Johnson Service Group (JSG) is a nationally recognized professional staffing and recruiting firm that is currently looking for a degreed Protection & Control Applications Engineer to fill a 6 to 8 month contract position in Forest Park, GA. This is hybrid position with 4 days onsite and 1 day remote. 

JOB DESCRIPTION The primary responsibility of this position will be to support the protective relay settings development of distribution feeder breakers within transmission substations. Due to the considerable capital investment of our distribution system, our team is in need of a dedicated engineering resource to handle the growing list of relay settings change requests. To be more specific about the work, tasks of this role will include, but not be limited to, verifying/updating distribution substation short circuit models in CAPE, populating calculation sheets to solicit feedback from our Distribution engineering team, performing time overcurrent coordination studies of distribution substation power transformers and breakers, and reviewing distribution substation protective relay logic and control drawings.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS The Protection & Control Applications Engineer 1 position requires 0-5 years of related experience and an accredited bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology is preferred Electrical emphasis/discipline is highly preferred An Engineer 1 learns technical concepts and company philosophy under close guidance from others. Focus is primarily on individual projects. Persons in this role must be able to apply basic engineering principles, specifications, policies, and procedures JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Applying standard philosophies and settings to distribution substation capital projects, applying requested settings changes from Distribution Reliability work groups, reviewing distribution substation prints and protection schemes for dependability, reliability, and security, including protection zones and P&C equipment applications, completing power system modeling and fault studies for requests, customer support, and capital projects, managing relay asset information in CAPE and STOMP repositories, completing deliverables that comply with applicable NERC, SERC, and other industry standards.  SKILLSETS and EXPERTISE Introductory engineering knowledge, basic problem-solving skills, limited discretion making independent decisions based on procedure and review with supervisor, basic understanding of business unit software including CAPE, STOMP, and Vault, strong work ethic, positive attitude, and the ability to build effective relationships with field staff, design engineering staff and/or vendors.  DESIRED EXPERIENCE Experience performing protective relay calculations and coordination studies is a plus Experience working with CAPE (Computer Aided Protection Engineering), CYME, ASPEN, EDSA, ETAP or other related power system simulation software programs is a plus Substation protective relay testing experience along with control scheme testing and commissioning experience is a plus Experience in transmission and/or distribution substation operations, distribution engineering, field services engineering, and/or substation control design engineering is a plus For less experienced engineers, electrical engineering courses that will be helpful in this position will include Power System Analysis, Protective Relaying, Control Systems, Electric Machine Theory, and Symmetrical Components
This position may require some bending, lifting, climbing, prolonged sitting, prolonged walking, walking on gravel or crawling when necessary.


JSG offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance options, short-term disability, 401(k), weekly pay, and more. Johnson Service Group (JSG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. JSG provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   #D650