Description
Are you a technical expert in protection systems and control schemes? Want to work on critical HV infrastructure projects that power homes and businesses across the UK? We’re looking for a Senior Protection and Control Engineer to join our growing team delivering HV and EHV substation designs within a large-scale DNO framework.
Department: OCU Design
Location: Ruislip
Key Responsibilities
- Design Development - Prepare and review protection and control designs including single-line diagrams, protection schematics, wiring diagrams, and control philosophies.
- Standards Compliance - Ensure all designs align with DNO requirements, national standards and project specifications.
- Coordination - Work collaboratively with primary electrical designers, civil designers, and control system specialists to ensure integrated solutions.
- Settings & Calculations - Undertake protection studies, fault level assessments, and configuration of protection settings for approval by the DNO.
- Technical Assurance - Provide technical oversight to ensure robust, safe, and operable protection and control systems are delivered.
- Review & Handover - Support design reviews and commissioning stages, ensuring protection schemes perform as intended and documentation is complete.
- Consultant Management - Oversee third-party designers and review protection and control deliverables produced by sub-consultants.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical or electronic engineering (or equivalent).
- Proven experience in protection and control design for HV and EHV substations, ideally in a DNO or ICP environment.
- Sound knowledge of relays, SCADA, RTUs, and communication protocols.
- Experience performing relay settings calculations, coordination studies and using relevant software tools.
Skills
- Strong understanding of high‑voltage system protection principles and safety considerations.
- Clear communicator with the ability to explain complex control systems to non‑specialists.
- Attention to detail in producing and checking protection schematics and logic diagrams.
- Able to work independently and collaboratively in a multi‑disciplinary team environment.
- Capable of managing time and priorities effectively in a fast‑paced delivery setting.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process, by emailing recruitment@ocugroup.com.
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