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Senior Substation Secondary Design Engineer

Job Posted: 14 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Glasgow

Expire in: 13 days

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Protection & Control Engineer to join a leading engineering consultancy delivering complex energy infrastructure projects across the UK transmission and distribution sector.

You will be part of a specialist engineering team working on high-voltage networks, renewable integration and critical national infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of protection and control design activities while supporting the wider transition of the UK energy system.

The Role

As a Senior P&C Engineer, you will be responsible for the delivery and technical development of protection and control systems for transmission projects up to 400kV.

Key responsibilities include:

Designing transmission protection systems up to 400kV 
Reviewing internal and external contractor designs 
Developing tender estimates, deliverables lists and engineering programmes 
Supporting and guiding junior engineers across P&C activities 
Advising on protection design and design change impacts 
Ensuring compliance with CDM regulations and engineering standards 
Applying safe design principles for electrical network operation 
Challenging and improving technical solutions and design assumptions 
Delivering assigned engineering tasks to time, cost and quality requirements 
Undertaking site visits and supporting site-based engineering activities 
Identifying, assessing and managing technical and project risks 
Attending client and project meetings as required 
Supporting coordination across multidisciplinary engineering teams  

About You

You will likely bring:

Strong experience in power system protection design and application 
Experience working at transmission voltage levels up to 400kV (utility, consultancy or OEM environment) 
Proven experience producing protection and control design deliverables 
Ability to calculate relay settings and develop logic files 
Experience producing detailed electrical schematics for substation P&C systems 
Knowledge of protection schemes including busbar, transformer, feeder, reactor and circuit breaker fail protection 
Understanding of SCADA interfaces and protection system integration 
Experience working with IEC 61850 communication protocols 
Experience producing SLDs, KLDs and substation layout drawings 
Knowledge of panel design, cable schedules and associated secondary engineering deliverables 
Experience using protection study tools such as ASPEN, ETAP or DIgSILENT 
Strong collaboration skills across internal and external stakeholders 
Ability to communicate technical issues clearly and effectively  

Desirable Experience

TP141, CDAE or LCDAE authorisation 
Experience with HVDC and FACTS protection systems 
SCADA design experience (e.g. Zenon-Copa-Data)  

What's on Offer

Opportunity to work on major UK transmission and energy transition projects 
Technical ownership of complex protection and control design work 
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements 
Exposure to high-value, nationally significant infrastructure programmes 
Clear development and progression within a specialist engineering team  

This is a strong opportunity for a Senior Protection & Control Engineer looking to take on greater technical responsibility while contributing to the UK's evolving energy infrastructure.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

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