Senior Electrical Protection Engineer – Power Systems

Duncan & Ross Consulting; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Duncan & Ross Consulting seeks a Senior Electrical/Protection Engineer with 15+ years in Oil & Gas, Refinery, or Utility sectors in the UAE. You will lead power system protection studies, relay settings, testing, and commissioning for substations and transmission networks.

You bring hands-on experience with ABB, Siemens, GE, and MiCOM relays, strong analytical/reporting skills, and a firm commitment to HSE standards. On-site collaboration with operations and maintenance teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 15+ years in Oil & Gas, Refinery, Petrochemical, or utility transmission.
• Strong experience in power system protection, protection coordination, and reliability improvement.
• Proven experience with protection relays from ABB, Siemens, GE, and MiCOM.

Responsibilities

• Perform power system studies, network analysis, fault analysis, and short-circuit studies.
• Troubleshoot and analyze power system protection and relay-related issues.
• Review protection schemes, coordination studies, and relay settings.
• Review, test, commission, and troubleshoot protection relays and protection systems.
• Work with protection relays including ABB, Siemens, GE, and MiCOM.
• Support power system reliability improvement initiatives and recommend mitigation measures.
• Provide technical support during electrical incidents, equipment trips, system disturbances, and blackouts.
• Analyze protection system performance and identify potential system vulnerabilities.
• Support testing and commissioning activities for substations, utility transmission systems, and electrical protection systems.
• Prepare detailed technical reports, incident findings, root‑cause analysis, and recommendations.
• Coordinate with electrical, operations, maintenance, and utility teams to resolve technical issues.
• Ensure all activities comply with IEC, IEEE, HSE standards.
• Maintain strong focus on electrical safety, HSE requirements, and operational reliability.

Skills

Power system protection

Protection coordination

Fault analysis

Short-circuit studies

Network analysis

Technical reporting

Electrical safety

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MiCOM

ABB

Siemens

GE

Job description

Duncan & Ross Consulting seeks a Senior Electrical/Protection Engineer with 15+ years in Oil & Gas, Refinery, or Utility sectors in the UAE. You will lead power system protection studies, relay settings, testing, and commissioning for substations and transmission networks.

You bring hands-on experience with ABB, Siemens, GE, and MiCOM relays, strong analytical/reporting skills, and a firm commitment to HSE standards. On-site collaboration with operations and maintenance teams is essential.