Senior Protection Engineer - Substation & 115 kV Lead

KBR; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR in Saudi Arabia seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer (Protection) with 12+ years in protection, control, metering and power system analysis for substations up to 115 kV. The role requires leadership of a medium team and experience across Conceptual, FEED and detailed engineering for large projects.

You will guide protection philosophy, relay settings and coordination studies, review vendor documents, and oversee design integrity to meet schedules and budgets.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and 12+ years in Oil & Gas, hydrocarbon, refinery and infrastructure industries.
• Expert knowledge of protection engineering design practices, scheme development and relay settings.
• Familiar with protection philosophy, metering, interlocking and trip logic for up to 115 kV.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5 to 8 electrical engineers and designers.
• Develop discipline work plans for protection engineering activities, including philosophy, scheme development, relay settings, coordination studies, drawings and vendor reviews.
• Prepare work-hour estimates.
• Develop and review protection schemes and specifications for GIS, transformers, busbars, feeders, motors, generators and systems up to 115 kV.
• Provide SME-level technical leadership on protection philosophy, scheme selection, relay application, metering, interlocking, trip logic and interfaces.
• Prepare/review MR and TBE and conduct vendor NMR reviews for GIS, protection relays, panels, metering, PSA/SCADA interfaces.
• Ensure design integrity and on-schedule delivery within budget.
• Lead technical presentations to Clients and their representatives.

Skills

Protection engineering

Protection philosophy

Relay settings

Protection drawings

Metering

Protection interfaces

115 kV systems

IEEE standards

NFPA standards

API standards

IEC standards

ANSI/NEMA

Electrical power systems

Protection device coordination

Saudi Aramco standards

SABIC standards

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Protection relays

Job description

KBR in Saudi Arabia seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer (Protection) with 12+ years in protection, control, metering and power system analysis for substations up to 115 kV. The role requires leadership of a medium team and experience across Conceptual, FEED and detailed engineering for large projects.

You will guide protection philosophy, relay settings and coordination studies, review vendor documents, and oversee design integrity to meet schedules and budgets.