Specialist - Setting Calculations in Birmingham

Job description

Company: Join a leading Grid Automation and Protection & Control business with a 70+ year presence in the UK. The UK & Nordics operations deliver turnkey transmission and distribution projects, covering engineering, project management, manufacturing, testing, and site commissioning. Our team of 70 skilled professionals works with top utilities, DNOs, industrial customers, and OEM partners. With a strong focus on innovation, technical excellence, and career development, this is an exciting opportunity to work on critical, high-profile projects.

Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Setting Calculation Specialist to join our Protection & Control Automation team. The role focuses on designing, calculating, and validating protection settings for transmission and distribution substations.

Key Responsibilities:

Protection Settings & Coordination: Perform detailed settings calculations for overcurrent, distance, differential, earth fault, and busbar protection. Develop and validate protection coordination schemes to ensure selective tripping and system reliability. Interpret short-circuit, load flow, and relay study results to determine optimal settings.

Relay Configuration & Verification: Configure, simulate, and commission protection relays. Conduct FAT/SAT and field testing, including injection testing, logic verification, and GOOSE messaging simulations.

Automation & System Integration: Collaborate with automation engineers to integrate relays with SCADA, RTUs, and communication networks (IEC61850, DNP3, Modbus). Ensure settings are compatible with digital substation solutions.

Project Leadership & Customer Interface: Act as technical lead for protection settings within projects. Collaborate with project managers, design teams, and clients.

Continuous Improvement: Develop and maintain templates, calculation tools, and best practices. Contribute to innovation in substation protection and automation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: BSc/MSc in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) or equivalent.
• Minimum 5-10 years in substation protection engineering, with strong emphasis on protection settings calculations and coordination studies.
• Proven experience in transmission and distribution substations, including HV/MV systems.
• Hands-on experience with relay configuration, simulation, and commissioning.
• Proficiency in protection principles, relay logic, and settings calculations.
• Experience with protection study software (ETAP, DIgSILENT, or equivalent).

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Birmingham

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

22-11-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English