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Senior Protection & Control Engineer - Mitie Power & Grid
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Senior Protection & Control Engineer - Mitie Power & Grid
LOCATION: Olney (Hybrid)
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day.
Mitie Power & Grid brings together three ICP business units—G2 Energy, ESM Power, and Rock Power Connections—alongside Custom Solar, the UK's leading behind-the-meter solar PV installer.
With over 400 specialist professionals across our ICP and solar teams—and access to thousands more engineering experts within Mitie—we are one of the UK's largest and most experienced providers of grid connection and renewable energy services. We offer a comprehensive suite of specialist services across grid application, design, equipment procurement, installation, testing, commissioning and ongoing operations and maintenance. Our focus is on supporting decarbonisation through projects including utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage (BESS), and EV infrastructure.
We're looking for a Senior Protection & Control Engineer who will lead the technical delivery and design of HV and EHV protection and control systems for renewable and utility-scale infrastructure projects.
Role Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership and management of a protection and control engineering team, ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient operation of HV and EHV substations up to 400kV.
- Lead the design, specification and configuration of complete protection and control systems, including setting project-specific protection philosophies and ensuring compliance with Grid Code, ENA G99, DNO and TSO standards.
- Review tender and contract documentation, define protection scopes of work, and deliver high-quality technical documentation, drawings and calculations throughout the project lifecycle.
- Act as technical authority across projects, resolving engineering challenges, coordinating multi-disciplinary interfaces, and ensuring “right-first-time” delivery aligned with quality assurance processes.
- Mentor and develop junior engineers, embed CDM 2015 principles, and promote safety and sustainability by design across all engineering activities.
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Required Qualifications
- Degree, HND or HNC in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems preferred).
- Significant experience (10+ years) designing HV and EHV protection and control systems from 11kV to 132kV and ideally up to 400kV.
- Strong working knowledge of British and international standards, including Grid Code, ENA G99, and DNO/TSO requirements.
- Proven experience leading or technically managing specialist electrical design teams.
- Working knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and the designer's role under CDM.
What's in it for you?
- The opportunity to lead technically complex, high-impact HV and renewable energy projects.
- A collaborative working environment with a strong focus on technical excellence and professional development.
- Hybrid working with long-term career progression in a growing engineering function.
There's a place for you at Mitie – join us today!
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
- We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
- We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
- When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
- We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform.
- And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
- We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
- Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
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