Senior Protection Engineer: Substation Relay & SCADA

WSP USA; Doha; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA seeks a Protection Site Engineer to supervise the protection systems in substations, power plants, and transmission networks. You will review designs, verify relay settings, and oversee testing and commissioning to ensure reliable protection and safe site execution.

The role requires hands-on relay experience with Siemens/ABB/GE/Schneider/SEL, strong fault analysis, and adherence to IEC/IEEE standards, with emphasis on SCADA IEC61850 and IEC104 configurations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Power Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in protection and control engineering.
• 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, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Review of contractors' design drawings and Design approval.
• Verify relay setting calculations for existing and new protection devices.
• Witnessing the testing and commissioning of all protection equipment and ensuring the protection and control philosophy is correctly implemented at site as per client specification.
• Being well versed with the protection devices of major OEMS.
• Ensuring all protection and control signals are configured to substation SCADA (IEC61850) and Nation Control Centre (IEC104).
• Witnessing the testing of AVR schemes for Transformer and Reactor.
• Troubleshooting faults in substations related to protection and control and providing corrective actions.

Skills

Protection relays

Relay coordination

Fault analysis

Power system protection schemes

Testing tools

IEC/IEEE standards

Site management

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical / Power Engineering

Tools

Omicron

Doble

Megger

SCADA IEC61850/IEC104

Job description

WSP USA seeks a Protection Site Engineer to supervise the protection systems in substations, power plants, and transmission networks. You will review designs, verify relay settings, and oversee testing and commissioning to ensure reliable protection and safe site execution.

The role requires hands-on relay experience with Siemens/ABB/GE/Schneider/SEL, strong fault analysis, and adherence to IEC/IEEE standards, with emphasis on SCADA IEC61850 and IEC104 configurations.