Secondary (C&P) Design Engineer (Protection and Control)

Location: Hybrid, Andover, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global delivers high-quality power transmission and distribution solutions using multidisciplinary in-house teams, specialised plant, and skilled workforce.

What you will do

• Support senior engineers and designers in producing engineering drawings, technical documents, and design deliverables for energy projects.
• Carry out protection design for networks from 415V to 132kV and define protection, control, and substation automation requirements.
• Prepare, check, and approve protection philosophies, single-line and functional diagrams, AC/DC schematics, interlocking and tripping schemes, wiring diagrams, reports, studies, calculations, relay settings, and communication-assisted schemes.
• Review contractor, consultant, manufacturer, and supplier designs and test documentation, resolving comments and non-conformances.
• Provide technical support during manufacture, factory acceptance testing, installation, commissioning, and energisation, including resolving site queries and assessing design changes.
• Manage technical actions, interfaces, assumptions, risks, settings, and document status; contribute to standardisation, technical innovation, and mentoring.

Requirements

• Degree, HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in high-voltage protection and control engineering on UK 132kV and associated 33kV networks.
• At least 5 years of substations design experience; 8+ years is required for a Senior title and 12+ years for a Principal title.
• Strong knowledge of feeder, transformer, busbar, reactor, switchgear, and customer connection protection, plus control, interlocking, and automation systems.
• Experience conducting and checking protection studies, fault-level calculations, grading and coordination assessments, and relay settings using industry-standard software and manufacturer tools.
• Working knowledge of DNP3, IEC 61850 substation automation, SCADA integration, and protection communications systems.
• Experience producing and reviewing protection philosophies, schematics, specifications, settings reports, and testing documentation.
• Understanding of CDM requirements, health and safety legislation, utility standards, and design risk management.
• Ability to assess supplier and contractor designs, lead multidisciplinary technical interfaces, communicate engineering decisions, manage stakeholders, prioritise workloads, and deliver to programme, cost, quality, and governance requirements.
• Strong AutoCAD knowledge, communication and teamwork skills, problem-solving and analytical capability, and Microsoft Office proficiency.

Nice to have

• Professional registration or progress towards IEng/CEng.
• Commissioning experience in testing protection and control schemes.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a growing business that values employee development and progression.
• Structured development and training within the power transmission and distribution sector.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Equal opportunities employment without less favourable treatment based on protected characteristics.