Substation Protection and Control Design Engineer

At Arcadis we focus on attracting retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you that could be through client work upskilling yourself championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is people first and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation we invest in you for the long term to ensure you reach your full potential. Youll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industrydefining projects finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to peoples lives. Youre encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

The energy landscape as we know it is rapidly transforming. Join us as an Senior/Principal Substation Engineer and youll have the opportunity to accelerate your career too. Youll be part of our industryleading team Transmissions and Distributions teams acting as partners to our clients building a deep understanding of their challenges and applying your expertise to solve them.

As a Substation Design Engineeryou will be working onengineering and construction projects primarily in industrial transmission/distribution and renewable sectors. You must be able to appreciate complex practical regulatory technical and commercial issues and to work constructively with a broad range of senior stakeholders.

Role accountabilities:

• Responsible for the design of transmission protection systems for voltages up to 400 kV.
• Reviewing inhouse designs and those produced by external contractors.
• Experience in the concepts required in the safe design and operation of electrical networks and development construction.
• Advising on design and design change issues.
• Specialist in an Electrical field but experience and extensive knowledge of other Engineering fields would be advantageous.
• Substantial experience with Construction and Design Management (CDM).
• Ensure that design projects are undertaken by competent personnel and subcontractors reviewing designs created by others.
• Challenging proposing agreeing and implementing alternative solutions compared with those dictated by the transmission specifications policies processes and best practices.
• Accountable for the effective delivery of the assigned tasks and deliverables of projects to time to the required quality and to budget.
• Undertake site visits / nonintrusive surveys as required as part of the design activities or as part of site support.
• Ensuring risks are proactively identified assessed and managed to avoid adverse impacts on the project.
• Identification assessment and adoption of the best technical solution.
• Client Interface management comprising: infrastructure planners project resource Direct Labour / Construction team System Operator property & consents procurement as well as coordinating & attending necessary site meetings.
• Risk and CDM management.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven technical capability associated with the design and/or application of power system protection. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in protection application at transmission voltage levels up to 400 kV gained within a transmission utility consultancy or manufacturing environment. Strong candidates with a distribution background will be considered.
• Preparation of Protection and Control design deliverables feasibility studies reports programmes and cost estimating.
• Calculation of relay settings and preparation of logic files.
• Proven ability of working with internal and external parties e.g. equipment suppliers manufacturers service providers professional bodies and working within a strong teamworking culture.
• Experience in the preparation of detailed electrical schematic diagrams for substation Protection and Control systems.
• Experience in Busbar Feeder Transformer Reactor Circuit Breaker fail DAR protections and SCADA interface is essential and FACTS HVDC protection systems is desirable
• Protection design utilising conventional and non conventional Instrument Transformers.
• Knowledge of IEC61850 communication protocols
• Experience in preparing Single Line Diagram Substation Layout Key Line Drawings (SLD KLD) and Cable protection
• A good working experience of computerbased packages e.g. ASPEN OneLiner and ETAP
• National Grid TP141 Protection and Settings authorisation would be advantageous
• Proven ability of communicating complex technical or commercial issues to peers or senior managers
• Proven ability to work in and lead cross functional teams
• Proven ability to develop working relationships quickly and effectively
• Proven experience in writing clear and concise documentation

Why Become an Arcadian

Our work with clients has a direct impact on peoples lives and on the planet. We make moving living and belonging in cities safer more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earths resources we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking we can get to the heart of our clients most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business we have committed to support five of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But its not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet we monitor and measure nonfinancial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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