Senior Substation Protection & Control Engineer

Overview

You will lead protection and control design for high-voltage projects, collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into robust protection schemes. You’ll review designs, guide junior engineers, and ensure timely delivery within budget and quality standards. The role spans industrial, transmission/distribution and renewable sectors, with a focus on safety, regulatory compliance and effective problem solving. This is a chance to shape critical protection solutions at up to 400 kV and contribute to Arcadis’ sustainable buildings and energy systems.

Responsibilities

• Design transmission protection systems up to 400 kV
• Review in-house and external contractor designs
• Prepare tender design man-hour estimates, deliverables lists and design programs
• Mentor and support junior engineers on P&C tasks
• Apply safe design and operation principles for electrical networks
• Advise on design changes and feasibility of alternatives
• Coordinate with internal/external parties (suppliers, service providers)
• Ensure project delivery to time, quality and budget
• Undertake site visits and non-intrusive surveys as needed
• Identify and manage project risks and CDM requirements
• Attend site meetings and interface between protection systems and plant equipment

Key requirements

• Proven technical capability in design/application of power system protection
• Experience with protection at transmission levels up to 400 kV preferred
• Experience in protection deliverables, feasibility studies, programs and cost estimation
• Ability to work with equipment suppliers, manufacturers and professional bodies
• Experience in detailed electrical schematic diagrams for substation protection and control
• Experience with busbar, feeder, transformer, reactor, circuit breaker protection and SCADA interface; FACTS/HVDC protections desirable
• Protection design using conventional and non-conventional Instrument Transformers
• Knowledge of IEC61850 protocols
• Experience in SLD/KLD, panel layouts and cable diagrams
• Interface engineering between protection and primary/plant equipment
• Experience with relay coordination and short-circuit calculation tools (ASPEN OneLiner, ETAP, DIgSILENT advantageous)
• Protection authorisation (TP141, CDAE, LCDAE) advantageous
• SCADA system design experience (HMI Zenon/Copa-Data advantageous)
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Proven ability to write clear, concise project documentation

• Strong communication with project managers
• Cross-functional teamwork
• Problem solving with a practical and regulatory mindset
• Protection and Control design
• IEC61850
• ASPEN OneLiner

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