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Control and Protection Engineer

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 13 Dec 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $60k - $80k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Fluent

Position

Control engineering is a cross-functional engineering discipline centered on an approach, mindset, and process. The Control and Protection Engineer shall execute with association of workgroups to meet assigned objectives. In this role, you will work within defined parameters to make decisions, apply concepts to issues of moderate complexity, and resolve issues through immediate action or short-term planning. The current role is expected to deliver ITO/OTR for HVDC & AC Grid projects with strong competency in HVDC, EHV/HV designs of grid substations (AIS & GIS).

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Roles and Responsibilities

  • Protection coordination design and validation, control, protection, and sequencing strategy specifications, parameters tuning to meet grid stability criteria specified in customer technical specifications.
  • Defining control system requirements for the software architecture, development, and verification.
  • Performing PSSE/PSCAD and PSSE/RSCAD power system network conversion, modeling, and verification, including preparing RSCAD models and conducting studies on the Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) model FACTS project.
  • Develop and implement control and protection schemes for substation systems, including engineering BOQ, drawings, calculations, and technical specifications for both tender and execution stages.
  • Collaborate with other functions to integrate control and protection systems into overall project designs.
  • Analyze and interpret relay settings, coordination curves, and fault records.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering or relevant educational degree.
  • Fluency in English is mandatory.
  • At least 3 years experience in substation integration design, with a minimum of 5 years experience in substation protection, control, and auxiliary system design.
  • Knowledge of various protection schemes including overcurrent, differential, distance, and busbar protection.
  • Strong understanding of electrical power systems, including generators, transformers, switchgear, and transmission lines.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in technical problem-solving.
  • Ability to deliver under pressure in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with attention to detail.
  • Willingness to travel globally and work in diverse environments.
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