Senior Engineer, Power Design - P&C Job In New York

MTA Metro-North Railroad, an organization with a vital role in the economy of New York State and Connecticut, is a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the largest transportation authority in the United States. Metro-North is a dynamic organization with a strong focus on customer service, safety, new technologies, and service expansion. With a staff of approximately 5,900 people, Metro-North serves more than one million customers per week over 384 miles of rail that link historic Grand Central Terminal (GCT) in New York City and 120 stations in New York State and Connecticut. Metro-North rewards employee resourcefulness, encourages innovation and offers excellent job opportunities in a challenging and diverse environment.

The Senior Engineer, Power Design – P&C will direct and lead all design and estimating work and develop standards and specifications for Protection and Control (P & C) systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide Power Department's input into the design of all Capital Projects involved with Power Department facilities.
• Direct and manage various simulations and studies performed by third parties pertaining to protective relay coordination and power system reliability.
• Provide design, direction review and diagnostic input to all substation related relay coordination projects.
• Establish, direct and manage various administrative and engineering procedures, and systems to archive, distribute, review and revise electronic files for microprocessor based control systems.
• Provide technical support to field forces on cutover, testing and troubleshooting of various relay protection & control systems.
• Engineering design shall include software changes to microprocessor-based systems currently used within the department (protective relays, PLC's, SCADA & metering).
• Establish standard P&C schemes for various types of systems used in the Electric Traction and Power distribution systems.
• Ensure that all projects, internal, external, capital new or operations in service adhere to same standards through careful design review and comment.
• Develop and implement standards for supervisory control (SCADA) system interface to various power substation and control systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 4 (four) years experience in a traction power or utility related position.
• Strong knowledge of AutoCAD 2009 computer software or comparable.
• Strong knowledge of Load Flow/Fault calculation software (SKM or equivalent).
• Project management skills to develop project scope, progress, schedules and budget. Strong oral presentation and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to resolve complex technical issues.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and/or comparable applications.
• Familiarity with Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, and/or comparable systems.
• Must have valid drivers license.
• Strong planning skills with working knowledge of budget, labor relations and human resources.
• Must be available 24 hours/7 days a week.
• Proficiency in SKM Power Tools Software (Captor, Dapper and Arc Flash Evaluation) preferred.

This is a safety-sensitive position and subject to toxicological testing.

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

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MTA Metro-North Railroad is an Equal Opportunity Employer.