Lead Engineer

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering
• •Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in the technical, operational, or engineering aspects of the electric utility industry
• •strong background in protection engineering
• •Supervisory experience
• •Supervises the work activities of personnel assigned to the Protection & Controls Engineering – Compliance, Standards & Support section
• •Ensures periodic compliance activities undertaken are in accordance with NERC, NPCC and ISO-NE requirements
• •Support the development of standards and procedures for compliance of the transmission and distribution protections systems in accordance with existing and future NERC, NPCC and ISO-NE requirements
• •Responsible for the initiation, development and revision of company standards and procedures in the development of Protection and Controls designs and relay settings
• •Support the development of standards and procedures for operation and maintenance of the transmission and distribution system
• •Responsible for the evaluation and selection of technology and equipment for the system
• •Supervises the root-cause analysis of disturbance events, development, and implementation of corrective actions
• •Provides technical support and direction to operating areas relative to system priorities, engineering guidelines and operating decisions during normal and emergency situations
• •Manage work activities associated with development, review, and periodic update of control center operating procedures
• •Develops infrastructure strategy, operating philosophy, and technical basis for asset renewal decisions
• •Manage work activities associated with the System Planning group to provide design guidance and protections system performance details necessary for planning studies
• •Support work activities associated with the Interconnections group and Distributed Generation Group to provide design review and guidance for new transmission and distribution interconnection requests
• •Collaborates with other groups within Eversource Engineering to ensure consistency and teamwork
• •Develops employees through performance management, coaching, and as appropriate, rotational assignments
• •Assumes the role of Project Manager, as required
• •Work is performed primarily in an office environment which requires sitting, standing, walking and climbing stairs are involved
• •Job can require traveling to substations, operating districts, and companies within and outside the state
• •Employee may work from home up to two days per week however this is dependent upon adherence to company policies and ability to meet performance goals
• •Responding to emergency situations to meet customers' needs is part of every employee's role
• •If employed, you will be given an Emergency Restoration assignment
• •This position is responsible for supervising, assigning, prioritizing, and directing the work activities of a team of Protection & Controls Engineering personnel to perform activities related to the compliance, standardization and support for protective relays and associated systems for the transmission and distributions system
• •Compliance activities include the assignment, tracking and approval of periodic NERC, NPCC and ISO-NE compliance tasks
• •Standardization activities include the development, review, implementing and rollout of transmission and distribution P&C standard documentation such as design drawings, philosophies and relay setting calculation files
• •The support activities include the delegation and response to protection system operations and system failures, along with appropriate resolutions, to provide support to operations on unplanned maintenance
• •This is a three-state organization and this position may include the supervision, assignment, and prioritization of a team of P&C Engineers located across all regions of Eversource

Desired Qualifications

• •Emphasis in Power Systems is desired
• •Supervisory experience preferred