Lead Engineer – Transmission System Performance
| Company | Duke Energy |
|---|---|
| Location | Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited program and/or a PE.
- A Master’s degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of the B.S. Engineering degree.
- Eight (8) plus years or more related work experience
- Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE)
Responsibilities
- Participate in rotational on-call duty for fault location and system event analysis support.
- Analyze, investigate, and report relay misoperations and monitor the accuracy of information in the outage management systems (TOMS and iTOA).
- Provide troubleshooting direction for DFRs and P&C relay systems.
- Coordinate with P&C Engineering on design issues discovered during investigations.
- Issue Corrective work orders for equipment and communication repairs.
- Maintain and update the tools and software needed to perform fault location analysis.
- Perform evaluations of new technology and products that are applicable for fault location activities.
- Identify locations for DFR & RTU installations and replacements per NERC requirements and other reliability needs.
- Identify locations for remote fault detectors and sectionalizing switches to improve system reliability.
- Determine the settings and specifications for DFRs and remote fault detectors.
- Identify and prioritize DFR, RTU and P&C equipment installations and replacements.
- Support compliance with all applicable NERC Standards, primarily PRC-002, PRC-004, PRC-016 and all CIP requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of Protection and Control design, relay settings and philosophy.
- Knowledge of Transmission system operating protocols
- Familiarity with NERC PRC-002, PRC-004, and PRC-016 reliability standards
- Knowledge of digital fault recorders (DFRs) and sequence of event recorders including troubleshooting connectivity and communications issues.
- Knowledge of outage reporting tools including iTOA and TOMS, GIS tools, ASPEN, FALLS, and protection and control equipment vendor software tools.
- Ability to collaborate with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
- Good written and oral communication skills.