Power System Protection Electrical Engineer  

1) Plans layout and oversees maintenance of protection equipment of an electric power distribution system to minimize interruption to service and danger to lives and equipment from abnormalities, such as overload, no load, and short circuits: Studies drawings of power system and makes complex calculations to determine type, number, location, and correlation of protectors, such as relays, circuit breakers, fuses, and grounding devices.

2) Plans adjustments and additions to protective system necessitated by increased demands in development of new residential areas and unusual requirements of heavy industry.

3) Coordinates testing, repair, and installation of equipment.

4) Studies new developments to determine suitability of their application to protection system.

5) May program and direct computer analyses of system operating characteristics, such as power flow under normal and short-circuit conditions, system stability, and voltage and load limitations to obtain data used for such purposes as timing major system changes and additions, and analyzing interconnecting system problems.

6) May be designated according to specialization as Grounding Engineer; Relay Engineer

• Experience in electrical engineering (protection, relay) atleast 5 years
• Licensed electrical engineer'

• Experience in

  Current and voltage transformers to step down the high voltages and currents of the electrical power system to convenient levels for the relays to deal with

  Protective relays to sense the fault and initiate a trip, or disconnection, order

  Circuit breakers or RCDs to open/close the system based on relay and autorecloser commands

  Batteries to provide power in case of power disconnection in the system

  Communication channels to allow analysis of current and voltage at remote terminals of a line and to allow remote tripping of equipment.