Hardware Expert HVDC Control & Protection

À propos de la fonction

Emplacement
Royaume-Uni
Manchester
Manchester
Télétravail ou au bureau
Hybride (télétravail/bureau)
Entreprise
Siemens Energy Limited
Organisation
Grid Technologies
Unité opérationnelle
Grid Solutions
Temps plein / partiel
Temps plein
Niveau d’expérience
Non défini
A Snapshot of your day

As a Hardware expert for HVDC Control and Protection you will work within a team of HVDC project management and engineering specialists to design and deliver full HVDC control and protection solutions for both wind farm grid connections and interconnectors making use of a new transient network analysis laboratory located in Manchester.

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Your responsibilities
  • Prepare hardware designs and circuit diagrams for control & protection panels for high voltage DC transmission (HVDC) systems
  • Handling the corresponding technical documents, cost calculations, circuit diagrams and manuals during offer stage and project execution
  • Design of BCU-based substation control systems for high voltage direct current systems (HVDC)
  • Programming of databases for hardware configuration and signal management
  • Implementation of control software as well as verification using simulation tools and real-time test environments
  • Supervision of workshops during panel manufacturing process and support by the acceptance/functional tests including occasional business trips
  • Clarification of technical requirements within project teams and with customers and suppliers
  • Preparation of work packages for sub-suppliers including controlling of these work packages
  • Remote support during commissioning and service of HVDC systems

Your skills and qualifications
  • University degree in electrical engineering or comparable professional training with significant professional experience
  • Excellent knowledge of hardware for control & protection panels for high voltage substations or energy generation or transmission plants
  • Very good knowledge in parameterisation of bay control units (BCUs), ideally of SIPROTEC 5 devices with DIGSI and CFC (Continuous Flow Chart)
  • Very good CAE knowledge, ideally in the tool Engineering Base
  • Experience in Measuring and Instrumentation technologies for high voltage transmission systems and ideally knowledge of Power Quality and Fault Recording Systems
  • Solid understanding in high voltage and substation technology as well as in the design of interlocking schemes and automated control sequences
  • Good knowledge in secondary interfaces of high voltage components such as switching devices, transformers, CTs and VTs
  • Very good English language skills, German language skills are of an advantage
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills for result-oriented and creative development of our projects, focus on high quality execution of our solutions
Let’s talk about us

"Let’s make tomorrow different today" is our genuine dedication at Siemens Energy to all customers and employees on the way to a sustainable, CO2 neutral future.

Our Transmission Division offers customers a broad portfolio of products, systems, solutions, and services geared around the key market trends of digitalization, decarbonization, grid stability and electrification. Our people are the drivers behind this. With expertise, passion and dedication, we are working to transmit energy as efficiently and environmentally friendly as possible. Sound exciting? Join us and help make the difference!

Our HVDC Control & Protection team is responsible for the development of DC network interconnections all over the world to deliver green energy to the customers.

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Our benefits package includes a competitive base salary and annual bonus. We celebrate the fact that our employees are individuals and have different wants and needs. With this in mind, we have a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you. We offer 26 days holiday (which increases with service), up to 10% pension contribution match, an excellent company share scheme and employee discounts just to name a few. We encourage the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation.