Lead P&C Engineer

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Job Description Summary
The Lead Protection & Control Engineer works on T&D substations for AC, HVDC and FACTS projects with designers, peer engineers & leaders. The engineer is responsible to define, design, coordinate all technical aspects of HV / EHV substation protection & control and oversee technical plant integration and optimization at project level considering safety, quality, schedule and cost criteria. The engineer should have great attention to detail with a can-do attitude & customer responsiveness. The Lead Protection & Control Engineer may be identified as project engineer for small to medium size project, which are highly secondary engineering focused. The engineer shall continuously update themselves with new technology and have a mindset of continuous learning, consistent with grid transition needs. Responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline. Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Ultimately be responsible for design of protection schemes for all kinds of T&D substations, Data Centers, Industrial, BESS applications including one-lines, three-lines, AC / DC schematics, and relay settings.
• Lead a local or remote design team to develop panel and interconnect wiring as well as panel layouts and elevations
• Evaluate the interoperability, control features, and communication / protocol aspects of IED's serving as protection relays to provide an integrated solution including SCADA, Cyber Security and Telecom needs.
• Be familiar with IEC 61850 process and system bus architecture and its implementation for substations
• Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to SCADA engineers, substation physical engineers, and control design staff in order to fully develop system integration of protection, control, and monitoring systems. Work with team to meet project specifications, cost control, and schedule objectives
• Interface with internal and external team members such as Lead engineers, Project Engineers, Electrical Designers, Physical Designers, Draftsmen, Project managers, Sourcing, and support organizations
• Review power system load flow studies, fault studies, relay setting coordination, and transient studies performed by other agencies
• Train end-users on the theory, operational use, and maintenance of integrated protection and control systems
• Lead or support factory acceptance testing and site testing & commissioning
• Develop outage, cut-over, and testing procedures
• Define processes, procedures, perform RCA's (Root Cause Analysis), perform corrective actions, and validate process control. Support quality initiatives including aspects of ISO9002
• Work on development of proposals including: writing and/or reviewing technical specifications, estimating design man-hours and materials, supporting sourcing for vendor quotations, and the development of clarifications and exceptions as well as technical responses and performing technical validation.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors of acting with humility, lead with transparency and deliver with focus

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum 7 years' experience in engineering.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in protection and controls engineering for substations or power generation.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time, including international, for meetings and on-site commissioning tests for customer installations and comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies

• P.E. License or EIT with willingness to pursue and acquire P.E certification or P.Eng or willingness to acquire certification.
• Extensive experience in protective relaying coordination and practices.
• Good understanding of circuit breakers, fuses, circuit switchers, transformers, shunt reactors, cap banks, harmonic filters, HVDC and FACTS systems used in the control of power flow, detection and isolation of power system faults.
• Fluent in English. Strong influencing and relationship building skills. Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to succinctly communicate complex messages.
• Experience in technical problem solving. Mastering of sec engineering discipline (process, tools and technical aspects)
• Demonstrates ownership and accountability, judgment and decision making and has passion for the functional role.

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Illinois is in the Midwest region (East North Central division) and has 12,694,798 residents (the 6th largest of the 50 states and DC by population), with a median age of 39.0. Its economy produced about $1,278,987 million in the latest four quarters (BEA), 5th among states and DC, equal to $100,749 per resident.

Jobs and the labour market

The unemployment rate was 4.6% in 2026M09, which is 41st lowest of 51 (1st is the lowest). Employers had job openings equal to 3.3% of employment, 47th highest of 51, a measure of how hard it is to hire. The median wage across all occupations is $51,960 a year ($24.98 an hour), about the same as the national median ($51,960 against $50,980).

What people do and what it pays

The occupations with the most jobs in Illinois are Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (195,390 jobs, median $40,550); General and Operations Managers (171,300 jobs, median $103,570); Cashiers (139,630 jobs, median $34,490); Registered Nurses (138,910 jobs, median $95,990); Home Health and Personal Care Aides (134,100 jobs, median $38,060). Among occupations with at least 2,000 jobs, the best paid are Chief Executives (median $331,920); Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers (median $293,490); Computer and Information Systems Managers (median $171,730). Compared with the nation, the state is most specialised in production (1.2 times the national share of workers) and management (1.2 times the national share of workers).

Cost of living, taxes and workplace rules

Prices are below the national average in Illinois: the regional price parity is 100.0 against 100 for the whole country (33rd lowest of 51). Median gross rent is $1,274 a month and the median household income $83,390, so a year of rent equals 18.3% of income; the median home value is $263,300. The state minimum wage is $15.00 (the higher of state and federal rates applies to most workers). State income tax on wages: Flat 4.95%. It is not a right-to-work state, so union contracts can require fees from covered workers. It has no state paid family and medical leave programme in our source.

People and commuting

14.8% of residents were born abroad and 37.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Among workers, 65.8% drive alone, 5.8% use public transit and 15.9% work from home; 19.7% commute 45 minutes or more.

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