Protection Engineer

Protection Engineer

Contract Type:

Casual

Salary:

 -  

Location:

Perth - Western Australia 

Industry:

Engineering

Date Published:

18-Mar-2026

As part of the Energy Projects Protection Team, you’ll play a key role in delivering protection design, configuration development, and commissioning across multiple 220kV/33kV substations.

In the Protection Engineer role, you’ll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions that align with stakeholder requirements.

Core responsibilities include the development and implementation of protection systems for substations, as well as renewable generation assets such as wind farms, solar farms, and battery energy storage systems.

Experience
  • 3 - 5 year’s experience in power industry required.
  • Experience completing calculations to determine protection settings including coordination and grading is highly regarded.
  • Ability to interpret protection system requirements and create functional design specification (FDS).
  • Experience with Siemens Siprotec 5 or SEL protection relays is highly regarded.
  • Demonstrated ability to produce (IED) protection and control device settings and configuration files
  • Demonstrated ability to verify that protection settings are correctly implemented
  • Demonstrated ability in technical report and specification writing.

RESPECTFULLY AUSTRALIAN WORKING RIGHTS ONLY 

For more information about this opportunity, please click   APPLY   or     contact Jack on 08 9437 4400 or via email on jack.mcmaster@drdgroup.com.au
  
DRD Group is a specialist recruitment provider renowned for recruiting quality project teams on major projects within the Energy, Resources, Defense, Renewables and Infrastructure sectors.
   
DRD Group embraces a diverse workforce culture and encourages female and Indigenous applicants to apply. All work assignments are subject to successful completion of a medical, drug and alcohol screen plus verification of all original certifications and qualifications

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