Senior Substation T&C Lead – 132/400kV Energization

National Contracting Company; al Asimah; On-site; KWD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

National Contracting Company seeks an experienced Lead for Testing & Commissioning of 132/400 kV substations and associated OHTL/UGC interfaces in Kuwait. You will oversee T&C plans, energization, and handover activities, ensuring quality, safety and on-time delivery.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, mentor engineers, manage client interfaces and coordinate complex protection relays, IEC 61850, SCADA systems and energization activities from plan to handover.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in Testing & Commissioning of 132kV and 400kV substations (GIS/AIS)
• PMP certified, with Kuwait Society of Engineers (KSE) membership
• Strong knowledge of protection relays, transformers, switchgear, SCADA, IEC 61850, teleprotection, end-to-end testing, energization and troubleshooting
• Strong leadership, communication, decision-making and stakeholder management skills, with a strong commitment to HSE and quality

Responsibilities

• Lead testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning and energization activities for 132kV and 400kV substations
• Develop project-specific Testing & Commissioning plans, procedures, method statements, checklists and schedules
• Provide technical oversight for substation equipment including transformers, GIS/AIS, circuit breakers and protection systems
• Supervise protection relay testing, logic verification, functional testing and end-to-end testing of protection schemes
• Manage testing and commissioning of HV/EHV overhead transmission lines and verify line readiness prior to energization
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary T&C team and act as senior interface with client and utility/grid operator
• Lead issuance of TOAC and FAC, ensure test records submission and final handover dossiers

Skills

T&C leadership

Protection relay testing

IEC 61850 knowledge

SCADA/SAS experience

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Energetization planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

National Contracting Company seeks an experienced Lead for Testing & Commissioning of 132/400 kV substations and associated OHTL/UGC interfaces in Kuwait. You will oversee T&C plans, energization, and handover activities, ensuring quality, safety and on-time delivery.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, mentor engineers, manage client interfaces and coordinate complex protection relays, IEC 61850, SCADA systems and energization activities from plan to handover.