Associate Engineer, CENG, Protection Support & Analysis

Associate Engineer

The Protection and Controls Engineering department within the Central Engineering organization is looking for a highly motivated associate engineer to join the Protection Support and Analysis section. We seek a candidate who is committed to excellence and understands the importance of personal accountability in making sound business decisions. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, technical competence, and the ability to manage multiple assignments with changing priorities.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide protection-related support to operations, ensuring reliable and secure system performance.
• Analyze relay protection systems, including teleprotection channels, and recommend corrective actions following system events.
• Perform short-circuit calculations and relay coordination studies to maintain system integrity.
• Develop clear and comprehensive documentation on relay protection systems for use by operating personnel.
• Keep supervision informed promptly regarding actual or anticipated issues related to assigned responsibilities.
• Be available periodically on a 24-hour basis to consult with operating teams on relay protection problems and resolve emergencies.

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and 2 years of engineering work experience in the application of relay protection systems at either the distribution or transmission level.

Relevant Work Experience:

• Possess strong technical competence, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Flexibility to manage multiple assignments with shifting priorities and deadlines.
• Proven analytical abilities.
• High regard for personal accountability and a strong commitment to engineering excellence.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with subordinates, colleagues, and various levels of management.
• Computer proficiency including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Licenses and Certifications:

• Driver's license required.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to respond to system emergencies.
• Able to work in all weather conditions, i.e. excessive heat and/or cold.
• Ability to work with, and in, the vicinity of high voltage and/or other high-energy systems.
• Stand, walk, lift, climb, bend, kneel, stoop, and/or reach for the duration of the workday.
• Ability to travel to company locations to work on storm restoration and heat contingencies.
• Wear necessary personal protective equipment (PPE), i.e. fire-retardant clothing and safety harnesses.

Additional Physical Demands:

• The selected candidate will be assigned a system emergency assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to travel both regionally and continent-wide, to attend conferences, meetings, as needed.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Consolidated Edison is an equal opportunity employer and, as such, affirms in policy and practice its commitment to recruit, hire, train, and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, citizenship, eligible veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law. Con Edison is a federal contractor subject to VEVRAA and desires to receive priority referrals of protected veterans. To learn about your equal employment opportunity protections as part of the application process please visit http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf Minimum salary: 80000.00 maximum salary: 110000.00 salary unit: yearly.