About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Engineering.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

This entry-level Protection & Controls (P&C) engineering position supports design, analysis, and operations for transmission and distribution protection systems. Working with cross-functional teams, you will help ensure safe, reliable electric system operation and support project and outage activities.

• Review and evaluate proposed changes to electric facilities for compatibility with established protection standards and practices.
• Create protection and control system designs that meet client standards.
• Specify materials for new or modified protection and control systems.
• Develop, calculate, and document settings and logic for protective relays, logic processors, feeder reclosers, and switches.
• Perform relay coordination and protection studies using fault-simulation and modeling tools.
• Analyze protection system behavior during system disturbances and support event analysis.
• Interface with Planning, Operations, and Field personnel to support planning, operation, maintenance, and restoration efforts.
• Support storm and emergency restoration activities as assigned.
• Manage and perform assigned work activities with training, guidance and oversight from senior engineers and managers.

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Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering required; focus in power systems preferred.
• 0–4 years of related electrical engineering experience (entry level).
• Demonstrated ability to perform basic power-system modeling and protection coordination (academic or internship experience acceptable).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with interdisciplinary teams.
• Willingness to travel to substations, generation facilities, and operating districts as needed.

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Preferred / Helpful Skills

• Familiarity with protective relay settings and logic.
• Experience with fault simulation or power-system analysis software.
• Exposure to substation equipment and protection system hardware.
• Demonstrated problem-solving during outage or restoration events.

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Working Conditions & Expectations

• Primarily office-based with regular visits to substations, generation sites, and field locations.
• May require sitting, standing, walking, and climbing stairs during site visits.
• You will be assigned to emergency restoration responsibilities and may be called to assist outside normal hours during major events.
• This confidential client does not offer immigration-related sponsorship for this position. Applicants requiring visa sponsorship to start employment will not be considered.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary range: $82,800 — $92,000.
• This is a full-time, regular worker position and may be eligible for incentives.
• Competitive total rewards package and benefits (details provided by the confidential client).

Number of Openings: 1

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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