Offshore Wind Protection & Control Engineer

GP Solution; Scotland; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

GP Solution is seeking a Protection and Control Project Engineer for a major offshore wind project in Scotland. The role involves providing protection and control engineering support across multiple projects, defining technical scope in development phases, and evaluating third-party designs as projects move into delivery.

You will configure protection and control equipment, calculate protection settings, and assess third-party factory acceptance tests.

Qualifications

• HNC-level qualification in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in transmission protection and control applications.
• Ability to assess and critically evaluate protection solutions.
• Strong communication with project leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide protection and control engineering support across multiple projects, defining technical scope in development phases and evaluating third-party designs for delivery.
• Configure protection and control equipment per application and scheme requirements, including calculation and preparation of protection settings.
• Assess and adjudicate third-party contractor factory acceptance tests on protection and control equipment for new-build and retrofit applications.
• Support multi-disciplinary project teams in identifying engineering risks and opportunities for project excellence.
• Deliver outputs to programme and contribute to digital design capabilities and scheme standardisation works.

Skills

Transmission protection and control

Panel and scheme design

Protection settings calculation

Education

HNC in Electrical Engineering

Job description

GP Solution is seeking a Protection and Control Project Engineer for a major offshore wind project in Scotland. The role involves providing protection and control engineering support across multiple projects, defining technical scope in development phases, and evaluating third-party designs as projects move into delivery.

You will configure protection and control equipment, calculate protection settings, and assess third-party factory acceptance tests.