Manager System Protection

Job Number: 905

External Description: Requisition ID:  65702 

Job Function/Category:  Engineering 

Employment Type:  Exempt Full Time 

This is an exciting time to be joining PSEG. Our commitments, which include safety, integrity, customer focus, and diversity & inclusion, are the fabric of our culture and help drive the success of our business. We are fortunate to have an outstanding workforce of diverse and highly skilled talent who move us forward in our operational excellence journey.  PSEG has more than 12,000 employees who are dedicated to the communities we serve and embody our vision: People providing Safe, Reliable, Economic and Greener Energy. Job Summary

Responsible for all aspects of System Protection for the utility. This includes overall protection scheme design, relay setting coordination and ensuring timely completion of work to ensure projects are completed on time and with high quality. Additionally, the Manager of System Protection must ensure a timely response to all system related issues and operating events requiring analysis, and must make sure there is coverage in the group 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Lastly, overall responsibility to ensure maintenance practices of protective relay systems are effective and optimized for both reliability, cost effeciency and compliance.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure completion of accurate and timely relay settings to ensure projects are completed on time. Ensure the development and modification of the Relay I/O guide, relay scheme designs and setting templates as necessary. •Ensure coverage in group to provide operational support for fault analysis, field maintenance support or other division support. Provide event reports as necessary, and support root cause teams as required. •Perform Asset Management function within the group. Ensure maintenance cycles are optimized by analyzing PM and CM costs. Review and modify maintenance practices and intervals as necessary to ensure strong balance considering reliability, security and cost. •Provide leadership, supervise and manage protection team and other protection engineers outside of direct group. Provide additional technical support to other groups within the company (Distributed Energy Resources, Solar, other AMCS technical teams) •Ensure representation for PSE&G on PJM and Reliabilty First Relay subcommittees. Provide support to other PJM subcommittees as necessary. •Work directly with Relay manufacturers on new products, applicability to PSE&G, and existing product advisory issues. •Ensure compliance to various NERC PRC and CIP standards to ensure 100% compliance.

Job Specific Qualifications

Required
•Bachelor of Science in Engineering or BS in other technical degree •10 years of experience working in Power Systems, good knowledge of protection systems •Must have valid drivers license and must be able to provide support for storms at any time. •Must have very good communication skills (both oral and written). •Must be able to explain complex power system issues to management and provide solutions as necessary. •Must have a good understanding of electric utility distribution and transmission operations. •Must have strong knowledge of power systems and system protection, and must have a good understanding of the power system assets.
Desired
•Strong background in system protection engineering. •MSEE or other engineering degree. •Professional Engineering License. •Experience managing a technical team. •Experience working with PJM, any regional entity or ISO.

Minimum Years of Experience

10 years of experience

Education

Bachelors

Certifications

None Noted

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Certain positions at the Company may require you to have access to Part 810-Controlled Information.  Under the law, the Company is limited in who it can share this information with and in certain circumstances it is necessary to obtain specific authorization before the Company can share this information.  Accordingly, if the position does require access to this information, you must complete a 10 CFR Part 810 Export Control Compliance Nationality Request Form, a copy of which will be provided to you by Talent Acquisition if an offer is made.  If there is a need for specific authorization, due to the time it takes to obtain authorization from the government, we will likely not be able to further proceed with an offer.

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Job Number: 65702

Community / Marketing Title: Manager System Protection

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