Employment Type: Fixed-term contract (24 months)

Industry: Power Systems / Substation Projects

We're seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to support major substation projects on a long-term fixed-term contract. This role is fully remote with occasional travel as required.

Key Responsibilities

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Review existing substation protection schemes and incorporate them into updated designs (including anti-islanding, generator intertie settings, SPS, and other non-standard schemes).

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Lead protection design for capital projects and define relay protection functions and schemes.

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Review contractor relay settings, logic diagrams (including IEC 61850 / GOOSE messaging), and operational descriptions.

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Perform or review relay coordination studies and assess required levels of system coordination based on changes in fault duty or system performance.

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Review relay settings for temporary builds, mobile units, and staged construction sequences.

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Provide input to system modelling tools (e.g., ASPEN OneLiner) for protection-related updates.

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Support implementation, testing, and commissioning of protection and automation systems.

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Provide feedback and recommendations to improve internal protection and design standards.

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Ensure all as-built documentation is captured and stored correctly.

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Lead automation and integration design at substation level, including SCADA point lists, HMI screens/settings, and IED data mapping.

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Prepare substation operational descriptions (HMI operation, relay front-panel behaviour, etc.).

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Review digital substation maintenance data point lists.

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Track required licences, firewall access, and key automation/integration deliverables for project execution.

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Conduct constructability reviews to ensure adequate protection, automation, and SCADA coverage for all outage steps.

Key Requirements

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Strong experience in substation protection & control engineering.

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Knowledge of relay protection systems and settings.

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Familiarity with IEC 61850, GOOSE messaging, digital substations.

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Experience with fault studies / coordination studies (e.g., ASPEN, ETAP).

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Understanding of SCADA, HMI, and substation automation systems.

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Experience reviewing or delivering contractor design packages.

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Ability to support commissioning and testing activities