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# Principal Protection & Control Engineer

- **Company:** SSE plc
- **Location:** Dalcross, UK
- **Salary:** £59,800.0 - £89,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Value Engineering
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/10171838/principal-protection-and-control-engineer/

## About the Role

* Proven experience leading and supporting high-performing engineering teams and delivering complex engineering projects.
 * Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline, with Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent) preferred.
 * Excellent technical knowledge of P&C design and engineering, relevant codes and legislation (including CDM & SQSS, or similar), and industry standards.
 * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and explain complex technical information clearly and confidently.
 * Demonstrated ability in problem-solving and risk-based decision-making, alongside a genuine commitment to supporting and developing others.

## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Protection & Control (P&C) Engineer within the SSEN Transmission Onshore AC Project Engineering team. In this key role, you will work collaboratively to provide expert technical leadership across P&C engineering activities, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality outputs and supporting teams through clear guidance and shared decision making across projects, standardisation and innovation initiatives, and in risk resolution.

You'll play a key role in shaping and influencing the approach to P&C project design and delivery across the 132kV, 275kV, and 400kV transmission network within our licence area. Working with the Lead Principal P&C Engineer, you will contribute to a supportive and inclusive engineering culture, drive innovation, support industry engagement, and promote safety and consistency in design, supporting the transition to a safer, more efficient, and innovative engineering environment.

You will

 * Act as a key P&C engineering contact, working collaboratively with internal teams and stakeholders to ensure smooth project delivery.
 * Be responsible for protection setting authority and calculation approvals, ensuring our transmission network is safely protected with appropriate coordination, sensitivity and stability.
 * Coach, mentor and support senior and junior engineers, encouraging learning and professional development within the P&C engineering discipline.
 * Promote safety, health, and environmental best practices, embedding these principles into everyday ways of working and ensuring compliance with CDM, SQSS, and SSEN standards.
 * Drive innovation and value engineering, encouraging new ideas and engaging with industry forums to shape best practice.


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