Turner Lovell
Protection and Control Test Engineer
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P&C Test Engineer
Location: Newcastle
Rate: £70 - £78 per hour (outside IR35)
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 3 - 4 months
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday–Friday
Turner Lovell are recruiting an experienced P&C Test Engineer to support a Newcastle-based factory team on protection panel FAT, secondary injection testing, fault finding and snag clearance for HV transmission projects.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced protection engineer with a strong background in transmission-level protection testing to work on complex HV protection and control systems.
Duties
- Protection panel Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
- Functional, scheme and secondary injection testing
- Fault finding and snag clearance
- Relay configuration and checking
- Testing transmission protection systems at 132kV – 400kV
- Working from protection and control schematics
- Supporting HMI / IEC 61850 testing where required
- Work independently and take ownership of assigned testing activities with minimal supervision
- Maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail throughout all testing activities
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Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in Protection & Control / Protection Testing
- Strong hands-on protection panel FAT experience
- Proficient with Omicron secondary injection testing
- Transmission protection experience at 132kV, 275kV or 400kV
- Experience with numerical relays such as Siemens SIPROTEC, GE Multilin, ABB/Hitachi, SEL or Schneider MiCOM
- Confident fault finding and working with minimal supervision
- Health & Safety Passport or equivalent (CSCS, CCNSG)
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This is a great opportunity for an experienced P&C Test Engineer to join a specialist engineering team on an initial 3-month contract, working on complex protection and control panel testing within a Newcastle-based factory environment.
For more information or to apply, please apply or contact Maddie Jacob on 0207 448 1100 / madeleine.jacob@turnerlovell.com.
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