Lead Control & Protection System Engineer

Job Description Summary

Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.

Job Description

As a Lead Control Protection System Engineer, you will report to the Control System Application Manager and will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team of engineers working on the design of Control and Protection functions for LCC and VSC HVDC schemes.

You will be mentor others on the existing designs of specified project and functionalities in MATLAB/Simulink and transfer them to the PSCAD simulation environment across the full delivery process life cycle, including but not limited to plant model design and maintenance, verification model in MATLAB, creating test harness for conversion, writing model guides, and evaluating models in PSCAD.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Support the businessTendering, Operations, Contractual and After Sales
• Accountable for preparing the responses to technical queries from clients and solving customer issues.
• Dynamic Performance Studies (DPS) and other design studies using both offline and online simulation tools
• Technical accountability as a technical leader in engineering design reviews, identifying potential project risks and technical weaknesses and proposing safe, reliable, and compliant solutions
• Ensure that project plans contain the necessary activities and studies required to meet the requirements of the customer and the proposed technical solution.
• Proposing and leading continual improvement activities

Qualifications / Essential Requirements:

• Engineering degree or equivalent including power systems and power electronics subjects or proven equivalent knowledge and experience in HVDC business
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, experienced in creating and presenting technical reports and responding to clienttechnical questions
• Competent on functional characteristics of power systems and understand the interactions between AC and HVDC systems
• Knowledge of HVDC Control, Protection and Sequencing strategy
• Experience in PSCAD and MATLAB-SIMULINK simulation tools
• Desired characteristics:
• Process improvement or RCA experience or certification
• Experience working in HVDC industry

The North Europe Grid System Integration (GSI) team delivers a wide range of turnkey high voltage AC and DC transmission projects to its Customers in the UK, Ireland, and Scandinavia.