Protection and Control Engineer (Varies)

Tampa Electric Company•Tampa, FL

18d

About The Position

Provides engineering and operations support for substation protection and control. Additionally, provides relay settings consulting and guidance relating to distribution substation protection.

Requirements

Engineer I - Minimum 18 months of experience or 12 months experience with an FE
Engineer II – Minimum 4 years of experience
Senior Engineer – Minimum 8 years of experience and eligibility to become a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida.
Principle Engineer – Minimum 12 years and must be a licensed Professional Engineer.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited program
Eligible to obtain an FE in the State of Florida and must obtain within the first 2 years of employment
Minimum of 2 years of experience in power system engineering and operations.
Must have sound knowledge of or basis to learn protection and control systems to interpret Substation and manufacturer’s drawings and to be able to independently evaluate and modify system designs.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineering License in the State of Florida
The ability to manage individual researcher or staff specialist responsibilities and to conduct, coordinate, and supervise complex engineering studies and reports.
The ability to assist in training, orientation, work assignments and supervision of other employees.

Responsibilities

Consulting with Electric Delivery’s System Security Department, establish protection requirements and operating philosophy and development of relay protection and control schemes consistent with TEC system requirements.
Represent and coordinate the various Substation Engineering projects within Electric Delivery’s Project Management process.
Investigate and evaluate available protection and control devices and provide input into the selection and purchase of materials. Follow up on equipment delivery and assure correct charging to projects. Check manufacturers drawing for accuracy.
Engineering support of operating departments during checkouts, on-call rotations and as required. Provide interpretation of engineering design during the construction phase of project. Obtain feedback from operating personnel during construction phase of project for improvement on subsequent designs.
Development of all protection and control drawings for assigned projects including preliminaries, layout and installation drawings, wiring diagrams, bills of material, nameplate schedules and cable schedules. Prepare and submit work orders and other associated paperwork along with necessary drawings to the operating departments. Support Protection & Control crews during work. Reconciliation of all records, prints, etc. once work is completed. Also includes writing operating and switching instructions.