Protection Settings Engineer III
Hybrid – Allentown, PA (Tues - Thurs on site)
REMOTE: (EST or CST only) for CANDIDATES MEETING ALL REQUIREMENTS
Duration: 12 months
CANDIDATE MUST BE FULLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE US WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain protection settings for distribution systems.
• Perform fault studies, coordination studies, and relay setting calculations.
• Configure and develop settings for protective relays including SEL (351, 551, 651, 751, etc.), S&C Tripsavers, and other legacy relay platforms.
• Utilize software tools such as CYMDIST, CAPE, ASPEN, and Powerbase for system modeling and analysis.
• Collaborate with field personnel and other engineering teams to ensure proper implementation of protection schemes.
• Review and interpret system one-line diagrams, protection schemes, and relay logic.
• Support remote commissioning and troubleshooting of protection systems.
• Maintain documentation and records of protection settings and relay configurations.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in distribution protection engineering or related field.
• Proficiency in CYMDIST, CAPE, ASPEN, and Powerbase.
• Strong understanding of protection principles, fault analysis, and coordination.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.
* This is NOT a driving role *
The base pay range for this role is $67.60- $92.86 per hour.
Benefits
MWResource offers medical, dental and vision coverage through Florida Blue, short- and long-term disability coverage, employer paid life insurance, and participation in the MWResource 401K plan for US based consultants.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis until filled.
MWResource does not discriminate based on race, gender, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or anything else that makes you part of any group.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
Candidates will be required to pass a background check and drug screening.
Please note we are not open to outsourcing our recruitment needs.
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MWResource provides our customers with the experienced energy industry experts to assist you with designing, implementing, and maintaining successful critical energy infrastructure systems. MWResource specializes in utility SCADA, Energy Management Systems (EMS) and energy market systems.
MWResource is also helping its other customers in both the US and Canada fill their permanent and project related openings with experienced SCADA, EMS, and energy market systems professionals.
Our company offers a pool of experienced energy industry experts who have worked with data acquisition, plant and grid control, energy markets, settlements and IT technologies used by power generation companies, power cooperatives, municipal utilities, investor owned utilities, and major energy markets.
MWResource experts provide a variety of services including:
- Consulting
- Project Management
- System Design Assistance
- Applications Development
- Database and Display Development and Migration
- System Configuration and Integration
- Systems and Communications Commissioning
- Software Configuration Management
- OSIsoft PI Project Support
- Auditing and Compliance
- Software Quality Assurance
- Training
- Permanent Employee Recruiting
- Temporary Project and Support Staffing
Some of the major systems areas where we have expertise are:
- CIP/Control Center Systems especially Energy Management Systems (EMS) and Distribution Management Systems (DMS)
- SCADA/RTU/Relay communications
- OSI PI Historian
- Power System Modelling and Planning Support
- ISO/RTO market systems
- ISO/RTO settlement and web systems
- Market participant interfaces
- Enterprise Application Integration
