Protection and Commissioning Engineer - SPN

Overview

Commission, test, and ensure safety of substation equipment across SPN network

Key Responsibilities

• commissioning testing
• design support
• safety management
• protection settings
• fault diagnosis
• energisation planning

Tasks

As the Protection and Commissioning Engineer, your responsibilities will include planning and performing commissioning testing of all types of substation equipment, providing design and standards support, and witnessing manufacturers’ commissioning tests to ensure quality assurance and compliance. You will ensure safety management is prioritised throughout all areas, promoting our zero harm philosophy. Your expertise will guide the programme of commissioning, plant acceptance testing, and safe energisation, delivering successful project completion for both internal and external customers. Developing and agreeing commissioning plans, you will set standards and ensure thorough testing of new schemes, while collaborating with in-house, contractor, and supplier experts to evaluate designs, reduce risk, and optimise solutions. You will be responsible for checking and applying software programmable logic and settings to protection schemes, diagnosing problems, proposing modifications, and developing permanent solutions when maloperations occur—even under tight timescales. Your influence will extend to network control, planning and authorising safe energisation, minimising customer interruptions, and ensuring all test records and relay settings are accurately maintained.

Requirements

• engineering degree
• hnc/hnd
• authorised person
• commissioning
• problem solving
• it skills

What You Bring

To thrive in this role, you will hold a relevant engineering degree or a Higher National HNC/HND qualification. Network operational experience as an Authorised Person (AP), particularly as a commissioning engineer, is desirable. Your technical understanding and practical engineering sense will be essential for logical problem-solving, and IT skills will support you in interacting with modern relay schemes and interpreting complex results. Your work will be largely site-based, both outdoors and indoors, often requiring flexible hours to minimise customer disruptions, with remote managerial supervision and opportunities to contribute to the development of new testing policies and procedures. As the technical authority on site, you’ll make critical decisions on testing and energisation, influencing the prioritisation and planning of work to meet customer and programme demands.

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Benefits

Picture yourself working alongside dedicated professionals, reporting to the Lead Protection and Commissioning Engineer, and playing a pivotal role in commissioning and testing substation equipment at all voltage levels. You'll not only earn a competitive salary of £80,557, but also enjoy a car allowance, a 3% bonus.

About Uk Power Networks

-It has built resilience through landmark innovation—funded by Ofgem—for projects like Low Carbon London and Flexible Plug & Play, pioneering smart grid integration. -The company architected and maintains private networks serving Heathrow, Stansted, London Underground and Canary Wharf, showcasing its aptitude in high-stakes infrastructure. -Its rollout of pole-support trusses and smart connection portals highlights a knack for clever engineering that minimizes disruption while boosting reliability. -From carrying legacy cables to orchestrating EV infrastructure and hydrogen experimentation, its story is one of transforming traditional power delivery for modern demands.

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