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🥝 Substation Protection Engineer
Network Recruitment | johannesburg, South-Africa | Posted June 24, 2026
Job Description
Duties: - Design, configure, and implement protection schemes for MV/HV networks.
- Conduct protection coordination studies and fault analysis.
- Perform relay settings development (e.g., SEL, Siemens, ABB, and Schneider).
- Review and interpret single-line diagrams, schematics, and logic drawings.
- Support the commissioning, testing, and integration of protection systems.
- Investigate protection trips, faults, and system disturbances.
- Prepare technical reports, documentation, and commissioning packs.
- Ensure compliance with relevant grid codes, utility standards, and safety regulations.
- Collaborate with Design Engineers, project teams, and clients.
Minimum Requirements: - BEng / BTech in Electrical Engineering.
- 38 years experience in protection engineering (utility, EPC, or consulting).
- Proficient in relay configuration software (SEL AcSELerator, DIG...