Senior Engineer II - System Protection

Basic Purpose

Specifies, selects, and applies protective relaying equipment, determines device settings, and develops protection, control and automation philosophy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Completes relay coordination analyses and determines appropriate settings for large to complex substation projects.

Leads the development of company system protection philosophy; design of protection, control and substation automation schemes, and specify relaying and associated equipment, including automation methodologies and large to complex remedial action schemes.

Performs studies, prepares and provides reports to executive management, internal and external customers, and acts as an expert witness, in legal proceedings, if required.

Applies technical expertise and knowledge in developing state-of-the-art solutions for large to complex protection problems, including the analysis of power system disturbances.

Provides leadership, training and direction to fellow staff members, and provides technical design and project review in the absence of manager.

Represents company in regional forums and work groups as a technical subject matter expert on system protection issues.

Ensures quality control and external customer service on assigned projects by providing construction support and coordination with construction forces and proactively seeking and incorporating customer input.

Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company, including NERC/WECC mandates.

Participates in rotational weekly 24/7 on-call duties and responds to system control center calls for all relay related outages or alarms.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Essential Education, Skills, and Environment Education and Work Experience

Engineering degree from an accredited college/university and 5 years industry experience with a PE license. If no PE license, then 8 years industry experience.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills

Demonstrated knowledge of:

Demonstrated skills such as:

directing the work o f a diverse group of engineers in the absence of the designated manager.

Equipment and Applications

Laptop, Doble power system simulator, Microsoft Office, ASPEN OneLiner and Line Constants Program, ENOSERV Powerbase and RTS, and AutoCAD software.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

General office environment with occasional field work required.

NV Energy is looking for qualified people to join us in one of the premier energy companies in the West. Located in the fastest growing state in the United States, NV Energy provides electricity to 1.3 million customers throughout Nevada as well as a state tourist population exceeding 40 million annually. Among the many communities we serve are Las Vegas, Reno-Sparks, Henderson, Elko and South Lake Tahoe. We also provide natural gas to more than 155,000 citizens in the Reno-Sparks area.

At NV Energy, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. NV Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.