Protection & Control Field Engineer – 400kV HV
SSE plc
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Job summary
SSE plc's SSEN Transmission is hiring a Protection and Control Field Engineer to join our field operations team. You will help ensure reliability and safety of our grid by managing protection and control systems and HV plant across the network.
Opportunities range from Assistant to Senior Engineer roles. You may travel to sites as required and participate in a 24/7 standby rota due to the nature of HV transmission networks.
Qualifications
- Install, commission, test and maintain HV protection and control systems up to 400 kV.
- Diagnose faults and test protection schemes and related equipment.
- Interpret protection diagrams to support commissioning and maintenance.
- Configure and verify protection settings and devices for reliability.
- Work to HV safety standards and maintain appropriate authorisations.
Responsibilities
- Ensure Transmission network operates to high reliability standards through protection and control systems.
- Help deliver multimillion-pound capital programme including new protection equipment.
- Learn and apply all aspects of field protection work from commissioning to outage management.
- Occasionally travel away from base to project sites as required.
- Participate in paid out-of-hours standby rota due to 24/7 network operations.
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Job description
SSE plc's SSEN Transmission is hiring a Protection and Control Field Engineer to join our field operations team. You will help ensure reliability and safety of our grid by managing protection and control systems and HV plant across the network.
Opportunities range from Assistant to Senior Engineer roles. You may travel to sites as required and participate in a 24/7 standby rota due to the nature of HV transmission networks.
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