Protection and Control Engineering Specialist - Intern - Military Veterans

Hourly Rate: $29.93/hr
Relocation: No
About Us

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, headquartered in Dallas, is a regulated electricity transmission and distribution business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor (together with its subsidiaries) operates the largest transmission and distribution system in Texas, delivering power to nearly 4 million homes and businesses and operating more than 143,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines in Texas.

Position Summary

As a Protection and Control (P&C) Engineering Specialist Intern, you'll learn and gain hands-on experience installing, testing, troubleshooting, maintaining and analyzing the performance of protection and control equipment, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and associated communication devices while providing leadership and guidance to other P&C Engineering Specialists to ensure proper operation of system protection relaying schemes and SCADA systems to eliminate or limit damage, prevent the spread of system disturbances, reduce the number and duration of customer outages, and to minimize the probability of an ultimate cascading electrical system blackout.

This role is a 3-month internship with the opportunity for conversion thereafter, and full-time placement can be in any of our available service markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Installs protection and control facilities, modifies designs as needed, tests and calibrates protection and SCADA equipment, and provides direction for the technical aspects of substation construction projects in transmission switching stations, load serving substations, generation switchyards, and interconnection facilities with other companies to ensure that the appropriate protection and control facilities are installed safely without adversely affecting electric service.
• Assists in developing testing plans and tests and maintains protective relaying equipment, relaying schemes, associated communication equipment, and SCADA systems to ensure that protection and control facilities operate as designed and to ensure system integrity and the reliable and secure operation of the ERCOT bulk power transmission grid and the power delivery system.
• Monitors and analyzes the performance of the protection and control system, analyzes digital fault recorder information, investigates questionable operations, troubleshoots and repairs the protection and control system, and recommends programmatic solutions as needed to ensure system integrity and the reliable and secure operation of the ERCOT bulk power transmission grid and the power delivery system.
• Develops written procedures for use by P&C Engineering Specialists and craft personnel to help ensure that construction and maintenance activities are conducted safely without unnecessary system exposure, customer interruption, or facility interruption.
• Assists in providing technical direction to the transmission work center in areas such as system operations, breaker and regulator control systems, system fault analysis and fault location, and mobile equipment installation to help ensure the safe reliable operation of the transmission system.
• Provides technical direction and performs emergency protection system modifications and high voltage switching to restore electrical service without unsafely exposing the electrical system.
• Actively participate in personal technical development.

• Candidates should thoroughly demonstrate proficiency in electrical/electronic theory and computer hardware/software skills.
• Candidates should have demonstrated leadership abilities with strong commitment to discipline, attention to detail, and ability to thrive in high-stakes environments.
• Strong communication skills, including technical writing and oral communication.
• Demonstrated ability to complete tasks and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Must be flexible, have organizational skills, and multi-tasking skills to handle diverse types of work.
• Must effectively communicate across disciplines and functions to achieve common goals and company business purposes.
• Excellent communication and team-building skills for effective relationships with internal and external customers.

• Up to 25%

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent required.
• Will consider candidates with a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology or a similar technical field.
• Will consider candidates with completion of Navy Nuclear EMN (Electrician's Mates, Nuclear) or ETM (Electronics Technician's Mate) program and honorable discharge.