Senior Substation & Grid Automation Engineer

gu-recruitment; al-Wusta; On-site; OMR 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

gu-recruitment seeks an experienced Design Review & Verification engineer to lead review and verification of HV substation designs, SCADA architectures, and interlocking schemes for renewable plants and conventional assets.

You will verify protection philosophies, relay settings, coordination studies, and interlocks, while ensuring IEC/IEEE grid code adherence and cyber-physical security in the secondary systems lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Power Systems.
• Professional Engineering registration (PE/CEng) is advantageous.
• 8+ years of engineering experience focused on substation secondary systems design and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the review and verification of HV substation design deliverables (SLDs, PMDs, BLDs, schematics, LV documents).
• Verify protection philosophies, relay settings, selectivity analyses and coordination studies.
• Review interlocking schemes, bay-/station-level automation, and plant interfaces across switchgear and transformers.
• Approve substation automation, SCADA architectures, and IED configurations and HMI displays.
• Ensure compliance with IEC/IEEE grid codes through audits and interface management with EPCs and OEMs.

Skills

Electrical design

Substation design

SCADA integration

Protection systems

IEC 61850

Coordination studies

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

PE / CEng registration (advantage)

Tools

IEC 61850 protocols

DNP3

IEC 60870-5-104

Job description

gu-recruitment seeks an experienced Design Review & Verification engineer to lead review and verification of HV substation designs, SCADA architectures, and interlocking schemes for renewable plants and conventional assets.

You will verify protection philosophies, relay settings, coordination studies, and interlocks, while ensuring IEC/IEEE grid code adherence and cyber-physical security in the secondary systems lifecycle.