Engineer III or Senior Engineer: Enterprise System Protection & Control Standards - Distribution (PGO DPAC Enterprise Standards & Governance)

Important Application Submission Information In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Sunday, September 27, 2026 More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. This position may be filled at the Engineer III level or one level higher as a Senior Engineer dependent upon the selected candidate's experience.

Summary: The Engineer III position is the advanced level of the Engineering classification hierarchy. Employees in the Engineer III position solve complex problems in engineering areas of specialization with limited supervision. An Engineer III is expected to develop advanced skills, and the ability to work with greater independence. An Engineer III effectively applies fundamental concepts and procedures to work that is progressively complex and varied. This incumbent will act as a System Protection and Control Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the development of protection and control standards and templates for relays controlling reclosers and switchgear, support the development of related enterprise and supporting standards and related artifacts, as a member of the PGO (Power Grid Operations) Distribution System Protection and Control peer team within the DPAC (Distribution Protection Automation Control) Enterprise Standards team.   The position will be focused on development and management of standards for operational technology protective relays, controls, and automation devices.    This includes system protection template development and application guidance for relays and controls.

Development of standards, application guides, and position statements related to system protection & control and automation of reclosers, switchgear, and other distribution protection and control applications Development of protection & control standard settings, logic, and control templates Support the development of control and automation standards related to protective equipment Act as a SME for input into training and work methods-related documentation and artifacts Hands on testing within a relay lab environment, field commissioning, and factory acceptance testing of new and existing concepts, working with switchgear, relays, and control components Integration of various sensing, control, communications, and protection capabilities into technical standard solution systems for Distribution Close working cooperation with peer team lead for PGO Distribution System Protection Team (including overhead and underground systems) and team members within DPAC ES, peers within Equipment and Construction Standards team, stakeholders within PGO Asset Management, and supporting regional Asset Management/DPAC team members Support the development of an enterprise-wide protection and control settings repository    Mentorship and peer leadership with fellow engineers Required/Basic Qualifications - Engineer III Bachelor’s Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program 4 years of minimum required related experience A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of the B.S. Engineering degree. Required/Basic Qualifications - Senior Engineer Graduation from a four-year college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program or state registration as a Professional Engineer. A Master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the B. S. engineering degree. Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience or 5 years of engineering experience with state registration as a Professional Engineer.

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