Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer

NMS Recruit Ltd t/a Russell Taylor Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Bonus up to 15%

Pension scheme

Healthcare

Learning & development

Birthday day off

EV salary sacrifice

Job summary

NMS Recruit Ltd t/a Russell Taylor Group in Glasgow is seeking a Senior/Principal Protection & Control Engineer to lead HV substation protection, control and design from concept through commissioning. You will mentor engineers, drive technical delivery, and coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams on UK projects.

The role offers hybrid work (3 days in office, 2 from home), a salary up to £80,000 plus a bonus up to 15%, and a strong package including pension, healthcare, and ongoing development.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Extensive protection and control experience on HV substations within UK transmission and distribution.
• Strong knowledge of protection schemes, control systems, and UK network standards.
• Ability to lead technical delivery and manage multi-discipline interfaces against programme.
• Confident communication and client-facing skills with commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead P&C design packages for HV substations from concept to commissioning support.
• Develop and review protection schemes, control philosophies, logic diagrams and equipment specs.
• Oversee protection relays, substation control systems, interlocking, and SCADA integration.
• Apply UK transmission and distribution standards and client specifications.
• Act as technical checker or approver and resolve complex design issues.
• Lead, coach and mentor P&C engineers and designers.
• Collaborate with electrical, civil, and project management teams; support bids.

Skills

Protection & Control

HV Substations

Technical Leadership

Client-facing

Mentoring

SCADA Integration

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

SCADA systems

Protection Relays

Job description

Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer - Glasgow (Hybrid)

Are you a protection and control engineer with a strong background in HV substations?

Would you like to provide technical leadership on major UK transmission and distribution projects?

Are you ready to mentor others and help grow a specialist engineering team?

Then this could be the right move for you. We're looking for a Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer to lead the design and delivery of protection, control and substation systems, from concept through to commissioning support.

What's in it for you?

• Salary of up to £80,000, depending on experience and level of appointment
• Annual bonus scheme of up to 15% of salary, based on individual and business performance
• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, and an extra day off for your birthday
• Contributory pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Enhanced company sick pay and enhanced family leave
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
• £150 a year towards your personal learning and development
• Ongoing technical training, support towards professional accreditation and clear routes for progression
• Employee Assistance Programme

What will you be doing?

• Leading P&C design packages for HV substations, from concept and detailed design through to construction and commissioning support
• Developing and reviewing protection schemes, control philosophies, logic diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams and equipment specifications
• Overseeing protection relays, substation control systems, interlocking, communications and SCADA integration
• Applying UK transmission and distribution standards, National Grid requirements and client specifications
• Acting as technical checker or approver, and resolving complex design issues
• Leading, coaching and mentoring P&C engineers and designers
• Working closely with primary electrical, civil and structural, project management and commissioning teams
• Building client relationships through design reviews and technical meetings, and supporting bids and proposals
• Helping develop capability in SCADA, substation cyber security, modern control architectures and HVDC

Where you'll be doing it?

Our client delivers specialist engineering and design services across the UK electricity transmission and distribution sector. Part of a large international energy and engineering group, they are growing their Protection & Control team and play an active part in the UK's energy transition. You'll be working on significant UK energy infrastructure projects, with real opportunities to progress across the wider group.

What you'll need:

• A degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
• Extensive protection and control experience on HV substations within UK transmission and distribution
• Strong knowledge of protection schemes, control systems, substation design documentation and UK network standards
• Experience carrying out technical reviews and design assurance on demanding projects
• The ability to lead technical delivery and manage multi-discipline interfaces against programme
• Confident communication and client-facing skills, with commercial awareness
• The ability to mentor and develop engineers
• The right to work in the UK

It would be great if you also had:

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, or be working towards it
• National Grid CDAE or LCDAE accreditation relevant to P&C
• Experience in SCADA, earthing, HV/MV cabling, EPC delivery, construction or commissioning
• Experience of technical bids, cyber security, HVDC or emerging substation technologies

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