Siemens Energy
Protection and Control Specialist Engineer
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A Snapshot of Your Day
Join a dedicated team where your expertise in protection engineering will shine! You will focus on delivering bay-level protection engineering for substation projects, overseeing relay application, device configuration, logic implementation, and test preparation from concept through to commissioning support. Collaborating closely with Secondary Systems Design and Substation Automation colleagues, you will ensure that protection and control solutions are integrated, testable, and ready for customer review. Your day will be filled with configuring relays, building and checking settings, and preparing test evidence to demonstrate that schemes work as intended, all while maintaining clear communication with Project Managers and customers.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Take Technical Responsibility: Own the protection and control engineering scope on allocated projects, including reviewing and approving settings, logic, and test strategies.
- Provide Senior Input: Contribute to standards application, protection philosophies, customer specifications, and engineering governance within the P&C scope.
- Support Design Reviews: Engage in design reviews, hazard reviews, and project safety reviews, considering CDM and testing risk where applicable.
- Lead Technical Clarifications: Act as the point of contact for technical clarifications with customers and suppliers regarding protection schemes and acceptance criteria.
- Assist in Bids and Planning: Support bids, technical offers, effort estimates, and engineering planning for the P&C scope.
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What You Bring
- Proven Leadership: Experience in leading and mentoring engineers, with a focus on quality and documentation discipline.
- Technical Expertise: 12+ years in protection and control engineering for substations, including configuration, testing, and commissioning practices.
- Strong Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in customer-facing discussions during FAT and technical reviews.
- Educational Background: Degree, HND, or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related discipline.
- Familiarity with Standards: Good understanding of protection philosophies, relay functions, and IEC 61850 applications.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With over 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.
The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
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Rewards/Benefits
- Opportunities to work with a global team
- Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
- Medical benefits
- Remote/Flexible work
- Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave
- Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform
- Access to a variety of employee resource groups
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