Protection and Control Specialist Engineer

Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG

Newcastle upon Tyne

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid holidays and parental leave

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Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Protection and Control Specialist Engineer in the United Kingdom, focused on bay-level protection for substations. You will oversee relay configuration, logic implementation, testing, and evidence preparation from concept to commissioning, collaborating with Secondary Systems Design and Substation Automation teams.

You will lead technical clarifications with customers and suppliers, review protection philosophies, and support bids and planning for the P&C scope.

Qualifications

12+ years in protection and control engineering for substations, including configuration, testing, and commissioning.
Strong leadership and mentoring experience with documentation discipline.
Excellent written and verbal communication for customer-facing discussions during FAT and reviews.
Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related discipline, with IEC 61850 knowledge.

Responsibilities

Own the protection and control engineering scope on allocated projects, review and approve settings, logic and test strategies.
Contribute to standards applications, protection philosophies, and engineering governance within the P&C scope.
Lead design reviews, hazard reviews and project safety reviews.
Act as the point of contact for technical clarifications with customers and suppliers.

Skills

Protection engineering

Relay configuration

IEC 61850

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Test planning

Job description

\"We energize society\" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

Protection and Control Specialist Engineer

About the Role

Job ID

301047

Location

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Newcastle up Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
England
Manchester

Company

Siemens Energy Limited

Organization

Grid Technologies

Business Unit

Digital Grid

Full-time

Experience Level

Professional / Experienced

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join a dedicated team where your expertise in protection engineering will shine! You will focus on delivering bay-level protection engineering for substation projects, overseeing relay application, device configuration, logic implementation, and test preparation from concept through to commissioning support. Collaborating closely with Secondary Systems Design and Substation Automation colleagues, you will ensure that protection and control solutions are integrated, testable, and ready for customer review. Your day will be filled with configuring relays, building and checking settings, and preparing test evidence to demonstrate that schemes work as intended, all while maintaining clear communication with Project Managers and customers.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Take Technical Responsibility: Own the protection and control engineering scope on allocated projects, including reviewing and approving settings, logic, and test strategies.
Provide Senior Input: Contribute to standards application, protection philosophies, customer specifications, and engineering governance within the P&C scope.
Support Design Reviews: Engage in design reviews, hazard reviews, and project safety reviews, considering CDM and testing risk where applicable.
Lead Technical Clarifications: Act as the point of contact for technical clarifications with customers and suppliers regarding protection schemes and acceptance criteria.
Assist in Bids and Planning: Support bids, technical offers, effort estimates, and engineering planning for the P&C scope.

What You Bring

Proven Leadership: Experience in leading and mentoring engineers, with a focus on quality and documentation discipline.
Technical Expertise: 12+ years in protection and control engineering for substations, including configuration, testing, and commissioning practices.
Strong Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in customer-facing discussions during FAT and technical reviews.
Educational Background: Degree, HND, or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related discipline.
Familiarity with Standards: Good understanding of protection philosophies, relay functions, and IEC 61850 applications.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With over 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.

The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.