Design Specialist Elec Dist Protection

• Maintenance of distribution system models and calculation of fault currents necessary to evaluate protection schemes.
• Specification and setting of protective devices for use on the distribution system including substation: fuses, reclosers, overcurrent and reclosing relays; feeder: reclosers, VFIs, fuses and pad-mount switch-fuse units.
• Review of existing feeder and system changes/additions to ensure proper performance under fault conditions and maintenance of acceptable levels of system reliability.
• Analysis of distribution outages and events to aid in system restoration as well as general operations support for planned and emergency reconfiguration issues.
• Participation in the design and application of system restoration schemes including substation auto-changeover and distributed automation.
• Customer substation interface protection device settings approvals.

• The applicant must have:

  • A 2-year associate degree in electrical engineering/electronics technology, OR
  • A minimum of 60 credits of college coursework from an accredited institution, with a minimum of 35 credits in electrical engineering/electronics.

  Official transcripts are required and should be submitted at the time of your application to the assigned HR Associate ; must be attached to application or provided to HR within ten (10) days of the posting closing date. If you do not have your transcripts, please take the necessary steps to be able to provide them prior to being scheduled for any testing.

  AND

  • A valid driver's license and meet the company's requirements for driving
  • This position may require unescorted access to certain critical cyber assets which would require applicants to satisfy all Company and NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Standard 004 security requirements, which includes a background investigation.

TECT Technician Selection System (TECH)-Technician level: Ability to use numerical information presented in drawings, prints, and graphs to solve arithmetic problems, ability to use symbols and codes to locate objects on a map, comprehension of pictured mechanical principles, and the ability to read, apply rules and make decisions based upon written information.

Design Specialist Elec Dist Protection Interview-Competencies are Quality Orientation, Applied Learning, Decision Making, Managing Work, and Adaptability.