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Staff Electrical Engineer - Protection Applications

Solvenowinc · solvenowinc.com
Kansas CityLead / Manager
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Protection relay electrical engineering.

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29 d ago · posted 2026-10-03
Location
Kansas City, Missouri

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Position may include following assignments: • Executes complex assignments requiring the use of advanced electrical engineering techniques, resulting in the development of new or improved processes, equipment, and/or technological methods. • Develop and evaluate plans for major projects. Assess feasibility or soundness of proposed applications when data is insufficient or testing is advisable. • Coordinate departmental or divisional project studies, reports, or project design assignments. • Responsible for performing power system studies and system protection settings coordination on various projects (up to 500-kV voltage level). • Develop design basis documentation for protective settings and generate native relay configuration files. • Provide technical guidance to the project team, conduct design reviews, and support quality control. • Act as primary contact for both internal and external client-side communication. • Assist project manager to develop scope of work and conceptual design for the projects. • Train, guide, and mentor less experienced engineers. • Support business development and marketing initiatives Qualifications Required Experience: • Requires a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a directly related field plus (3) years of experience in electrical systems studies in the electric utility or industrial power distribution industry. • Will accept a Master's degree plus (2) years of related experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree plus (3) years of related experience. Preferred Experience/Skills: • A Professional Engineer licensure is strongly preferred. • Knowledge of the predominant protection schemes and philosophies that are encountered in Transmission, Distribution and Renewable Collector Substations. • Application of industry standards for the protection of system equipment, including power busses, power transformers, HV/MV circuit breakers, capacitor banks, reactors, transmission lines, and distribution feeders. • Power systems modeling and protective relay coordination analysis using ASPEN OneLiner or Siemens CAPE, ETAP, SKM, CYME software. • Designing calculations, including short circuit calculation, current transformer performance and ratio selection, over-current element coordination, zone-distance element selection and coordination, and relay loadability calculation. • Developing native relay setting files using SEL's AcSELerator/Grid configurator and GE's Enervista and similar vendor software programs. • Providing engineering support with construction and commissioning activities for substations. • Leading multiple engineering teams on engineering design and scope for multiple projects. • Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements as they pertain to electric utility reliability requirements is a plus. • Knowledge of IEC61850 and its implementation is a plus.

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