Digital Substation Protection & Control Engineer - SSE PLC
Base
Location:
For this role, we require successful applicants to be based from one of our Scottish locations – Aberdeen, Inverness or Perth
Salary: £50,100 - £75,100 + car /car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern:
Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
At SSEN Transmission, you’ll join us as a Digital Substation Protection, Automation and Control (PAC) Engineer, playing a key role in building a smarter, more flexible network for Net Zero, one that delivers clean, secure, and affordable electricity for generations to come.
Within our Network Directorate, you’ll become part of Network Engineering, the team that ensures all engineering activity across Transmission projects is safe, sound, and fully supported. You’ll help deliver the design and technical engineering governance that keeps our network operating safely, reliably, and in line with legislation, while shaping the standards and equipment we rely on every day. In our specialist Digital Substation development team, you’ll take the lead in defining protection scheme architectures, designs, and configurations, driving innovation as we move towards a fully digital, multi-vendor substation environment.
Youwill
- Deliver the required outputs to the digital substation programme and participate in the development of our digital design capabilities.
- Support the creation, review and release of specifications and technical guidance documents related to digital substation implementation.
- Work closely with project engineers to develop project-specific scope documents and review contractor proposals related to digital substation delivery, all during initial project implementation.
- Collaborate with project stakeholders to reduce development risk and support implementation of risk mitigation strategies.
- Work closely with strategic suppliers delivering digital substation capabilities to select solutions that meet SSEN Transmission’s operational requirements.
- Solid understanding of power system protection, with practical experience configuring and testing protection IEDs and schemes used in transmission networks.
- Working knowledge of IEC 61850 (all parts), including station and process bus applications, and the implementation of MMS, GOOSE, and SV.
- Familiarity with additional standards and protocols such as DNP3, IEC
-1 (IEEE C37.118.1), IEEE C37.118.2, and IEC TR 61850-90-5 is preferred. - Working knowledge of Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs), remote terminal units (RTUs), and SCADA / EMS systems is highly desirable.
- An understanding of cyber security within an operational technology environment.
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