P&C Compliance Engineer
American Electric Power, Tulsa, OK, seeks P&C Compliance Engineer. Perform compliance activities relating to transmission relay loadability for transmission lines & interconnections to generation plants, ensuring system protection is coordinated among operating entities & in compliance of regional & NERC standards. Develop & contribute to system-wide protection standards as a SME on PRC-025 for the AEP west region.
Requires: BS in ABET* accredited EE program & 5 years experience in P&C engineering that must include 3 years of the following: Station protective settings, including autotransformers, circuit breaker control, distribution transformers, motor operated switches & capacitor banks up to 345kV; Line settings for implementation on microprocessor relays, electromechanical relays & solid-state relays for systems up to 345kV. Settings work to include communication aided schemes, step distance, overcurrent, mutually coupled lines & misoperations & event analysis experience; P&C project scope development for projects ranging from 4.16kV to 345kV; P&C project construction & commissioning support for projects ranging from 4.16kV to 345kV; Developing P&C OneLine Diagrams, schematics, wiring & logic diagrams utilizing MicroStation, AutoCAD, or similar software; & Applying PRC-023 & PRC-001 NERC standards. Alt, MS degree in ABET* accredited EE program & 3 years experience in P&C engineering as specified above is acceptable. *ABET - Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology. Non-ABET accredited degrees in EE must be accompanied by a PE license from any U.S. state or by MS or Ph.D. from a university with an ABET accredited BS program in EE.
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