Senior Engineer - MV Protection and Relay Engineering

About the role

Vertiv is looking for a Senior Engineer in MV protection and relay engineering in Dubai. The role covers protection relay programming and testing, from setting up and commissioning protection systems to FAT/SAT, site testing and final validation. The ideal candidate handles the complete lifecycle of a protection system independently.

Key responsibilities

• Program, configure, test and commission MV and LV protection relays and control and relay panels
• Perform secondary injection, functional, trip and interlock testing, and end-to-end protection testing
• Verify relay settings against approved protection coordination studies and prepare setting files, test reports and commissioning reports
• Integrate protection relays with PLC, RTU, SCADA and EPMS/BMS systems and test communication mapping, alarms, trips and events
• Review SLDs, schematics, wiring diagrams and protection philosophies; troubleshoot protection and communication issues

Required profile

• B.E./B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering
• 7-12 years of experience in protection relay programming, relay testing and protection/control systems
• Predominant experience with MV switchgear, control and relay panels and electrical protection systems
• Hands-on experience with ABB, Siemens and Schneider Electric relays
• Experience in FAT, SAT, commissioning, site testing and final validation of MV/LV protection systems

Required skills

• Protection schemes: overcurrent, earth fault, directional, under/over-voltage and frequency, transformer, motor and busbar protection
• Relay test equipment such as OMICRON (highly preferred)
• Industrial communication: Modbus RTU/TCP/IP, Profibus, Profinet, IEC 61850 (GOOSE, MMS, SCL)
• Understanding of network switches, VLANs, IP addressing, gateways and network redundancy