Lead Power System Protection & Control Engineer

Saudi Aramco; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 31,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramco is seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to join the Technical Services Division. The role focuses on protection system design, relay settings, system modeling, and power system studies to ensure asset integrity and continuous power supply.

You will own and govern ETAP models, support standardization, and provide technical guidance across projects. Strong experience with ETAP, PSCAD, and international standards is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in power system protection and control with system studies and relay settings.
• Experience in protection of transformers, motors, transmission lines and distribution systems.
• Advanced proficiency in ETAP including Load flow, Short-circuit, coordination, Arc flash and transient studies.
• Practical experience using PSCAD for EMT and complex system analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct protection relay settings calculations, coordination reviews, and verification for power systems.
• Lead or support disturbance investigations, relay event analysis, fault reconstruction and root cause analysis.
• Review protection philosophies, relay settings files, and system study reports.
• Develop and maintain ETAP power system models and ensure data integrity across projects.

Skills

Power system protection

Relay settings

ETAP

PSCAD

Power system studies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

PSCAD

Job description

Aramco is seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to join the Technical Services Division. The role focuses on protection system design, relay settings, system modeling, and power system studies to ensure asset integrity and continuous power supply.

You will own and govern ETAP models, support standardization, and provide technical guidance across projects. Strong experience with ETAP, PSCAD, and international standards is essential.