Protection Engineer - Digital Substations

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About The Opportunity

Business Unit Energy & Power

The primary responsibilities of Protection Engineer- Digital substations would be

Design and Engineering

• Develop protection and control schemes for digital substations using IEC 61850.
• Prepare single-line diagrams, protection logic, and functional specifications.
• Design and configure substation LAN architecture including PRP / HSR redundancy.
• Relay Setting calculation for various protection schemes is desirable

IED Configuration & Integration

Networking & Cybersecurity

Construction support

Documentation & Standards

Key Internal Relationships

Here's what you'll need

About You

Preferred Skill Sets

At Jacobs we value people. Having the right balance of belonging, career and lifestyle enables us to consistently deliver and exceed clients' expectations.

Working alongside industry leaders, you will have the opportunity to develop your career working on key projects in an environment which encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation. To support your professional growth, Jacobs flexible working arrangements, extended leave options and a host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives will underpin our commitment to you.

At Jacobs it's all about what you do, not where you are, which counts!

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices / projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.

Skills Required

Netscout, iec 61850 , Wireshark, Networking, Cybersecurity, Autocad, Microstation, Python Programming, Etap