Senior Protection & Control Engineer – HV Substations (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 15%

Hybrid working

25 days holiday

Birthday day off

Contributory pension

Healthcare cash plan

Enhanced sick pay

EV salary sacrifice

Learning and development

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer in Leicester (Hybrid) is sought to lead P&C design for HV substations, from concept to commissioning, within a UK transmission and distribution context.

You will develop protection schemes, control philosophies, and wiring diagrams while overseeing relays, SCADA integration and interlocking, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and supporting bids and client reviews.

Qualifications

• 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 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 through commissioning support.
• Develop and review protection schemes, control philosophies, logic diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams and equipment specifications.
• Oversee protection relays, substation control systems, interlocking, communications and SCADA integration.
• Apply UK transmission and distribution standards, National Grid requirements and client specifications.
• Act as technical checker or approver, and resolving complex design issues.
• Lead, coaching and mentoring P&C engineers and designers.
• Work closely with primary electrical, civil and structural, project management and commissioning teams.
• Build client relationships through design reviews and technical meetings, and supporting bids and proposals.
• Help develop capability in SCADA, substation cyber security, modern control architectures and HVDC

Skills

Protection & Control

HV substations

Leadership

Mentoring

Client-facing skills

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

SCADA systems

Protection relays

Job description

Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer in Leicester (Hybrid) is sought to lead P&C design for HV substations, from concept to commissioning, within a UK transmission and distribution context.

You will develop protection schemes, control philosophies, and wiring diagrams while overseeing relays, SCADA integration and interlocking, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and supporting bids and client reviews.