Job Overview
As a Senior Protection Engineer – Distribution, you will lead the application and integration of Beckwith Electric’s protection, automation, and control solutions across distribution substations, feeders, transformers, and DER interconnections. Collaborating closely with engineering, sales, and product management, you’ll help design, test, and commission advanced distribution grid solutions that safeguard and optimize critical infrastructure.
This role requires cross-functional coordination across sales, engineering, and production teams to deliver tailored solutions that meet customer needs from concept to commissioning.
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A Day In The Life
Technical Leadership:
Design and develop protection, automation, and control solutions with Beckwith IED’s for both greenfield and brownfield distribution substation and feeder applications.
Lead Beckwith product approval process with electric utility customers via proof-of-concept demonstrations, product testing, pilot/field installations and training.
Serve as the technical application lead for product development and enhancement by developing Customer Requirement Documents (CRDs) based on customer feedback (VOC).
Author and present technical papers at industry conferences (e.g., GATech, Distributech, T&D) to reinforce Beckwith’s technical credibility.
Customer Engagement:
Provide expert support for the application, installation, and maintenance of Beckwith products, including: protective relays and recloser/switch/sectionalizer controls.
Support sales teams with technical presentations, proposal development, and RFP responses, especially for strategic accounts and OEMs.
Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for sales and customer engagements.
Lead sales initiatives, training programs, and product commercialization efforts.
Contribute to product success through RFQ reviews, trade show participation, lab testing, pilot commissioning, and issue resolution
What will help you thrive in this role?
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
BS Degree in Electrical Engineering
5+ years of electric utility experience in Substation/Distribution P&C
Proficiency in substation/feeder applications including:
Feeder Protection
Transformer Protection
FLISR/loop schemes working with reclosers, switches & sectionalizers
Field service and commissioning
Experience with technical project management or product approval processes within the electric power industry.
Experience with AutoCAD and other P&C software used for planning/coordination of protective devices is a plus
Exceptional communication skills (written/verbal/presentation/relationship building).
Exceptional organizational, planning and time management skills.
Excellent computer skills using Microsoft Office suite products.
Demonstrated ability to solve practical problems with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to work with and without direct supervision and to supervise others.
TRAVEL:
This position may require travel to customer locations throughout the US approximately 50% of the time
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.
The above summary of position responsibilities and requirements is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.
