Principal Protection & Control Engineer

Location : Remote, UK Wide

Salary : up to £95,000 (based on experience)

Position : Permanent

Turner Lovell are working with a leading UK utility infrastructure contractor to find a Principal Protection & Control Design Engineer who will take a lead role in delivering and overseeing P&C designs for National Grid and other transmission and distribution substation projects across the UK (33kV–400kV).

This is a great opportunity to enjoy flexible working, take ownership of your work, and make a direct impact on high-profile energy and renewables projects. You’ll be joining long-term frameworks involving new substations, network upgrades, and grid connection projects, an exciting time to contribute technical leadership and be part of a growing delivery team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Protection & Control design packages (concept through to construction delivery), including AC / DC schematics, wiring diagrams, logic, and settings.
• Provide technical governance by reviewing, approving, and signing off internal and third-party designs for accuracy, compliance, and constructability.
• Act as the discipline lead for P&C, mentoring engineers and coordinating with HV plant, civil, cables, and project delivery teams.
• Interface with clients and stakeholders, representing the contractor as the subject matter expert for P&C.
• Ensure alignment with UK standards and specifications (ENA, BS, IEC) and Transmission / TO requirements (e.g., NGET / SSEN).
• Direct protection coordination / grading studies and oversee relay setting files and configurations (e.g., ETAP, DIgSILENT).
• Drive quality assurance, documentation completeness, and timely design handovers; contribute to continuous improvement of design processes and templates.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Significant UK experience delivering P&C designs for substations, including transmission levels (132kV - 400kV).
• Strong working knowledge of UK National Grid standards and practices.
• Proficiency with protection coordination and modelling tools (e.g., ETAP, DIgSILENT PowerFactory).
• Confident with AutoCAD or equivalent for drawing production / markup.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary coordination, mentor engineers, and manage multiple design workstreams to deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills with a track record of successful client and stakeholder engagement.

If this sounds like your next step, please apply or contact Anusha Gopalan (anusha.gopalan@turnerlovell.com / 020 4602 7660) for more information.