Senior Protection & Control Engineer - Flexible Hours

SIEMENS; Hebburn; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-Based Bonus

Flexible Working Hours

Pension Plan

26 days annual leave

Job summary

Siemens Smart Infrastructure in Hebburn is seeking a Senior Service Engineer to support Protection & Control systems across the UK's Transmission & Distribution network. The role combines fault finding, testing, commissioning and remote technical support, with on-site visits as required.

You will work within the EA electrification and automation team, contributing to safe and reliable network operations while delivering against service commitments.

Qualifications

• BEng in Electrical Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience within the Electricity Transmission & Distribution industry.
• Protection & Control and/or Control Systems engineering experience, ideally supporting Transmission projects.
• Strong fault-finding, testing and commissioning experience.
• Knowledge of Protection & Control systems, communication protocols and engineering documentation.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call support rota.

Responsibilities

• Participate in an on-call support rota, responding to customer network issues as required.
• Provide remote technical support to customers under SLAs.
• Diagnose and resolve faults across Protection & Control systems.
• Log customer incidents and produce service reports.
• Attend customer sites when required to investigate faults and implement solutions.
• Develop and configure Protection & Control solutions.
• Produce and review engineering documentation, including FDS and I/O Schedules.
• Create test schedules and support testing activities.
• Carry out FAT and SAT support.
• Ensure solutions comply with customer specifications and industry standards.
• Work with Siemens SIPROTEC 5 and SICAM technologies.

Skills

Fault finding

Testing

Commissioning

Protection & Control

Control systems knowledge

On-call availability

Education

BEng in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Siemens SIPROTEC 5

SICAM

Job description

Siemens Smart Infrastructure in Hebburn is seeking a Senior Service Engineer to support Protection & Control systems across the UK's Transmission & Distribution network. The role combines fault finding, testing, commissioning and remote technical support, with on-site visits as required.

You will work within the EA electrification and automation team, contributing to safe and reliable network operations while delivering against service commitments.