# Protection & Control Engineer (Energy)

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

As a Protection & Control Engineer, you will design a range of Technical Protection & Control solutions for EHV substation projects including both AIS & GIS substations at voltages ranging from 11kV to 400kV.

You could be based in either our Newcastle, Stockton-on-Tees, Leeds or Manchester offices but you will need the flexibility to travel to UK client offices and sites as required.

Responsibilities:

- Produce a comprehensive suite of protection and control system design drawings for 11kV up to and including 132kV systems.

- Develop new protection solutions to meet the requirement of a future smart grid.

- Integrate protection and SCADA systems to deliver cost-effective design solutions.

- Create all associated Engineering Design calculations and documentation.

- Support the creation of all necessary Equipment specifications.

- Visit Sites to assess project requirements.

- Attend site meetings and provide ongoing design drawing changes / support as required during project build.

- Reviewing designs produced by suppliers and clients to ensure designs are technically compliant and in line with current legislation and policies.

Requirements:

- HNC Electrical Engineering

- Proven experience in the design of protection and control schemes.

- Knowledge of Electrical Networks and Engineering standards

- An ability to interpret technical documentation relating to design.

- Knowledge and experience of working with main suppliers’ products of substation control equipment (such as ABB/Hitachi, Siemens, GE)

- Experience in main standard protocols such as IEC 61850, IEC 60870.

- Full driving licence

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Protection and Control schemes
- Electrical Networks
- Engineering standards
- Technical documentation
- IEC 61850
- IEC 60870

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