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Senior Controls Engineer
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A Power Systems Engineer specializes in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electrical power. They work in the field of electrical engineering but with a specific emphasis on large-scale power systems that provide electricity to homes, businesses, industries, and infrastructure.
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Senior Controls Engineer
Hackettstown, NJ
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- Lead the design and application of low
- and medium-voltage switchgear systems
- Develop and review one-line diagrams, system architectures, and equipment layouts
- Define and validate bus configurations, breaker arrangements, and transfer schemes
- Configure, program, and troubleshoot protective relays (Siemens preferred)
- Support PLC-based transfer logic and control system integration
- Review and approve electrical and mechanical switchgear designs
- Lead Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
- Support and execute commissioning activities, system validation, and troubleshooting
- Review customer specifications and ensure compliance with design requirements
- Provide technical guidance to manufacturing, field service, and project teams
- Serve as the switchgear and power systems SME across engineering and field organizations
- Participate in customer design reviews and technical discussions
- Develop engineering standards, best practices, and technical documentation
- Provide on-call technical support when required
Job Description:
Insight Global is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer- Critical Power for a leading critical infrastructure and power systems organization. This individual will serve as a technical authority for low
- and medium-voltage switchgear systems supporting high-reliability power applications.
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https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.Skills and Requirements Must-Haves:
- 7+ years of experience in switchgear design, application engineering, commissioning, or power systems engineering
- Strong expertise with low-voltage and medium-voltage switchgear systems (480V to 38kV; ideally up to ~69kV)
- Experience designing and supporting switchgear lineups, switchboards, breakers, and transformers
- Deep knowledge of protection relays, protective coordination studies, and short-circuit analysis
- Ability to develop, review, and interpret one-line diagrams, electrical schematics, and equipment layouts
- Experience with transfer schemes, bus configurations, and breaker coordination
- Background supporting projects through design, manufacturing, FAT, SAT, and commissioning
- Strong troubleshooting experience with real-world power systems
- Experience leading technical discussions and serving as a subject matter expert
- Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, field service, and customers
- Ability to pass background checks and comply with drug-free workplace requirements
Plusses:
- Data center critical power experience
- Siemens protective relay experience
- Experience with PLC-controlled transfer schemes
- PLC and SCADA system exposure
- Experience with UL 891 and UL 1558 switchboards
- Knowledge of IEEE, NEC, and UL standards
- Power meters and system monitoring experience
- Power quality analysis and inf12rared inspection experience
- EPLAN experience
- Utility, industrial power, automotive, Caterpillar, or heavy industrial power background
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