Job Title:  Relay Engineer I

Posting Date: September 11, 2024

All levels of experience will be considered.  Job and pay grade will be determined by the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.

KAMO Power, located in Vinita, Oklahoma is in search of a Relay Engineer I.  This position will report to KAMO’s Vinita, Oklahoma headquarters.  KAMO offers an exceptional compensation and benefits package including 100% paid employee medical coverage and employer base contribution 401K plan.

This position will apply engineering techniques for substation relaying and metering design, NERC compliance, miss operations, reviews and even analysis, communication equipment configuration and system protection with close supervision by manager, including assignments, techniques and procedures. Assist in developing SCADA system point’s list. Assist with on-site substation checkout and technical support and basic financial analysis of design projects.

Ideal candidates will have basic knowledge of substation relaying and metering design, AutoCAD, SEL software, Aspen software, SEL relays, SEL RTAC communication processors, relay event analysis, relay settings, SEL relay logic, SCADA systems point list development, system protection theory and protection equipment testing methods.  Basic knowledge of substation components such as protective relays, revenue meters, communications processors, schematics, wiring diagrams, metering, power transformers, potential transformers, relaying and metering current transformers, circuit breakers, circuit switchers, capacitor banks, wave traps, reactors and transmission lines. 

A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from an Accreditation Board for Engineers and Technology (ABET) accredited school, with one (1) year of experience in substation relaying and metering design is preferred. 

About KAMO Electric Cooperative

KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc. (KAMO Power), with headquarters in Vinita, Oklahoma is a Generation and Transmission (G&T) cooperative formed in 1941. KAMO has work locations in Vinita, Muskogee, Cleveland and Stillwater, Oklahoma; and in Spokane, El Dorado Springs and Neosho, Missouri. Owned by 17 member distribution rural electric cooperatives in northeast Oklahoma and southwest Missouri, KAMO serves the needs of its members by providing safe, low-cost, and reliable power and telecommunications services. KAMO is a member-owner of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., (AECI) who provides the electric capacity and energy needs for KAMO and five other G&Ts in Missouri. KAMO's annual sales exceed 7 million megawatt-hours, representing over 300,000 member-owners. As a non-profit rural electric cooperative, revenues from sales are used to cover KAMO's expenses; revenues exceeding costs are credited back to the 17 member-owners in the form of patronage capital.

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