Senior Protection Engineer

8 hours ago

Perth, Western Australia ConnectYou Full time $120,000 - $140,000 per year

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Protection Engineer based in Perth to work for one of our clients who is a leading organisation in the Transmission & Distribution sector.

This role will play a key part in ensuring network reliability, system stability, and compliance with Australian standards, providing both technical expertise and project delivery support across a range of complex electrical infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

  • Develop protection system designs, settings files, and coordination studies for HV networks.
  • Produce protection schemes including single-line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, logic diagrams, and relay configuration files.
  • Configure, test, and validate protection relays from major manufacturers
  • Prepare protection reports, calculations, and technical documentation to meet utility and project standards.
  • Support commissioning teams during FAT, SAT, and on-site testing of protection systems.
  • Ensure all design and testing activities comply with Australian standards, DNSP/TNSP requirements, and internal quality processes.
  • Provide technical support during project design, construction, and energisation phases.
  • Work collaboratively with internal engineering teams, external clients, and delivery partners to achieve project outcomes.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of protection design templates, processes, and tools.

Required Experience

  • Experience in protection engineering within utilities, consultancies, EPC contractors, or system operators.
  • Strong understanding of protection principles, relay logic, fault calculations, and network analysis for HV systems.
  • Experience producing protection settings, schemes, and calculations for substations and transmission/distribution assets.
  • Demonstrated capability in relay configuration and testing
  • Proven experience working within multi-disciplinary project teams.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.

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