Local Rotational Graduate - Protection and Control

Location: Rochester, NY

Department: Electric Capital Substation Projects - Protection and Control

Manager: Manager, Projects Unit

Work Type: In Office

The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from $77k-$82k.

Team Description:

The Electric Capital Substation Projects team is responsible for the successful development and execution of high-voltage infrastructure projects. Within this team, the Protection and Control group ensures that substation automation, safety mechanisms, and reliability systems are precisely engineered to respond to grid conditions. This role offers an opportunity to learn critical design, testing, and commissioning practices used throughout AVANGRID’s energy delivery systems.

As a Local Graduate, you will engage with engineers, vendors, and project managers on essential components of control system design, field validation, documentation, and project coordination. You will gain practical experience and technical insight while contributing to strategic capital projects across the state.

Job Summary:

General responsibilities include Assisting engineering teams during conceptual and detailed design phases to ensure adhereance to protection and control requirments, Providing technical input on equipment specifications and contributing to procurement activities involving relays, SCADA systems, and control panels, Supporting the developement and review of technical documentation including wiring diagrams, logic schematics, and commisioning reports, and Participating in field inspections and commisioning activities to verify installation and assist with troubleshooting.
 

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology;

• Less than 2 years of work experience

Rotations:

• Rotation 1 - 9 Months - Integrated Projects RGE

• Rotation 2 - 9 Months - Protection and Control (Process and Technology)

• Rotation 3 - 6 Months - Integrated Projects NYSEG

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions.  This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

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