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Role description:

Arcadis is currently seeking a highly motivated Protection & Control Relay Engineer to join our Power Delivery team.

Arcadis' Power Delivery group partners with clients to provide comprehensive plans that incorporate all aspects of their projects. You can see this in the work we do for our clients, the opportunities we create for our people, and in our efforts to enhance the communities in which we live and work. We bring together world-class resources and the latest innovative technologies to help define the cities and experiences of tomorrow.

This is a mid-level engineering position with a potential career growth to senior level within the Power Delivery unit of Arcadis. The position requires candidate to work within a multi-disciplinary team for the protection and control design and relay setting of transmission and distribution substation. He/she will participate in substation protection and relay control design and settings at all stages of project development, including concept, pre-feasibility, feasibility, detail design, procurement, and construction. Protection and control relay engineer will have the opportunity to design and perform relay setting of substation and transmission projects for electric utilities and developers at voltages from 12kV up to 500kV. This is an exciting and growing field in the power systems industry and allows candidates to get exposure to how the power generation such as that of renewable energy ties into the electric system. Candidates will be expected to use knowledge of digital logic design, AC and DC circuits to design substation electrical projects.

Role accountabilities:

This position will also coordinate design activities, with design activities undertaken by other engineering disciplines, to maintain project schedules and ensure successful project completion. The Protection & Control Relay Engineer may take on project management roles, coordinating the activities of substation electrical, RTU/SCADA/Telecom, civil, structural and other engineering and non-engineering disciplines. Protection and Control Relay engineer will also participate in the preparation of project estimates, engineering estimates and proposals, and client engagement and activities.

This position is accountable to provide design activities in accordance with all applicable codes and standards, including all of Arcadis's policies and procedures, such as Safety, Environmental, Quality Assurance and Quality Control. The incumbent will also work closely with other Power Delivery departments, including the Substation Engineering, Transmission Engineering, RTU/SCADA/Automation, Distribution and EV Technology and the Renewables teams, as well as with other Arcadis divisions on related Protection and Control Relay design & settings and power sector master plans.

• Works within a multi-discipline team to develop and/or review efficient and reliable electrical design packages for medium and high voltage substations.
• Performs design studies and demonstrate a good working knowledge of relay protections involving logic diagrams, calculations report, relay and coordination studies, power system calculations, including short circuit calculation, and ratio selection, over-current element coordination, zone-distance element selection, and relay load ability calculation.
• Assist project manager to develop scope of work and conceptual design for the projects.
• Coordinates design activities to maintain project schedules, budget, quality requirements to ensure successful project completion While delivering accurate and thorough electrical designs that will meet industry standard specifications and meet prudent engineering practices.
• Maintains complete project documentation with respect to relay settings, engineering studies and calculations, all design packages, as-built requirements and return data information.
• Responsible for design and relay setting of protection schemes for all kinds of T& D substations, Industrial, Solar and Wind, BESS applications.
• Perform power system load flow studies, fault studies, relay setting coordination, transient studies, drawings, specifications, and perform condition assessments and feasibility studies.
• Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to SCADA engineers, substation physical engineers, and control design staff in order to fully develop system integration of protection, control, and monitoring systems. Work with team to meet project specifications, cost control, and schedule objectives. Resolving site queries, attending site meetings, and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects.

We are seeking an individual with a strong team player mindset and excellent communication skills to join our team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to collaborate effectively with colleagues. Additionally, this position may involve travel of up to 25% to client sites and customer meetings, both within North America and potentially internationally.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience focused on the development of protection philosophies, and relay settings development.
• Experience in relay setting calculations and coordination of Intelligent Electronic Devices and Numerical Relays.
• Experience with CAPE or equivalent software program (AcSELerator, ASPEN)

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD& D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $70800 - $122130.

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