Senior 400 kV Protection Engineer – Substation Projects

WSP Global Inc.; Doha; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Protection Site Engineer for a 400 kV transmission project in Doha.

The role covers supervising, testing, commissioning and maintaining protection systems across substations, power plants, and networks to ensure reliable operation and safety on site. Responsibilities include reviewing contractor drawings, verifying relay settings and transformer calculations, witnessing tests, and ensuring IEC61850/IEC104 communication alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Power Engineering.
• Minimum 6 years of protection and control experience in substations or transmission/distribution.
• Hands-on experience with protection relays (Siemens, ABB, GE, Schneider, SEL, etc.).
• Knowledge of relay coordination, fault analysis, and power system protection schemes (distance, differential, overcurrent).
• Familiarity with testing tools (Omicron, Doble, Megger).
• Strong knowledge of IEC, IEEE standards.

Responsibilities

• Review contractors' design drawings and approve designs.
• Review inspection & testing procedures, FAT/SAT formats, and method statements.
• Verify relay setting calculations for existing and new devices.
• Verify adequacy checks for current and voltage transformer calculations.
• Witness testing and commissioning of protection equipment per client specs.
• Ensure protection and control signals align with IEC 61850 SCADA and IEC 104.
• Witness AVR schemes testing for transformer and reactor.
• Troubleshoot faults in substations related to protection and provide corrective actions.
• Review contractor method statements for safe stability testing.

Skills

Protection relays

IEC standards

Site management

Troubleshooting

Testing procedures

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Power Engineering

Tools

Omicron

Doble

Megger

Job description

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Protection Site Engineer for a 400 kV transmission project in Doha.

The role covers supervising, testing, commissioning and maintaining protection systems across substations, power plants, and networks to ensure reliable operation and safety on site. Responsibilities include reviewing contractor drawings, verifying relay settings and transformer calculations, witnessing tests, and ensuring IEC61850/IEC104 communication alignment.