Senior Protection & Control Engineer - Transmission & Distribution
Listed on 2026-09-13
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Description
Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We’re looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s those kinds of people who’ve helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, architecture and construction solutions.
Today, we’re a thriving company with more than 10,000 professionals working in 75 offices worldwide and recognised as a leader in transmission & distribution services.
To act in a senior technical capacity in producing Burns & McDonnell’s UK engineering-related project deliverables relating to power system Protection & Control (P&C), within the (power) Transmission & Distribution Global Practice. This includes (but not limited to):
Undertaking senior and lead technical roles on project specific multi-disciplinary engineering teams;
- Being a senior technical authority on P&C engineering within the wider company;
- Supporting the Protection & Control Section Manager in growing and enhancing the P&C Section engineering capability in the UK business; and providing guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers with the engineering team, particularly those in the P&C Section.
- Lead successful output of P&C engineering deliverables in the UK business, working with the P&C Section Manager to determine suitable P&C engineering personnel from across our global offices, as required.
- Be a lead technical role on P&C design project deliverables, ranging from 11kV up to 400kV (with a particular emphasis on 132kV voltages and above), including undertaking the role of Lead Project Engineer on project teams, as required and when appropriate.
- Produce detailed electricity substation P&C design packages, compliant to required client and national technical standards (ENA/BS/IEC/IEEE etc.).
- Power system studies (fault level and load flow) required to determine protection settings requirements and production of various relay protection files, as required.
- Prepare calculations and technical/equipment specification documentation.
- Execute complex assignments requiring the use of advanced techniques, resulting in the development of new or improved processes, equipment, and/or technological methods.
- Undertake consultancy role on FEED stage projects, including production of technical reports and presentations.
- Maintain compliance to CDM Regulations and all other legal and regulatory requirements associated with the nature of substation/P&C and electrical system design.
- Undertake technical quality assurance reviews and provide design approval/sign-off, as required, on P&C related designs and deliverables.
- Work closely with other sections with the UK T&D Engineering Team, particularly the Substation Section and Distribution Section, to enable effective collaboration on multi-disciplinary projects and facilitate an optimal engineering function in the UK business.
- Maintain technical compliance to applicable Burns & McDonnell and client design management standards, processes, and procedures on all work delivered.
- Assist with developing and implementing policies, processes, procedures, standards, and technical guidance, as required, to continually improve the engineering capability within the P&C Section.
- Plan and lead client meetings (or meeting sections) relating to P&C, as required.
- Where appropriate and required relating the P&C work, act as Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE), as defined by National Grid’s TP137 procedure, or equivalent role as defined by other clients.
- Where appropriate and required, act as TP141 Protection Setting Engineer, as defined by National Grid’s TP141 and TP107 procedures.
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