A great opportunity is available for a Protection Settings Engineer within the Electrical Design Engineer team based at Tipton (West Midlands).

The Engineering Design (ED) team prepare electrical, protection/control, mechanical and civil designs for schemes to construct, extend or modify electricity substations energised at up to 132kV.  The team assists Network Design colleagues with the assessment of substation options and develops selected schemes from a broad engineering brief, into a fully specified build package.

The team also has responsibility for the preparation, issue and archival of protection relay configurations and settings at up to 132kV

The broader ED Team comprises 75 design staff, primarily based at offices in Tipton, Castle Donington, Bristol and Cardiff.  It handles in excess of 500 active design commissions at any time ranging in capital value from £50k to £10m.

Depending on experience, you may initially be appointed at a lower salary until all relevant courses and training are complete.

If you are offered a position, you will be required to complete and provide a satisfactory basic DBS check that shows any unspent convictions or conditional cautions.

We’re National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), the owner and operator behind the electricity distribution systems for the Midlands, the Southwest of England and South Wales. Serving communities of more than 8 million people, our expert teams deliver heat, light and power for homes and businesses.

National Grid employs over 29,000 people worldwide. We are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues – who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Our vision is to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future and we are doing this in a fast-moving industry with an increasing focus on tackling climate change, exploring new energy sources that are renewable, low carbon, and improve efficiency to meet demand.

We are seeking to recruit a strong team player who can hit the ground running in the following areas:

• Experienced in the calculation, issue and recording of protection settings, and voltage control settings for applications from 11kV to 132kV.
• Experienced in the configuration of programmable scheme logic for protection relays.
• Specialist response to incidences of potential mal-operation of protection systems.

We are looking for a great communicator, with the ability to manage multiple diverse projects simultaneously.  In addition, you will need to demonstrate experience in the following areas:

• Protection settings and configuration activities
• Numeric/modern protection device application
• Programming

Experience using OEM Protection & Control Device Programming software packages is desirable and you will be expected to become proficient in the use of IPSA, PSSE, Aspen, and AutoCAD, if you do not already have experience of these.

You will hold a minimum of HNC in a related Engineering discipline and evidence of your qualifications will be required prior to appointment.

A full UK driving license is essential in this role.

Joining the UK’s leading electricity distribution business means plenty of career opportunities and well-deserved recognition. We reward hard work and encourage ambition. So, as well as a competitive salary, you will also benefit from:

• 26 days paid leave plus 8 bank holidays, up to 28 days with continuous service
• Competitive contributory pension scheme (we double match your contributions up to a maximum of 12%)
• Annual Share Save plan
• Contributory private healthcare scheme for you and your family
• Support via our Employee Assistance Programme, including musculoskeletal and physiotherapy services
• Free on-site parking at all our main sites

Things you need to know

As an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we celebrate individual difference and are actively bringing in more employees from diverse backgrounds to build on our inclusive culture. We anonymise all applications in our recruitment system so we can eliminate unconscious bias and be a workplace that reflects the community we serve. Hiring managers only have access to necessary information at interview stage. If you require additional support to complete your online application, please email nged.recruitment@nationalgrid.co.uk

Recruitment correspondence is usually sent by email, please check your email account including spam/junk folders regularly after the closing date.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient numbers of suitable applications be received, so it would be best to apply as soon as you can.