The Opportunity:Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a professional, innovative and detailed individual for our Senior Protection Engineer position located in Charlotte, NC. If you are looking for an opportunity to mentor and lead groups of engineers in design and commissioning of system protection projects, then this position is for you! The Senior Protection Engineer position is with the Charlotte Branch of Engineering Services. This division provides high quality, innovative and high value systems and services using SEL technology. Senior Protection EngineerResponsibilities:- Maintain a high level of technical expertise in electric power system protection.
- Maintain a high level of knowledge of SEL equipment and solutions to electric power system.
- Lead in performing event report analysis, product test schemes, protection scheme design and relay coordination services.
- Prepare and present successful proposals for SEL equipment, services and systems.
- Act as a primary customer contact on technical matters.
- Lead project teams to resolve customer concerns and foster customer satisfaction.
- Complete assigned work within agreed upon schedule and budget at the highest level of quality.
- Lead in training and assisting customers with the installation, commissioning and operation of protection systems, both on-site and from SEL offices.
- Assume Project Management role on assigned projects.
- Follow and improve applicable processes.
- Provide support for other SEL marketing, sales, application engineering and development activities.
Qualifications:- B.S. and/or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Over twelve years working knowledge of electrical power systems, protection practices and philosophies
- Detailed knowledge of protective relay applications
- Knowledge in SEL products
- Experience performing fault calculations and calculating relay set points
- Excellent technical training, speaking and writing skills
- Willing to travel nationally and internationally up to 25%
- Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
- Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
- Background check results satisfactory to SEL
- Negative drug test result(s)
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience being a part of project teams
- Electrical utility, consulting or system integrator experience
- Extensive experience in power system modeling and stability studies
- Registered as a Professional Engineer in any state and can be transferred to NC
An Award Winning CompanySchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service, which has enabled us to expand both within the electric utility market and into industrial, international, and OEM markets. In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evans Research Company, SEL ranks first in seven categories of performance including technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, price, and relay setting PC software. SEL provides an excellent work environment and is the recipient of several awards, including one of the “100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State” (Puget Sound Business Journal, 1999 – 2003), “2005 Washington State Manufacturer of the Year” (Association of Washington Businesses, 2005), “Most Innovative Supplier” (Energex, 2002), "Entrepreneur of the Year" (Ernst & Young, 2000), and the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA). Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards.Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to over 1800 employees. Ed understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions. Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide. Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company’s growth. In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees by giving them stock in the company. All employees earn stock at the same rate. And because only employees can own SEL stock, the stock price is not subject to market volatility. Even when the stock market value has plunged, SEL stock consistently increased in value. If you are ready for the challenge and benefits of being part of the SEL team, and you meet the requirements listed above, please apply online at
Apply online *Benefits: SEL has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for all regular full-time employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment. To Apply For This Position:We ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at
Apply online If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately. SEL is an EEO/AA employer, M/F/D/V encouraged to apply.
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