Senior SCADA & Substation Automation Lead

Mint Selection | B Corp; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mint Selection | B Corp is seeking a Lead SCADA & Automation Engineer for UK power and substations projects. You will own SCADA/SCS packages, lead design and integration, and coordinate across protection, control, telecoms and cyber teams.

The role focuses on HV substations, IEC 61850 environments, IED/RTU integration and substation communications within UK Transmission & Distribution networks. Senior engineers with UK project experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience with SCADA/SCS/SAS in power networks.
• Substation automation and IEC 61850 expertise.
• Knowledge of HV/EHV substations and UK T&D.
• Experience with multi-vendor protection and control equipment.
• Experience with IEC 60870-5-101/104 and DNP3.
• Exposure to 132kV/275kV/400kV projects.

Responsibilities

• Technical ownership of SCADA / Substation Control System (SCS/SAS) packages.
• SCADA/SCS architecture, design, configuration and integration.
• Integration of IEDs, RTUs, gateways and protection/control equipment.
• Engineering and configuration within IEC 61850 environments.
• Development and review of signal lists, I/O schedules and point mapping.
• Integration of multi-vendor protection, control and automation equipment.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of substation communications.
• Development/review of HMI, alarms, events, controls and interlocking.
• Interface with DNO/TSO control systems.
• Technical review and assurance of engineering deliverables.
• Support FAT, system integration and project testing.
• Provide technical direction to engineers within the SCADA/automation package.
• Work alongside Protection & Control, secondary design, telecoms, cyber and project engineering teams.

Skills

SCADA/SCS

Substation Automation

IEC 61850

HV Substations

DNP3

Tools

IEC 61850 Config Tools

HMI/SCADA configuration

Job description

Mint Selection | B Corp is seeking a Lead SCADA & Automation Engineer for UK power and substations projects. You will own SCADA/SCS packages, lead design and integration, and coordinate across protection, control, telecoms and cyber teams.

The role focuses on HV substations, IEC 61850 environments, IED/RTU integration and substation communications within UK Transmission & Distribution networks. Senior engineers with UK project experience are preferred.