Senior HV/EHV Protection Validation Engineer - SME Leader

Global Commissioning; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Commissioning in the UK/Europe seeks a Protection Validation Engineer (Lead/SME) to act as the technical authority on HV/EHV protection and control systems. You will lead validation strategy, challenge designs, and oversee end-to-end protection across critical infrastructure projects.

You will balance strategic oversight with hands-on delivery on-site (25–50%), mentoring engineers, and guiding FAT/SAT, commissioning, and field testing across UK and Europe.

Qualifications

• Extensive background in HV/EHV protection and control systems.
• Experience with protection validation, design review, and technical assurance.
• Knowledge of overcurrent, distance, and differential protection.
• Protection coordination and selectivity experience.
• Relay configuration, testing, and commissioning oversight.
• Familiarity with ETAP, DIgSILENT or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead protection validation strategy, standards, and best practices.
• Act as the technical authority for protection engineering across the business.
• Review protection & control designs, single-line diagrams, and relays.
• Ensure compliance with client specs, grid requirements, and standards.
• Provide technical oversight across design, FAT/SAT, and commissioning.
• Support site activities: witness testing, energisation, fault investigations.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to internal capability.

Skills

HV protection

Protection validation

Protection design review

Protection coordination

Relay testing

ETAP

DIgSILENT

Electrical schematics

Mentoring

Education

HNC/HND/BEng or equivalent

Tools

ETAP

DIgSILENT

Job description

Global Commissioning in the UK/Europe seeks a Protection Validation Engineer (Lead/SME) to act as the technical authority on HV/EHV protection and control systems. You will lead validation strategy, challenge designs, and oversee end-to-end protection across critical infrastructure projects.

You will balance strategic oversight with hands-on delivery on-site (25–50%), mentoring engineers, and guiding FAT/SAT, commissioning, and field testing across UK and Europe.