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Base Location: For this role, we require successful applicants to be based from one of our Scottish locations – Glasgow, Perth, Inverness or Aberdeen Salary: £50,100 - £75,100 + car /car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options availableThe roleAs part of SSEN Transmissions Offshore Portfolio of works, we have an opportunity for a Protection & Control Engineer to join our newly formed Offshore AC Project Engineering team to help drive forward our Island projects and successfully deliver a network for Net Zero. Our Island projects facilitate the connection to our HVDC systems and include state-of the-art AC plant, grid control and stabilisation technology in challenging environmental conditions.You will- Assess and define the technical scope of protection and control requirements for new build substations and modifications to existing.- Prepare outline scheme designs, key line diagrams, protection setting calculations and setting files for relays, and support the implementation of IEC61850 solutions.- Review third-party contractor/consultant detailed designs and witness FAT, as well as provide support for field teams to ensure quality of installations.- Evaluate tenders and procure/manage specialist services from consultants.- Support multi-disciplinary project teams in identifying and managing engineering risks and identifying opportunities for the project to excel.You have- A minimum of HND level qualification in Electrical Engineering.- Demonstrable technical skills in Transmission protection and control specification and scheme design, as well as the skills to calculate protection settings for implementation.<b