Protection Engineer

Beca Corporate Holdings Limited,; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in New Zealand is seeking a Protection Engineer to develop electrical engineering skills within the Energy sector. This role involves undertaking protection studies and applying settings on complex projects while collaborating with a diverse team of experts. The ideal candidate will have protection settings experience and a passion for making a difference in their work.

Qualifications

• Previous protection settings experience from consulting or asset owner.
• Experience with Transpower standards desirable.
• Able to build relationships with engineers and clients.

Responsibilities

• Undertake protection studies for new-build and brown-field projects.
• Collaborate with experts in delivering engineering solutions.
• Apply protection engineering skills on various projects.

Skills

Protection settings experience

Collaboration skills

Attention to detail

Tools

DigSilent PowerFactory

Stationware

Job description

Protection Engineer

Apply and develop your electrical engineering and technical design capabilities within the Energy sector making a real-world difference to protecting the electrical assets of our clients, and helping generators connect to the National Grid.

• Undertake protection studies and apply settings on new-build and brown-field substation projects across New Zealand
• Scope to build your career in a range of pathways including protection settings discipline, engineering capability, design, or project delivery with a passionate team focused on your professional development
• Apply your protection engineering abilities within a team that investigate, scope, design, and deliver protection settings projects

Te whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

At Beca we pride ourselves on our involvement in complex and multi-discipline projects. You will have opportunity to learn from our Power industry experts delivering these engineering solutions across New Zealand and Australia. While being based in Christchurch or Wellington, you will be part of a highly diverse and supportive team, with global experience from our technical and project delivery leaders, senior engineers and newly joined graduates.

Projects range from connecting renewable energy sites to upgrading networks for resilience. Projects will have unique design requirements, however a large part of the work will be predominately within the Transpower standards framework. Experience with DigSilent PowerFactory, Transpower standards and Stationware is advantageous. Additional secondary or communications design experience would be valuable.

Ko wai koe | About you

Our protection settings Engineers are united by their passion to make a real-world difference through their engineering, design and attention-to-detail skills. To be successful in this role, you will have previous protection settings experience which could be from a consulting environment or within an asset owner in the transmission or distribution sectors.

You will also be a relationship builder, able to work with other engineers collaboratively on projects, as well as with our clients. We welcome and invite applicants from diverse backgrounds.

About Beca’s Power & Energy Business

Beca’s Power business operates as a truly combined Asia Pacific business, with teams based in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Indonesia collaborating to scope, design, procure and build assets for the Power and Energy related sectors.

: Beca is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.

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