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Senior/Principle Protection & Control Engineer

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Bellshill, United Kingdom; Leicester, United Kingdom
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Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer

Location: Leicester or Glasgow

Join Kelvin Power and help power the UK's energy transition.

At Kelvin Power, part of the global VINCI Energies group, we're delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK's electricity transmission and distribution network. As our portfolio of high-voltage infrastructure projects continues to grow, we're looking for an experienced Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer to join our expanding team.

This is an excellent opportunity to take on a senior technical leadership role, influencing the delivery of nationally significant projects while helping to shape the future of our Protection & Control capability. You'll work alongside highly experienced engineers, mentor the next generation of talent and play a key role in growing both our technical expertise and client portfolio.

About the Role

As a Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across Protection & Control engineering activities, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality HV substation projects. You'll be responsible for maintaining technical excellence, developing engineering capability and supporting the continued growth of Kelvin Power within the Transmission & Distribution sector.

You'll combine strong technical knowledge with commercial awareness, client engagement and leadership skills to deliver innovative engineering solutions while supporting the wider strategic objectives of Kelvin Power and VINCI Energies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership across Protection & Control engineering and HV substation design projects.
  • Act as a technical checker, approver and governance lead for engineering deliverables.
  • Lead, mentor and develop a team of Protection & Control engineers and designers.
  • Provide technical supervision and guidance across multidisciplinary engineering projects.
  • Support the growth of Kelvin Power's capability in Protection & Control, SCADA, cyber security, substation design and emerging technologies such as HVDC.
  • Lead client engagement, prepare technical proposals and support the successful delivery of new business opportunities.
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships while contributing to business development activities.
  • Provide specialist technical expertise across the wider VINCI Energies group, including collaboration with Omexom and other business units.
  • Drive innovation by implementing new technologies, engineering practices and design solutions.
  • Represent Kelvin Power at industry conferences, technical forums and working groups, promoting our expertise within the energy sector.

About You

You'll be an experienced Protection & Control Engineer with a passion for technical excellence, leadership and delivering high-quality engineering solutions.

You'll ideally have:

  • A degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
  • Chartered Engineer status or be actively working towards chartership.
  • Extensive experience in Protection & Control engineering within the UK Transmission & Distribution sector.
  • Strong technical expertise in HV substation design, protection schemes and control systems.
  • Experience in one or more of the following: Earthing design HV/MV cable design and routing SCADA systems EPC project delivery Design assurance and design management Construction and commissioning support
  • Experience leading engineering teams and mentoring junior engineers.
  • Proven experience preparing and leading successful bids and technical proposals.
  • Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
  • Excellent commercial awareness and a proactive approach to business development.
  • CDAE (Contractor Design Approval Engineer) or LCDAE (Lead Contractor Design Approval Engineer) accreditation with National Grid is highly desirable.

What We Offer

At Kelvin Power, we believe our people are our greatest strength. We offer a competitive rewards package designed to support your career, wellbeing and professional development, including:

  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
  • Annual bonus scheme.
  • Contributory pension scheme.
  • Ongoing professional development and technical training.
  • Support towards professional accreditation.
  • Hybrid working opportunities.
  • A collaborative, supportive and inclusive working environment.
  • The opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure projects.
  • Excellent career progression within Kelvin Power and the wider VINCI Energies group.

Why Kelvin Power?

Kelvin Power is a specialist engineering consultancy delivering innovative solutions across the UK's energy sector. Backed by the strength of VINCI Energies, we combine the flexibility of a growing business with the opportunities of a global organisation.

We pride ourselves on technical excellence, collaboration and innovation, creating an environment where talented engineers can thrive, develop and make a genuine impact on the future of the UK's electricity network.

Eligibility

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and join a business that's helping shape the future of energy infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.

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