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Protection Engineer

Yesterday 2026/09/20 ·Application closes in 21 days
Full time · Mid career · 10+ Years of Experience
100-499 Employees · Accounting
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Job description

About the Role

Jazan Integrated Gasification & Power Company (JIGPC) is seeking a highly skilled Protection Engineer to join our Maintenance team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, compliance, testing, maintenance, and optimization of electrical protection systems supporting a large-scale industrial and power generation facility.

This role requires hands-on expertise in protective relays, fault analysis, relay testing, switchgear protection, and power system troubleshooting within power generation, utilities, oil & gas, petrochemical, or heavy industrial environments.


Key Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance of electrical protection systems.
  • Test, calibrate, configure, and troubleshoot protective relays and associated equipment.
  • Conduct fault investigations, root cause analysis, and system performance evaluations.
  • Maintain and optimize protection schemes for transmission, distribution, and generation systems.
  • Support maintenance shutdowns, turnarounds, and plant upgrades.
  • Analyze protection events and disturbance records to improve system reliability.
  • Ensure compliance with company standards, safety requirements, and industry regulations.
  • Provide technical support to Operations, Maintenance, and Project teams.
  • Prepare maintenance reports, test records, and technical documentation.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives related to electrical protection systems.


Minimum Requirements

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.

Experience

  • 10 years of experience in Electrical Protection Engineering.
  • Experience within Power Generation, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Energy, or Heavy Industrial facilities.
  • Hands-on experience with protection relays, relay testing, fault analysis, and electrical troubleshooting.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Power Systems Engineering.
  • Certification in Protective Relaying (SEL, GE, Siemens, Beckwith, or equivalent).
  • NFPA 70E or other Electrical Safety Certification.
  • Experience with SAP PM or other CMMS systems.


Apply now to be part of one of the Middle East's leading integrated gasification and power generation companies.

Skills

Technical Skills

Candidates should have strong knowledge and experience in:

  • Power System Protection
  • Protective Relays (SEL, Siemens, GE, MiCOM, Beckwith)
  • Overcurrent & Earth Fault Protection
  • Transformer Differential Protection
  • Line Differential Protection
  • Generator Protection Systems
  • Motor Protection Systems
  • High Impedance Busbar Protection
  • Arc Flash Protection
  • Automatic Voltage Regulators (AVR)
  • Synchronizing Systems
  • HV, MV, and EHV Protection Schemes
  • Switchgear Protection Systems
  • Fault Analysis and Root Cause Investigation
  • Relay Testing and Commissioning


Testing & Software Experience

Experience with the following is highly desirable:

  • Omicron Relay Testing Equipment
  • Megger Testing Equipment
  • SEL Software
  • Siemens DIGSI
  • GE Protection Systems
  • MiCOM Relay Software
  • Beckwith Relays
  • REG-DA
  • TAPCON


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Preferred candidate

Years of experience
10+ years
Degree
Bachelor's degree / higher diploma
Career level
Mid career
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