Base Location: Perth, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness, Reading, Thatcham, New Forest, Poole. You’ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week at one of these locations.
Salary: £71,869 - £85,880 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: 18 month Fixed Term Contract | Flexible First options available
The role
The Technology Standards team is our source of engineering policy, standardised equipment and configurations for the substation control systems on our distribution network – including protection, automation and telecontrol systems. This role gives an opportunity to shape the control systems of the future, and to tackle engineering challenges associated with critical Operational Technology solutions.
As an Asset Technology Standards Engineer, you'll help shape the future of SSEN's protection and control solutions, developing the standards, specifications, and control schemes that support a smarter, more resilient electricity network. Working across technologies such as protection relays, programmable logic controllers and Remote Terminal Units, you'll lead equipment selection, testing and configuration, driving standardisation and innovation while supporting the delivery of a digitised network that enables Net Zero.
You will
- Develop and maintain technical standards, specifications and engineering policies for protection and control systems, ensuring compliance, consistency, and safe operation across the network.
- Design, test and approve operational technology solutions, such as protection schemes and plant schematics, creating standardised configurations and repeatable designs for business-wide deployment.
- Lead technical assurance activities by developing test plans, evaluating equipment against specifications and supporting equipment approval and procurement decisions.
- Apply cyber security and NIS regulatory requirements to both existing and new operational technology systems, helping protect critical electricity infrastructure.
- Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise to projects, working groups and stakeholders, influencing strategy, innovation and continuous improvement across the business.
You have
- Extensive experience designing, configuring and/or commissioning protection and control systems; 11-132 kV UK Distribution experience is preferred.
