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Job Title


Senior Electrical Design Engineer


Company : Vallum Associates


Location : New England, Eastern


Created : 2025-06-19


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Role Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Protection and Control Design Engineer to join our growing power systems team.Read all the information about this opportunity carefully, then use the application button below to send your CV and application.The successful candidate will play a key role in the design and analysis of secondary systems, with a strong focus on power system studies and protection scheme development for transmission and distribution networks.Key Responsibilities: Lead the design and development of protection and control systems for substations (HV/MV/LV).Perform sequence network analysis, load flow, fault level, and harmonic studies using industry-standard software.Calculate and validate protection relay settings and coordination (e.g., distance, differential, overcurrent, earth fault).Develop plug setting calculations and protection philosophies in line with client and regulatory requirements.Design and review schematics, wiring diagrams, logic diagrams, and secondary system layouts.Prepare and review detailed SLDs, protection panel layouts, and interlocking schemes.Ensure compliance with IEC, IEEE, NERC, and local utility standards.Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) when required.Provide technical mentorship and oversight to junior engineers and review deliverables.Liaise with clients, OEMs, and internal teams to ensure accurate and timely delivery of engineering packages.Contribute to proposal writing, estimation, and scoping of new protection design projects.Required Qualifications & Experience: Bachelors degree (or higher) in Electrical or Power Systems Engineering.5 years of experience in P&C engineering within the transmission/distribution sector.Proven expertise in: Protection & Control design Sequence networks and symmetrical components Load flow and short circuit analysis Harmonic studies Relay coordination and plug setting calculations