Protection & Control Design Engineer -Ready to play a key role in delivering the UK's critical power infrastructure and energy transition projects?
Our Client has a requirement for a Protection & Control Design Engineer, who will be required to work on a contract basis in one of their offices across the UK.
Role Purpose
- Deliver Protection & Control (P&C) design solutions for high-voltage transmission and renewable energy projects.
- Support FEED and detailed design activities across substation, transmission, and energy infrastructure schemes.
- Ensure designs meet applicable industry standards, safety requirements, and client specifications.
- Contribute to the successful delivery of multiple projects while maintaining quality, programme, and budget requirements.
Job Role Responsibilities
- Undertake FEED and detailed design activities for Protection & Control systems across transmission and renewable energy projects.
- Develop interface designs, protection schemes, control philosophies, and settings coordination documentation.
- Produce and review design deliverables, ensuring compliance with project requirements and quality standards.
- Support the preparation of technical documentation, reports, bids, and client submissions.
- Participate in design reviews, hazard reviews, and technical assurance activities.
- Identify and manage technical risks and contribute to safe-by-design principles in accordance with CDM requirements.
- Liaise with multidisciplinary engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure coordinated project delivery.
- Undertake site visits and non-intrusive surveys to support design development and project delivery.
- Ensure compliance with relevant industry regulations, standards, and best practice.
- Support project planning and resource coordination across multiple workstreams where required.
Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Chartered Engineer status through the IET.
- CDAE and/or LCDAE authorisation.
- Proven experience delivering Protection & Control FEED and detailed design for high-voltage installations from 132kV to 400kV.
- Experience working on National Grid transmission schemes.
- Knowledge of UK transmission and utility design standards and processes.
- Experience across the full project lifecycle from feasibility and concept design through to detailed design.
- Familiarity with Protection & Control systems associated with transmission networks, renewable energy projects, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and HVDC infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of high-voltage AIS and GIS substation design environments.
- Ability to work across multiple projects and manage competing priorities effectively.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience chairing or contributing to technical reviews and engineering assurance activities is advantageous.
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Protection & Control Design Engineer employer: First Recruitment Group
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