HV Substation Protection & Control Engineer — Lead

Agap2 España; Jaén; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a T&D Protection & Control Substations Expert to join our Transmission & Distribution team in Spain. You will lead design and review of protection and control systems for HV substations, overseeing engineering teams delivering secondary systems from concept through commissioning.

The ideal candidate has 12–15+ years of experience, strong leadership capabilities, and demonstrable SCADA integration and protection coordination expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Typically 1219+ years of protection and control experience for HV substations.
• Proven experience delivering secondary systems across concept, design, commissioning.
• Experience providing technical leadership within engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and design protection and control systems for HV substations, including protection schemes and automation.
• Define protection philosophies and control architectures and interfaces.
• Review detailed secondary engineering deliverables (schematics, interlocking, relay settings).
• Perform protection coordination studies and relay settings analysis.
• Ensure proper integration with SCADA interfaces, comms networks and primary equipment.
• Provide technical support during construction, testing and commissioning.

Skills

Protection and control system design

Substation automation and SCADAintegr

Protection coordination and relayt

Control logic and interlocking

System studies integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Protection relay configuration tools

Job description

AECOM is seeking a T&D Protection & Control Substations Expert to join our Transmission & Distribution team in Spain. You will lead design and review of protection and control systems for HV substations, overseeing engineering teams delivering secondary systems from concept through commissioning.

The ideal candidate has 12–15+ years of experience, strong leadership capabilities, and demonstrable SCADA integration and protection coordination expertise.