Arizona G&T Cooperatives is seeking candidates for the position of Protective Relay & Automation Engineer I, II or III. This position is responsible and accountable for the proper and safe setting, integration and operation of power substations protective relaying, control schemes, automation and communication equipment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Perform short circuit and coordination studies within power delivery system, other utilities and member coop systems.
• Manage short circuit/coordination and relay database software.
• Manage an in-house relay committee, consisting of members from Operations and Maintenance, to review and approve all relay applications and settings, evaluate new products and review system outages for proper relay operations.
• Continue the system review effort to improve the reliability of the system to minimize relay miss-operation.
• Provide engineering support to maintenance craft personnel and System Operations in optimizing the operation of the power delivery system.
• Provide technical support to substation engineering group regarding relay protection design.

Minimum requirements are Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Option preferable) and 1 plus years’ experience in power system troubleshooting and design. Effective computer skills including word processing and spreadsheets is also needed. Candidates should have effective oral and written communication skills. Desirable knowledge or familiarity with the following is also a plus:

• Utility protective relaying application, control scheme design, electrical apparatus testing, relay testing, meter testing and substation automation/integration
• Knowledge of relaying and substation automation/integration communications
• Knowledge of ASPEN OneLiner (short circuit/coordination) and ASPEN Relay Database software

About Arizona G&T Cooperatives

We are Member-owned, not-for-profit electric generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives. Working together, our employees fulfill the joint mission of providing reliable, affordable power to electric coops across the Southwest. Arizona G&T Cooperatives provide power to more than 160,000 electric meters and 400,000 people in Arizona, California and New Mexico through six Class A Member distribution cooperatives. One of 63 G&T electric coops in the nation, we own and operate Apache Generating Station near Cochise, east of Benson. The plant has a combined gross generating capacity of 605 megawatts. We also purchase power to meet member energy needs during peak summer energy use. Our transmission system operates and maintains more than 622 miles of electric power transmission line and 27 substations reaching out from our Apache Generating Station, across Arizona to the northwestern corner of the state. We also operate more than 30 telecommunications towers used for phone and data relay services by our member cooperatives and customers.

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