Protection and Control Designer

The position falls within the Substation Department of the organization. The designer will develop electrical construction drawings for substations. They will mentor lower-level designers.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the latest standards to create drawings for a given project.

• Work with part naming and numbering conventions; and file naming and management protocols.

• Use Vault and ProjectWise for project documentation to track all design modifications and new designs.

• Handle complex projects with minimum supervision.

• Coordinate with people from other departments who are involved in a design project.

• Mentor less experienced designers.

• Check and validate drawings for the project and the drawings of peers and subordinates.

• Will work under the supervision of Professional Engineers.

• Create and modify single line diagrams, three-line diagrams, AC & DC schematics, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, or other equipment schematics such as MOABs, circuit breakers, CCVTs, and panel front views using AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, and MicroStation.

• Design protection schemes that deal with breaker controls, line relaying, bus relaying, and communication internal to the station as well as external to the station.

• Schematic Design, Wiring Diagrams

• AutoCAD and / or MicroStation