Lead Protection and Control Project Engineer

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United Kingdom (Remote)

Transmission & Grid

Reference no. 12395

Lead Protection and Control Project Engineer

The role:
Our client have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Protection & Control Project Engineer to join our multi-disciplined engineering team to help develop and deliver an expanding project portfolio to meet our Net Zero targets.

You Will:

Provide protection and control engineering support across multiple projects, by assessing and defining the technical scope requirements during development phases, before evaluating thirdparty detailed designs as the project moves into delivery, predominantly panel and scheme designs.
Configure protection and control equipment according to the application and scheme requirement, including the calculation and preparation of protection settings. Ideally, candidates will be experienced in both scheme design and setting preparation; however, we also welcome applications from individuals with expertise in either area.
Assess and adjudicate thirdparty contractor factory acceptance tests on protection and control equipment for new build and retrofit applications.
Support multidisciplinary project teams in identifying and managing engineering risks and identifying opportunities for the project to excel.
Take responsibility for delivering required outputs to programme and participate in the development of our increasing digital design capabilities and scheme standardisation works.

You have:

A minimum of HNC level qualification in Electrical Engineering.
Demonstrable experience and skills in transmission protection and control application specification, panel and scheme design, as well as the skills to calculate protection settings for implementation.
The ability to demonstrate engineering diligence and the confidence to technically assess problems and critically assess a range of solutions.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to support informed decisionmaking by project and technical leaders.