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# Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer

- **Company:** VINCI
- **Location:** Bellshill, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers.vinci-energies.co.uk/jobs/7250048-senior-principle-protection-control-engineer/applications/new

## About the Role

You'll be an experienced Protection & Control Engineer with a passion for technical excellence, leadership and delivering high-quality engineering solutions.

You'll ideally have:

 * A degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
 * Chartered Engineer status or be actively working towards chartership.
 * Extensive experience in Protection & Control engineering within the UK Transmission & Distribution sector.
 * Strong technical expertise in HV substation design, protection schemes and control systems.
 * Experience in one or more of the following:
 + Earthing design
 + HV/MV cable design and routing
 + SCADA systems
 + EPC project delivery
 + Design assurance and design management
 + Construction and commissioning support
 * Experience leading engineering teams and mentoring junior engineers.
 * Proven experience preparing and leading successful bids and technical proposals.
 * Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
 * Excellent commercial awareness and a proactive approach to business development.
 * CDAE (Contractor Design Approval Engineer) or LCDAE (Lead Contractor Design Approval Engineer) accreditation with National Grid is highly desirable.

## Description

As a Senior / Principal Protection & Control Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across Protection & Control engineering activities, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality HV substation projects. You'll be responsible for maintaining technical excellence, developing engineering capability and supporting the continued growth of Kelvin Power within the Transmission & Distribution sector.

You'll combine strong technical knowledge with commercial awareness, client engagement and leadership skills to deliver innovative engineering solutions while supporting the wider strategic objectives of Kelvin Power and VINCI Energies., * Provide technical leadership across Protection & Control engineering and HV substation design projects.

 * Act as a technical checker, approver and governance lead for engineering deliverables.
 * Lead, mentor and develop a team of Protection & Control engineers and designers.
 * Provide technical supervision and guidance across multidisciplinary engineering projects.
 * Support the growth of Kelvin Power's capability in Protection & Control, SCADA, cyber security, substation design and emerging technologies such as HVDC.
 * Lead client engagement, prepare technical proposals and support the successful delivery of new business opportunities.
 * Build and maintain strong client relationships while contributing to business development activities.
 * Provide specialist technical expertise across the wider VINCI Energies group, including collaboration with Omexom and other business units.
 * Drive innovation by implementing new technologies, engineering practices and design solutions.
 * Represent Kelvin Power at industry conferences, technical forums and working groups, promoting our expertise within the energy sector.


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