Description:
The Protection and Control (P&C) Engineering Team is accountable for the electrical protection of all NB Power owned Transmission assets and Generation assets connected to NB Power’s Transmission System to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the transmission system.
As part of the P&C Engineering team, the Engineer I-IV is responsible to design, program, commission, and maintain P&C Systems. In addition to these contributions, the position will be required to provide technical support to field staff such as the P&C Technicians and to the NB Transmission System Operator.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Design, program, and commission P&C systems using the latest NB Power standards. The design aspect will require the incumbent to work closely with NB Power’s CAD department to develop AC/DC and logic schematics. All new P&C schemes utilizes intelligent electronic devices which requires the development of setting files and supporting documentation. Finally, when the new P&C Scheme has been installed and the P&C Technicians are commissioning it, the P&C Engineer is expected to provide technical support until the protection has been placed into service.
- Conduct short circuit fault studies to aid in designs for the P&C Team and other internal teams, as well as for external customers, e.g. industrial customers. Fault levels are very important to a P&C Engineer, so having accurate models to simulate faults on the Transmission will dictate how protection settings will be developed. These short circuit fault study results are also important to the Distribution Engineers and consultants utilized by our industrial customers to ensure their respective protections schemes are set correctly.
- Provide technical support to the field staff, such as the P&C Technicians, during commissioning and maintenance activities. The P&C Technicians rely on P&C Engineering as technical experts, and it is expected that when issues arise in the field that the engineer can solve them in a timely manner. Issues that could arise include deciding what to do when a protection device fails, or simply discuss options for equipment outages so that the protection scheme can be tested.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BScEE) OR
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MScE) OR
- Master of Electrical Engineering (MEng)
- Professional Engineer designation
- Five (5) years experience of P&C design and settings calculations
- Experience with SEL and GE-UR Protection Devices
- Experience with IEC-61850
- Experience with DNP3
- Experience with the Microsoft Suite of products (Word, Excel, Visio etc.)
- Valid Class 5 Drivers License