Protection and Control Project Engineer

Job Title: Protection and Control Engineer

Rate of pay: £950 per day via PAYE Umbrella (Inside IR35)

Location: Hyrbid working at either Glasgw, Perth, Inverness. Can be flexible to include remote working for those based away from Office locations

Length of contract: 6 months initial

About the role

SSEN Transmission is currently recruiting for an experienced Protection & Control Project Engineer to provide technical support across our growing portfolio of projects

Key Responsibilities:

- Assess and define the technical scope of protection and control requirements for new build substations and modifications to existing.

- Prepare outline scheme designs, key line diagrams, protection setting calculations and setting files for relays, and support the implementation of IEC61850 solutions.

- Review third-party contractor/consultant detailed designs and witness FAT, as well as provide support for field teams to ensure quality of installations.

- Evaluate tenders and procure/manage specialist services from consultants.

- Support multi-disciplinary project teams in identifying and managing engineering risks and identifying opportunities for the project to excel.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

- Qualified to a minimum of HND level in Electrical Engineering.

- Demonstrable technical skills in Transmission protection and control specification and scheme design, as well as the skills to calculate protection settings for implementation.

- Confidence to technically assess engineering problems and critically assess a range of technical solutions.

- Good communication skills, with the ability to demonstrate diligence and prioritise tasks, as well as a thorough understanding of relevant legislation, including CDM and ESQCR, and the implications of this for Transmission network management.

- Ideally, candidates should be Chartered Engineers or working towards this.

- Ideally, experience with Protection & Control Engineering on UK projects.