Protection and Control Project Engineer

July 31, 2025
Urgent

Job Description

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.

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