Description

You as a Protection Engineer will be acting as the responsible commissioning engineer overseeing the installation and commissioning of substation control and protection systems for assignments classified as medium commissioning complexity. Managing completion of all commissioning activities efficiently and cost-effectively and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, and safety requirements.

Your Responsibilities

• You are carrying out the testing & commissioning of control and relay panels, Substation automation system delivered in various locations with-in and outside Switzerland.

• You execute the project commissioning safely following all safety standards of Hitachi Energy as well as customer.

• You ensure that customer relations are managed in an optimal way.

•  You maintain continuous interactions with the engineering and project management team to carry out the site works effectively.

• You are handing over the marked-up drawings to engineering for preparing the As-build drawing and onward submission to customer to close the project.

• You initiate and monitor risk mitigation plan in your area of responsibility and ensure stakeholders are updated on associated technical risks.

• You guide associate commissioning engineers and coordinate work with entry level engineers, technicians, or administrative staff.

• You are preparing project documentation for SAT, FAT as required. You are obtaining approvals from utilities for commissioning activities of protection systems main and back up relays including scheme testing.

Your background

• You hold an Engineering degree.

• You bring 4 plus years’ experience as a commissioning engineer of protection system and products.

• You have knowledge of substation control and protection systems, philosophy principles of applications and concepts.

• You have basic knowledge of communication protocols like IEC61850, LON. IEC101-3, DNP etc.

• You bring strong knowledge of control and interlocking logics in substations and able to read schematic drawings and locate mistakes problem solving & conflict resolution.

• You are analytical, bring excellent communication skills and are a team player.

• You are fluent in German; English is an advantage.

• You are happy and willing to travel 80% of the time globally