Senior Power Systems Protection Engineer - Hybrid

Placements24; Windsor Park (TN); On-site; USD 54,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Medical aid and retirement fund

Professional development opportunities

Involvement in critical infrastructure

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Power Systems Protection Engineer in East London, Eastern Cape. The role focuses on designing, applying, testing, and maintaining protection schemes for substations and power lines to ensure grid reliability and safety.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience, a degree in electrical engineering, and strong knowledge of protective relaying principles and substation equipment. Collaboration with design, field, and operations teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in power system protection engineering.
• Proficiency with ETAP, PSS/E and ASPEN.
• Solid understanding of protective relaying principles: overcurrent, differential, distance, voltage relays.
• Experience with substation equipment and control systems; protection testing.

Responsibilities

• Design protective relaying schemes for transmission and distribution systems.
• Perform fault studies, load flow, and transient stability analyses with power system software.
• Develop and review protection coordination studies for selective tripping.
• Specify protective relays, circuit breakers, and related equipment.
• Develop testing procedures and oversee commissioning and maintenance of protection systems.
• Troubleshoot protection system maloperations and identify root causes.
• Ensure compliance with standards (NRS, IEC, etc.).
• Collaborate with substation design teams to integrate protection schemes.

Skills

Analytical

Problem solving

Diagnostic

Written communication

Verbal communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

PSS/E

ASPEN

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Power Systems Protection Engineer in East London, Eastern Cape. The role focuses on designing, applying, testing, and maintaining protection schemes for substations and power lines to ensure grid reliability and safety.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience, a degree in electrical engineering, and strong knowledge of protective relaying principles and substation equipment. Collaboration with design, field, and operations teams is essential.