Electrical Engineer - Switchgear Design

Vertiv Co; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is seeking an Electrical Engineer for design and application of MV switchgear in Dubai. You will execute detailed engineering, protect relays, and ensure IEC compliance across AIS/GIS up to 36kV. You’ll collaborate with sales and project teams, review client specs, and help during FAT and site queries.

The role emphasizes protection coordination, relay configuration, and application engineering with a focus on quality and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5–10 years in MV switchgear design and protection engineering.
• Proficient with IEC 62271 series and IEC 60255 standards.
• Experience with numerical protection relays and coordination studies.

Responsibilities

• Design and review MV switchgear drawings and interlocking logic.
• Perform busbar sizing, short‑circuit, and thermal calculations.
• Apply IEC standards and engineering templates.
• Configure protection relays and set calculations.
• Develop trip matrices and interlocking logic.
• Support FAT, commissioning and field queries.

Skills

IEC standards

Relay programming

Protection coordination

AutoCAD / EPLAN

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

EPLAN

Job description

Job Description:

Job Title

Electrical Engineer – Design & Application (Medium Voltage Switchgear)

Job Purpose

To execute detailed design and application engineering of Medium Voltage (MV) switchgear, ensuring compliance with IEC standards, accurate protection relay engineering, and timely project delivery.

Key Responsibilities 1. Design & Engineering

• Prepare and review SLDs, GA drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and interlocking logic for MV switchgear (AIS/GIS up to 36kV or company scope).
• Perform busbar sizing, short‑circuit withstand calculations, and thermal considerations.
• Ensure compliance with IEC 62271 series and other applicable IEC standards.
• Support standardization by using approved engineering templates and libraries.
• Protection & Relay Engineering
• Selection and application of numerical protection relays.
• Perform relay setting calculations (OCR, EF, REF, UV/OV, directional, differential as applicable).
• Configure and program protection relays as per project protection philosophy.
• Develop trip matrix and interlocking logic.
• Support protection coordination studies (ETAP / DigSILENT preferred).
• Assist during FAT and commissioning for relay validation and troubleshooting.
• Application Engineering
• Review customer technical specifications and prepare compliance statements.
• Identify technical deviations and propose optimized solutions.
• Support sales and project teams with technical clarifications.
• Testing & Project Support
• Prepare and review routine test procedures.
• Support factory acceptance tests (FAT).
• Provide technical support during manufacturing and site‑related queries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 5-10 years of experience in MV switchgear design and protection engineering.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of IEC 62271 series and IEC protection standards (IEC 60255).
• Hands‑on experience in numerical relay programming (ABB / Siemens / Schneider or equivalent).
• Knowledge of protection coordination studies.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD / EPLAN or equivalent tools.

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES:

Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer‑first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs.

Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network.

Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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