Principal Protection and Control Engineer

Description

• Contribute to feasibility studies for transmission
• Bring large power infrastructural plans from concept to delivery stage
• Produce tender specifications for Protection and Control (P&C)
• Work on client transmission and distribution installations
• Advise on commissioning stage of projects
• Check commissioning documentation
• Develop integration of renewable energy sources
• Ensure security of electricity supply
• Develop innovative solutions for power transmission grid systems
• Check detailed design drawings
• Calculate protection settings using fault study results
• Produce detailed design drawings for Protection and Control schemes
• Carry out fault studies for transmission projects
• Check fault studies and protection setting results

Requirements

• Desirable:Qualifications to National Grid TP141 qualified Commissioning Engineer / Officer.
• Experience in North American Protection standards and practices
• Qualified to degree level and will ideally be, or working towards Chartered Engineer status
• Configure relays
• Good working knowledge of HV equipmentExperience in Protection systems using IEC61850 protocol
• Knowledge of relay designs and have experience of UK practices as well as experience of working on international projects
• Excellent communications skills
• UK Transmission & Distribution experience
• Extensive Protection and Control experience in an Electrical Engineering role
• The successful candidate will be expected to achieve design authorisation from UK’s National Grid and authorisation as a ‘person’ under UK electrical utilities safety rules.

Benefits

• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• Work on diverse, industry-leading projects
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance