Protection & Control Lead Engineer

Vasteras, Sweden

Job Title: Protection & Control Lead Engineer

Location: Sweden

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Grab this chance to work with one of the Biggest Utility 400KV High Voltage Transmission Network in Sweden!

Role Overview:

As a Protection & Control Lead Engineer, you will be technically responsible for planning, coordinating, and leading protection and commissioning activities for High Voltage Substation projects.
The role is primarily office‑based, focusing on engineering coordination, planning, and technical leadership, while remaining flexible to travel to site to support commissioning engineers and resolve complex technical issues during critical project phases.

You will act as the technical focal point between design, commissioning contractors, project management, and the customer, ensuring safe, compliant, and high‑quality energization and handover.

What will you do?

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure strict adherence to safety regulations, Linxon HSE requirements, and customer standards during testing and commissioning activities.
• Proactively identify safety risks and implement mitigation measures during commissioning phases.

Protection & Commissioning Leadership

· Lead and coordinate protection and commissioning activities across multiple projects.

· Initiate and manage contracts with commissioning subcontractors.

· Plan commissioning scope, schedules, and resource requirements in alignment with project timelines.

· Oversee execution of commissioning works, providing technical guidance and on‑site support as needed.

· Control and monitor commissioning progress with regular site visits.

• Ensure Compilation of red‑mark drawings, commissioning documentation, and final reports following successful energization.

Technical Leadership & Troubleshooting

• Act as technical escalation point to support site commissioning engineers.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical and operational risks related to protection systems and substation commissioning.
• Support and oversee site commissioning teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex protection, control, and system integration issues.
• Act as escalation point for technical issues during testing, energization, and handover.

FAT / SAT & Testing

• Develop and maintain Pre‑FAT, FAT, and SAT Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs).
• Plan, prepare, and actively participate in Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and Site Acceptance Tests (SAT).
• Review test results, ensure compliance with specifications, and manage deviations and corrective actions.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Interface with customers, design engineers, project managers, contract managers, commissioning engineers, and operations teams.
• Provide technical support to project managers, lead engineers, and site teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Report findings clearly and collaborate across disciplines to ensure project success.

Tendering & Early Project Involvement

• Participate in tendering activities, including:
  • Reviewing and understanding tender and technical specifications
  • Evaluating commissioning scope, risks, and requirements
  • Supporting cost estimation and commissioning strategy development

Standards, Procedures & Quality

• Develop, review, and maintain commissioning test protocols, procedures, and checklists.
• Ensure commissioning activities meet Linxon quality standards and contractual requirements.

Project Delivery

• Support delivery of projects on time, within budget, and with required quality, aligned with Linxon's'organizational and project management objectives.
• Maintain a balance between office‑based engineering responsibilities and frequent site travel to support critical commissioning phases.

WHAT WE OFFER

This role comes with:

• Attractive Salary
• Parental pay in accordance with collective agreement
• Group life insurance and pensions
• ASB insurance
• Hybrid work model
• Health Contribution
• Opportunity to work for a global organisation.

EDI

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.

ABOUT LINXON

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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