Senior Protection Engineer, Substations & Renewables

Consolidated Power Projects; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above-market salary package

Annual bonus

Flexible working options – work from"+

Job summary

Consolidated Power Projects (CPP) in Adelaide is seeking a Senior Engineer - Protection to join our in-house design and engineering team.

You will deliver protection engineering across HV transmission and renewable energy projects, develop protection philosophies, relay settings and fault studies, and support commissioning and energisation activities while collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, reliable operation.

Qualifications

• A degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in protection engineering within transmission and distribution substations, utilities or renewable energy projects.
• Experience developing protection philosophies, relay settings, fault calculations and protection studies.
• Practical knowledge of protection relay technologies, including Siemens, ABB, GE and SEL.
• Experience using power system analysis software such as DIgSILENT PowerFactory.
• A sound understanding of Australian utility standards and protection design practices.
• Experience supporting commissioning, energisation activities and troubleshooting protection systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist protection engineering expertise across the design and delivery of complex high-voltage transmission and renewable energy projects.
• Develop protection philosophies, relay settings, fault studies and protection schemes to support safe operation of substations.
• Provide technical support during commissioning and energisation activities, assist with outage switching programs and troubleshoot protection systems.
• Work with clients and multidisciplinary teams to solve complex engineering challenges from concept to commissioning.

Skills

Protection engineering

Relay settings development

Power system analysis

DIgSILENT PowerFactory

Commissioning support

HV substations experience

Australian utility standards

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Power Engineering specialization

Tools

DIgSILENT PowerFactory

Job description

Consolidated Power Projects (CPP) in Adelaide is seeking a Senior Engineer - Protection to join our in-house design and engineering team.

You will deliver protection engineering across HV transmission and renewable energy projects, develop protection philosophies, relay settings and fault studies, and support commissioning and energisation activities while collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, reliable operation.