Senior Protection Engineer
Job Description:
The Opportunity:Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a professional, innovative and detailed individual for our Senior Protection Engineer position located in Pullman, WA. If you are looking for an opportunity to apply your technical expertise in power protection and assist our industrial and utility customers with solutions on projects and on time delivery, then this position is for you!
There are several Senior Protection Engineer positions for the Pullman Branch of Engineering Services. Join our SEL team if you want the opportunity to apply your expert knowledge and share this expertise in Transmission, Distribution, Generation and Plant System Protection. This division provides high quality, innovative and high value systems and services using SEL technology.
SEL's corporate office is located in Eastern Washington where you''ll enjoy an unmatched quality of life. Enjoy the smaller town life: country space, freedom from traffic, easy access to recreational activities in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests, as well as great schools and universities.Senior Protection EngineerResponsibilities:
* Maintain a high level of technical expertise in electric power system protection.
* Maintain a high level of knowledge of SEL equipment and solutions to electric power system.
* Lead in performing event report analysis, product test schemes, protection scheme design and relay coordination services.
* Prepare and present successful proposals for SEL equipment, services and systems.
* Act as a primary customer contact on technical matters.
* Lead project teams to resolve customer concerns and foster customer satisfaction.
* Complete assigned work within agreed upon schedule and budget at the highest level of quality.
* Lead in training and assisting customers with the installation, commissioning and operation of protection systems, both on-site and from SEL offices.
* Assume Project Management role on assigned projects.
* Follow and improve applicable processes.
* Provide support for other SEL marketing, sales, application engineering and development activities.Qualifications:
* B.S. and/or M.S. in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university
* Over 15 years working knowledge of electrical power systems, protection practices and philosophies
* Detailed knowledge of protective relay or automation applications
* Excellent technical training, speaking and writing skills
* Willing to travel up to 25% both nationally and internationally
* Professional Engineer in any state or territory in the US
* Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
* Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
* Background check results satisfactory to SEL
* Ability to adhere to SEL''s tobacco free workplace policy
* Negative drug test result(s)Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience being a part of project teams
* Electrical utility, consulting or system integrator experience
* Extensive experience in power system modeling and stability studies
* Enjoy mentoring and teaching junior engineersTo Apply For This Position:We ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at www.selinc.com/applynow. If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately.
SEL sends an initial e-mail response to all applicants at time of resume submittal. If you do not receive this communication, please check your SPAM filter and make sure your system is not blocking e-mails from SEL. It is important that you ensure your receipt of this e-mail as SEL may communicate future position updates via e-mail.
SEL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.An Award Winning CompanySchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service. This has enabled us to expand within both the electric utility and industrial markets to include international customers and OEM markets.
SEL earned a spot on the 2012 FORTUNE Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For list. This prestigious ranking celebrates the SEL 100% employee-owned culture as one of the best in the country. SEL has received numerous awards, including the Puget Sound Business Journal's 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State (1999 through 2003, 2010, and 2011), Inc. Magazine's 5005000 Fastest Growing Private Companies (1990, 1991, 2008, 2010, and 2011), the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB) Manufacturing, Workplace, and Community Service Award (1998 through 2010), and the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA).
In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evens Research Company, SEL ranks first in seven performance categories including: technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, price, and relay setting PC software. Since 2006, SEL has also held the elite VPP STAR status certification for outstanding safety and health programs.Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards.Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.
Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to 3000 employees. Ed understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions.
Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide.
Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company's growth.
In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees by giving them stock in the company. All employees earn stock at the same rate. And because only employees can own SEL stock, the stock price is not subject to market volatility. Even when the stock market value has plunged, SEL stock consistently increased in value.
Employee Testimonial Video:SEL employees describe the opportunity and rewards of a career working at a 100% employee owned company!#p/c/9/sMyhbe7Hklo
Benefits:SEL has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for all regular full-time employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment.
