Northern Powergrid Employment Opportunities
Northern Powergrid is the power distribution business in Yorkshire, the North East, and northern
Lincolnshire. We operate and maintain the electricity distribution network that delivers electricity to more
than 3.9 million homes and businesses. We provide this essential service to our customers, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week, 365 days a year. All staff employed within Northern Powergrid are expected to offer the
highest levels of customer service, being there when the customer needs us and playing a vital part in any
major incident. Further information on Northern Powergrid is available on our website at
www.northernpowergrid.com
Directorate
Field Operations
Position:
Location: Castleford
£44,784 - £60,198 (Depending on experience)
Position
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and forward thinking individual to join a highly
regarded and innovative Distribution Network Operator in the North of England.
Northern Powergrid have a vacancy for a Protection Design / Applications Engineer, who is
invited to join a vibrant team of engineers, working to deliver a broad range of Asset replacement
and New Connections projects from 11kV up to 132kV.
Key Responsibilities
 Identify customer requirements and firm up protection scheme design
 Create connection and Protection diagrams and front end protection design proposals up to
132kV.
 Produce Detailed protection design solutions including GA’s, scheme logic drawings, AC and
DC schematic diagrams and Connection and Protection Drawings
 Check contractors drawings against protection scheme design and approve
 Specify protection relay types and the production of numeric relay applications / configuration
files.
 Interface protection with Substation Control and SCADA systems
 Document scheme logic and relay configuration files and operational engineers in the
application of them within the substations
Key Competencies
 Ability to translate high level specifications into detailed EHV protection schemes for
substation projects
 Ability to apply Engineering knowledge to protection schemes for EHV power systems
 Knowledge of safety legislation/procedures and specifically the CDM regulations
 Ability to produce and apply protection designs to electrical distribution systems
 Knowledge of engineering standards and protection systems for EHV substations
 Ability to produce contract technical specifications to enable procurement of protection
schemes and services for construction of EHV substations.
Qualifications & Attributes
Essential:
The successful candidate will hold HNC in electrical engineering or equivalent. Also the
successful candidate should have at least three year experience working as an engineer on
electrical power distribution networks and have detailed knowledge of power system protection
schemes at 11kV and 33kV. Protection scheme design or applications experience on the 33kV
system and a good working knowledge of industry standards is essential.
Desirable Qualifications: Degree in electrical engineering
Desirable Experience: Protection commissioning experience; Experience of specifying power
system protection designs; Protection design or applications experience up to 132kV.
Closing date: XXX
Please visit our careers website to download an application
recruitment@northernpowergrid.com quoting reference number PAE2014
form
and
return
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Applications are invited from women and men with appropriate experience and qualifications. Applicants are
considered on the basis of their suitability for the post irrespective of sex, marriage and civil partnership,
sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, race, age, disability, religion or belief and pregnancy and
maternity. Northern Powergrid recruit on ability and ability alone.