Senior HV Protection & Control Design Engineer

Deploy Recruitment Group; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

[FTSE 250 company] is seeking an experienced Protection and Control Design Engineer to lead HV substation protection and control system designs. You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with project managers, clients and multi-disciplinary teams on schemes up to 132 kV.

You will deliver protection, control and SCADA designs, ensuring safety, reliability and regulatory compliance, while supporting delivery from concept to detailed engineering and site commissioning.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in control and protection design within the UK electricity distribution or transmission sector (11kV, 33kV, 132kV, 400kV).
• Familiarity with protection relays, relay configuration, logic programming and IEC 61850 engineering.
• Strong understanding of ENA, IEC and NPg standards and policies.

Responsibilities

• Develop protection application designs for feeders, transformers, and busbars from 11 kV to 132 kV.
• Configure relays, write setting files, implement IEC 61850 and DNP3 schemes.
• Prepare CT/VT specifications and manufacturer/NPg compliant drawings.
• Provide design reviews and liaise with ICPs and external teams.
• Conduct protection coordination studies and create settings calculations and schematics.
• Ensure designs comply with Northern Powergrid standards and industry regulations.
• Collaborate with internal teams and clients to meet schedules and quality.
• Provide technical support during project delivery and commissioning.

Skills

Protection & control design

Electrical engineering knowledge

Reading schematics

Protection coordination

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

DIGSILENT

ETAP

AutoCAD

Job description

[FTSE 250 company] is seeking an experienced Protection and Control Design Engineer to lead HV substation protection and control system designs. You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with project managers, clients and multi-disciplinary teams on schemes up to 132 kV.

You will deliver protection, control and SCADA designs, ensuring safety, reliability and regulatory compliance, while supporting delivery from concept to detailed engineering and site commissioning.