Senior Protection & Control (P&C) Commissioning Engineer

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Senior Protection & Control (P&C) Commissioning Engineer, you will lead on-site commissioning activities for high-voltage substation projects, ensuring protection, control, and communication systems are tested, integrated, and ready for energization. You will work closely with project managers, engineering teams, construction personnel, and customers to coordinate commissioning schedules, resolve technical issues, and ensure all work meets safety and quality standards. You will also guide commissioning teams, oversee testing activities, and maintain accurate project documentation. Your expertise will help deliver reliable, safe, and efficient substation solutions to our customers.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead the development and execution of commissioning plans, schedules, and procedures for protection and control systems in high-voltage substations.
• Oversee testing and commissioning of protection relays, control panels, SCADA interfaces, metering equipment, communication systems, and other secondary equipment.
• Perform and supervise relay testing, end-to-end testing, functional checks, logic verification, point-to-point testing, and control system validation.
• Lead and mentor commissioning teams while ensuring compliance with Siemens Energy’s Zero Harm safety program, OSHA requirements, and applicable quality standards.
• Coordinate with project managers, OEMs, engineering teams, and customers to resolve technical issues and deliver commissioning milestones on schedule.
• Ensure compliance with applicable IEC, IEEE, NERC, and customer standards while maintaining commissioning reports, setting verification records, non-conformance reports, risk assessments, and as-built documentation.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in protection and control commissioning, including hands-on experience with high-voltage substations.
• Experience testing and commissioning microprocessor-based protection relays, such as SEL, Siemens, GE, or ABB/Hitachi Energy, and familiarity with substation automation systems.
• Ability to interpret single-line diagrams, protection schematics, wiring diagrams, relay logic drawings, and technical test procedures.
• Strong understanding of high-voltage site safety, OSHA requirements, and applicable environmental and industry standards.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure.
• 50% travel
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About the Team

Grid Technologies

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high-voltage switchgear and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With approximately 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one-sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities in a supportive work culture
• Company-paid health and wellness benefits
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Family-building benefits
• Parental leave

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