Our client is a respected independent electrical engineering consultancy, providing specialist design and advisory services to the UK power sector. They are seeking an experienced Control and Protection Design Engineer to join their team in support of a long-term framework with Northern Powergrid. This is an office-based role, available on a contract or fixed-term basis, located in either the Newcastle, Leeds or Sheffield areas. HV Protection Design Engineer Role Overview: The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering protection and control system designs for high-voltage (HV) distribution networks, supporting Northern Powergrid’s capital, reinforcement, and connection programmes up to and including 132kV. The engineer will develop, validate, and integrate protection, control, and SCADA designs, ensuring the ongoing safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance of NPg’s distribution network. You will work within a multi-disciplinary engineering team and contribute to projects from concept design through to detailed engineering and delivery support. Key Responsibilities: * Develop detailed protection application designs for feeders, transformers, and busbars at 11 kV–132 kV, including customer interface schemes * Develop connection and tripping logic diagrams, configure relays and generate setting files, implement IEC 61850 and DNP3 communication schemes, and prepare programmable logic documentat...