Ably Resources Ltd
Protection Engineering Specialist – Power Systems
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Job Title: Protection Specialist
Ably Resources are recruiting for an experienced Protection Specialist to join a growing power systems engineering team working across major UK and European projects.
This is a senior technical position for someone with significant experience in electrical protection systems who wants to become a recognised technical authority within a business delivering complex power infrastructure projects.
Projects span critical infrastructure, data centres, utility-connected developments, renewable energy and industrial power systems, providing plenty of technical variety.
You’ll provide specialist technical leadership across protection engineering, including:
- Protection coordination and grading studies
- Relay setting calculations
- Development and review of protection philosophies and schemes
- Transformer, busbar and cable differential protection
- Restricted Earth Fault (REF) protection
- Distance and feeder protection
- ANSI protection function selection
- Trip matrices and interlocking logic
- Intertrip schemes and breaker failure protection
- Protection and metering CT/VT sizing studies
- Fault investigation and root-cause analysis
- Technical assurance and engineering reviews
- Mentoring and supporting other engineers
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You’ll also have the opportunity to help shape technical standards, protection philosophies and best practice across major projects.
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Ideally, you’ll have:
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
- Chartered Engineer status or be progressing towards chartership
- Extensive experience designing and reviewing HV, MV and LV protection systems
- Strong knowledge of power system protection and coordination
- Experience developing protection philosophies and relay settings
- Knowledge of UK and European electrical standards, Grid Codes and regulatory requirements
- Experience using ETAP, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSCAD, SKM or equivalent
- Experience gained within transmission & distribution, substations, renewables, industrial power systems or critical infrastructure would be particularly relevant.
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