Job Description
Title: Electrical Engineer
Location: Onsite (5 days/week) - Overland Park, KS | Ann Arbor, MI | Bloomington, MN | Dallas, TX | Denver, CO | Houston, TX | Orlando, FL | Phoenix, AZ | Cary, NC | Tualatin, OR
Hire Type: Contract-to-Hire
Shift: Monday–Friday, standard business hours
Compensation: $55-$70/hour
Benefits: As a contract employee of Sterling, you are eligible to receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes paid time off, paid holidays, 3 medical plans to choose from, dental & vision plans, 401(k), and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.
Must have Skill Set: 5+ years of protective relay settings experience, P&C design concepts, and power system modeling software (ASPEN, CAPE, CYME, ETAP, or SKM).
Overview:
A company is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to join our Protective Relay Settings team. In this onsite role, you will focus on power system protection across Transmission, Distribution, and Renewable Collector Substations. You will lead Protection & Control (P&C) design efforts, develop protective relay setting calculations, perform power system modeling, ensure QA/QC compliance, and mentor early-career professionals while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
Job Duties:
- Develop protective relay settings for lines, transformers, breakers, buses, and power system equipment.
- Perform system modeling and calculations using software such as ASPEN, CAPE, CYME, ETAP, SKM, Mathcad, and Excel.
- Review and apply P&C design concepts, including one-lines, three-lines, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
- Apply NERC-PRC and relevant industry standards across protection schemes and philosophies.
- Function in a QA/QC capacity to review deliverables and maintain quality control.
- Lead small projects, manage schedules and budgets, and support proposal development.
- Provide technical guidance, leadership, and training to early-career engineering professionals.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited university program.
- 5–10 years of engineering experience in the Transmission industry.
- Proven experience in protective relay settings development and P&C design.
- Proficiency with power system modeling tools (ASPEN, CAPE, CYME, ETAP, SKM) and Mathcad/Excel.
- Knowledge of communication protocols (DNP, SEL, MMS, Modbus), IEC 61850, and NERC-PRC standards.
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred, but not required.
- Strong written and verbal communication, project leadership, and team collaboration skills.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Dallas, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $55–$70 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Busesunmatched
- Communications Protocolsunmatched
- Consultingunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Electrical Wiringunmatched
- International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC)unmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Power Protectionunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Professional Engineerunmatched
- Project Scheduleunmatched
- Proposal Developmentunmatched
- Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Quality Controlunmatched
- Quality Managementunmatched
- Schedule Developmentunmatched
- Schematicsunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Wireless Multimedia Messaging Serviceunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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