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Project Engineer I - Protection

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Direct to Company 1 hour ago · 17 Sep 2026

Financial

  • Estimate: $40k - $80k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Intermediate
  • English: Professional

Position

About the Role / About the Job
In this role, you will apply your knowledge of power system protection and protective relays to assist and train customers. You will engage in the design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning, and operation of automation and protection systems while adhering to agreed-upon projects' scope, schedule, and budget. This role requires strong documentation skills and the ability to generate functional design specifications and maintain quality and safety standards.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Possess, understand, and apply the fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of power system protection, protective relays and their applications, settings, and testing, along with related products.
  • Train and assist customers with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning, and operation of automation and/or protection systems.
  • Complete and implement assigned work within agreed-upon scope, schedule, and budget, maintaining a high level of quality and safety.
  • Participate in the preparation of functional design specifications.
  • Prepare and maintain detailed design documents, reports, checklists, test reports, and deliverables.
  • Follow and apply Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles.
  • Understand, create, simplify.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline.
  • 2+ years of relevant application experience with electric power systems, industry practices, and system protection, protective relays and their applications, settings, and testing practices and philosophies.
  • Good knowledge of electric power system protection and control, integration, and communications applications.
  • Working knowledge of electric power system design, studies, information and communication technology, and protective relay applications.
  • Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally at least 25% based on focus area.
  • Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
  • Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.
  • Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
  • Background check results satisfactory to the company.
  • Negative drug test result(s).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Engineer in Training certificate.
  • Experience in electrical utility, industrial plant, consulting engineering, or system integration.
  • Project engineering experience.
  • Working knowledge of Vision or other project management tracking software.
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