firms.
- Mentor project team members and junior staff.
- Attend trade shows, conferences, workshops, seminars, user group meetings, and other educational opportunities on a routine basis.
- Recommend and cost justify engineering projects to improve company and customer operational efficiencies, mitigate reoccurring failures, improve system restoration time, increase equipment longevity, and reduce cost.
- Perform accurate, complete evaluations of engineering alternatives and the identification of the optimal solution for the electric power system.
- Perform root-cause analysis and recommend approaches to mitigate future failures or improve processes.
- Provide direction and technical assistance with digital computer programs and perform analysis as needed including power quality, fault, and system coordination studies, loss evaluations, relay software, relay event analysis, protection asset databases, and arc flash.
- Develop and direct detailed drawings for relaying single lines, secondary protective relay schemes and schematics, low voltage equipment power, and control system connections for generation, transmission, and distribution protection.
- Establish, maintain, and improve relationships with internal and external customers, including monitoring the relationships and initiating actions to improve relationships as needed.
- Collaborate with local, state, and federal government agencies for permits and authorization.
- Exhibit exemplary attendance and punctuality.
- Comply with company policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Performs all work in a safe and timely manner.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
