Substation Protection and Control Engineer
US$83,000 / yr base salary
Posted 2 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
| Base salary | US$83,000 / yr |
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Field of studyElectrical Engineering
Study levelBachelor's
Field of studyEngineering
Study levelMaster's
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Sr. Substation Protection & Control Engineer to join our East Energy team in client office in Binghamton, NY, WSP office in Horseheads, NY. The following locations will be considered: Buffalo, NY, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Portland, ME and Augusta, ME. The candidate will be involved in projects with our Energy Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
WSP brings global expertise in power delivery, power generation, and program management—anchored by the acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc. TRC Companies have now joined WSP, deepening our power practice and expanding our energy advisory and intelligent grid services. We're partnering with clients to shape how energy systems evolve around the world—and we need your help.
As part of our team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.
Your Impact
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Work under mentorship and guidance of the Supervising Engineer.
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The Protection & Control Engineer is responsible for the following functions:
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Perform detailed review of all existing protection schemes present in the subject area to incorporate into new design. Special areas of focus are anti-islanding schemes, generator intertie settings, SPS schemes, etc. (anything outside of normal). Basically, the goal is to ensure that we don’t remove required protections already in place or at least be aware of how things work today before we modify existing schemes.
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Lead overall protection design for all capital projects and define relay protection functionality/scheme in accordance with Client standards
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Review contractor provided relay settings, logic diagrams (including Goose messaging diagrams), and operational descriptions for all capital projects
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Review/perform area relay coordination and determine what level of area coordination is required/needed (based on changes in fault duty and overall system performance due to the project changes)
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Review contractor provided relay settings for all temporary builds and construction sequence steps including mobile settings
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Review/provide input to Owner’s Aspen model changes as required for individual capital projects
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Provide design support during implementation/testing and commissioning of the above the items