High-Voltage Substation Protection and Control Engineer

• Stable position with a flexible working day, compatible with your personal life.

• Continuous training in cutting-edge technologies and project management.

• Flexible compensation (medical insurance, transport, meal vouchers, childcare).

• Professional development with international projection.

• Access to exclusive employee discounts.

Join WSP: high-level technical projects

Your responsibilities will include acting as a senior reference in secondary systems for HV Substations, leading the architecture and design of Protection and Control systems, Telecontrol/SCADA, and Communications in high-complexity projects.

You will be responsible for defining and reviewing protection philosophies, logics, interlocks, signal lists, and IEC 61850 configurations, providing expert judgment in the integration of IEDs, RTUs, gateways, networks, and telecommunications equipment. You will coordinate manufacturers and internal teams, establishing quality standards and ensuring technical consistency between disciplines. Additionally, you will lead FAT/SAT, protection and SCADA validations, commissioning, and the resolution of critical incidents. You will also drive internal standardization, the technical review of deliverables, and knowledge transfer, contributing to the strengthening and technical excellence of the area.

Due to the strong growth in our Energy | WSP area, we want to incorporate into our Transmission team in Madrid, Valladolid, Santander or Valencia a HV Substation Engineer - Secondary Systems Specialist

For this position, we are looking for a professional with a minimum degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical, Telecommunications or equivalent, who has a B2 English level and more than 15 years of experience in High Voltage Substations and Secondary Systems (132-400 kV), with technical recognition in this field.

Deep mastery of protection, control, interlocking, measurement, telecontrol, communications systems, and RTU/SCADA platforms is essential, as well as demonstrated experience working with IEC 61850 -including SCL, GOOSE and MMS- and/or with SCADA protocols such as IEC 60870‑5‑101/104 or DNP3. Technical leadership in FAT and SAT, protection testing, and the ability to resolve complex incidents is also required.

As desirable requirements, we will value experience in OT cybersecurity applied to substations, including hardening tasks, network segmentation, and access management according to client requirements. It will be a plus to have knowledge of substation telecommunications, such as OPGW, networks, redundancies, and synchronization, as well as having participated in technical proposals, standardization activities through templates or checklists, and training or mentoring actions.