Employment Type: Fixed-term contract (24 months)
Industry: Power Systems / Substation Projects
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Protection & Control Engineer to support a series of capital substation projects. This role is ideal for someone with strong technical depth in protection design, relay coordination, and automation/integration within high-voltage environments.
Key Responsibilities
Protection Engineering
- Review all existing protection schemes (e.g., anti-islanding, generator intertie, SPS) to ensure required protections remain and current functionality is understood before modifying designs.
- Lead protection design in line with internal standards.
- Review contractor relay settings, logic diagrams (incl. GOOSE), and operational descriptions.
- Perform or review area relay coordination based on system performance and fault-duty changes.
- Review relay settings for temporary builds and construction sequencing, including mobile equipment.
- Provide input on system model updates (Aspen) as required.
- Support implementation, testing, commissioning, and ensure protection as-built documentation is properly filed.
- Provide feedback to refine internal technical standards.
Automation & Integration
- Lead automation and integration design for all capital projects.
- Review/design SCADA point indexes, HMI screens/settings, protection settings & basis, and IED data maps.
- Create/review substation-level operational descriptions (HMI and relay front panel).
- Review digital substation maintenance-data point lists.
- Track required licences, firewalls, and key automation/integration deliverables.
- Support implementation, testing, commissioning, and ensure automation coverage for all outage steps (incl. SCADA).
Candidate Requirements
- Strong background in substation Protection & Control.
- Proficiency with relay schemes, coordination, SCADA, IEDs, and protection logic.
- Ability to review contractor packages and provide clear technical direction.
- Solid documentation and communication skills.
Contact Details:
Sustainable Infrastructure Ltd Recruitment Team
