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Senior Protection Engineer

Perth, Western Australia💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Protection Engineer delivering protection settings, relay settings, and substation secondary designs for renewable energy and power network projects.

Role type

Senior IC protection engineer (power systems)

Builds

Protection settings files, relay settings, substation secondary designs, technical reports, and tender documentation for power utilities and critical infrastructure.

Domain

Power systems / Renewable energy / Electrical infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

protection engineering, power system modelling, substation secondary design, relay settings calculation, tender documentation, team leadership, mentoring, technical reporting

Preferred skills

Western Power project experience, 11 kV to 330 kV voltage level design, IEC 61850 knowledge, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, ETAP

Technologies

DIgSILENT PowerFactory, ETAP

Responsibilities

Prepare protection settings calculations and relay settings files; Prepare and review substation secondary designs, technical reports, specifications and tender documentation; Work with clients and contractors to define technical requirements during tendering and project delivery; Provide technical and construction support throughout the project lifecycle; Scope electrical work and contribute to tenders and proposals; Lead a small team independently, allocating and delegating project work; Arrange regular team meetings and mentor graduate engineers; Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineers across offices; Review design drawings, protection settings and reports to support consistent quality outcomes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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