Protection Planning Engineer

Prepare protection settings for all types of plant and line assets on the SHE Transmission network, and ensure they remain fit for purpose throughout the asset life-cycle.

- Support the connections process to identify and articulate the impact of connections embedded into the distribution network on upstream transmission protections, and where appropriate contribute to necessary network changes to accommodate these connections.

- Provide post-fault analysis to ensure protection performance is in-line with design limits and Grid Code expectations (STCP 27-1).

- Provide specialist response to incidences of potential mal-operation of protection systems, and help to develop a technical understanding of the impact of inverter based renewables and their impact on installed relaying techniques.

- Engage with commissioning and Grid Code compliance activities to manage system settings in a dynamic customer connections environment (STCP19-3).

Experienced in the calculation and application of protection settings for applications from 33kV to 400kV.

- You will be expected to gain proficiency in the use of PSSE & PowerFactory (if not already held) to aid with short circuit studies to support protection settings activities.

- You should be qualified to higher national certificate level or above, in an appropriate engineering discipline.

- Awareness of industry standards and codes to support network development activities and to inform system requirements.

- Full UK driving licence.

SSEN Transmission owns and operates the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, transporting energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, providing a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities it serves. Home to some of the UK's greatest resources of renewable energy, SSEN Transmission is playing a critical role in the transition to a low carbon future, developing, building, maintaining and operating a network for net zero.

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.