Job Description
The Power Control System and Protection Expert is responsible for designing and updating High Voltage Transmission and Substation Systems designs.
This is a 2-year project for the implementation of Energy Supply Improvement Investment Program in Afghanistan.
Key responsibilities:
- Reviewing existing design studies and updating project designs
- Construction supervision and confirming integrity of contractors’ design for electrical systems
- Identify the challenges and provide its recommendation to Contractor for power system protection problems
- Review the contractor’s document and shall ensure that the appropriate protection schemes for various applications are applied
- Ensure that the contractor prepared protection system is designed to power system faults for balanced and unbalanced conditions
- Gain knowledge about signal processing techniques needed for power system protection
- Ensure that the protection system designed is responsive for overcurrent, directional overcurrent, distance, differential and pilot protection situations
- Review and calculate settings for power lines, transformer and bus bar protection schemes
- Understand the main functions of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition(SCADA) and Energy management System (EMS)
- Identify and apply wide-area monitoring and control (and protection) schemes
- Responsible for other supervisory services required concerning the power control and protection system to complete the job for a working and operational transmission lines and substations
- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
Qualifications to be successful in the role:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- At least 10 years of experience working in development and rehabilitation of transmission lines, substations and grid systems
- Familiar with international standards relating to area of expertise
- Experienced in working in post-conflict countries is desirable
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills
Preferred qualifications
- Undergraduate
- Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering(B.E,B.Eng)
- CISBE - Member
- 10-15 years of Experince in prefered industry