Experteer Overview
In this role you will contribute to the protection, control, communications and SCADA design for HV and EHV transmission substations supporting UK National Grid projects. You will be embedded with the UK project team while based in Spain under a local contract, providing technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers. The work spans concept through commissioning, with emphasis on IEC 61850, protection coordination, and multi-vendor interfaces. You’ll influence substation architectures and protection philosophies to enable reliable, secure transmission assets. This is a globally integrated, mission-driven engineering role with a clear impact on critical infrastructure and cross-border

Compensaciones / Ventajas
• Design and review protection and control systems for HV/EHV substations across lifecycle stages
• Develop protection philosophies, schematics, wiring diagrams, I/O schedules, and interface documentation
• Create and assess schemes for breakers, autoreclose, teleprotection, and interlocking functions
• Perform protection coordination and settings activities, including fault studies
• Design substation control, automation and communication architectures at bay- and station-level
• Apply IEC 61850 principles, including data modelling and multi-vendor integration
• Ensure resilient station-bus/process-bus architectures with timing, redundancy and segregation
• Coordinate interfaces with primary plant, SCADA, telecoms and cybersecurity; own Pu0026C design packages




• Check technical deliverables, identify risks, and resolve interfaces with multidisciplinary teams
• Support procurement, factory acceptance, site testing, commissioning and energisation activities
• Lead technical reviews, mentor engineers and promote high-quality engineering practices
• Travel to the UK up to 30% of time for meetings, workshops, FAT/SAT and commissioning

Responsabilidades
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Control Engineering or related discipline
• Minimum 10 years of experience in protection and control engineering for HV/EHV substations
• Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional registration
• Proven experience delivering Pu0026C engineering for complex substations with multidisciplinary coordination
• Strong expertise in protection relays, SCADA, telecommunications interfaces and IEC 61850 schemes
• Knowledge of BS EN/IEC standards and National Grid requirements
• Experience with relay configuration tools and testing equipment
• Fluent English, strong technical documentation skills
• Willingness to travel up to 30% and stay in the UK for periods
• Previous National Grid experience preferred but not essential

Requisitos principales
• Hybrid working model
• Global opportunities
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Profit share programme
• Continual learning and mentorship
• Well-being programmes and inclusive culture

📌 Senior HV Substations Protection & Control, Communications and SCADA Specialist (Madrid)
🏢 Arup
📍 Madrid