I&C / Electrical Control & Protection Engineer (Turbo-Generator Systems)
Role Overview
Job Title: I&C / Electrical Control & Protection Engineer
Industry: Electric Power Generation
Department: Power Systems - After Sales Services
Location: Dubai
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: AED 13,000 - 16,000 (all-inclusive)
Travel Requirement: Required
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Job Overview
Job Title: I&C / Electrical Control & Protection Engineer
Industry: Electric Power Generation
Department: Power Systems - After Sales Services
Location: Dubai
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: AED 13,000 - 16,000 (all-inclusive)
Travel Requirement: Required
Benefits
- Employment Visa
- Medical Insurance
- Annual Leave
- Annual Air Ticket
Experience
- Approximately 7-10 years of relevant experience in power generation electrical and control systems.
- Experience with large turbo generators at combined-cycle, gas turbine, or steam turbine plants.
Job Summary
One of our clients is looking for an experienced, hands-on I&C / Electrical Engineer specializing in turbo-generator electrical control, excitation, and protection systems.
The role covers technical support, troubleshooting, inspection, maintenance, testing, commissioning, and modernisation at power generation facilities, including multi-OEM equipment.
Key Responsibilities
- AVR & Excitation Systems: Inspect, maintain, test, troubleshoot, and commission Automatic Voltage Regulators (AVR) and static/brushless excitation systems.
- AVR & Excitation Systems: Diagnose voltage regulation, field flashing, and excitation control issues; support retrofit and modernisation projects.
- SFC Systems: Inspect, troubleshoot, maintain, and commission SFC systems used for gas turbine starting.
- SFC Systems: Diagnose converter, inverter, thyristor, control-interface, and related electrical protection faults.
- Generator Protection Systems: Test, commission, and troubleshoot numerical generator protection relays.
- Generator Protection Systems: Work with functions including 87G, 64G, 40, 32, 50/51, 59/27; review settings, perform secondary injection tests, and analyse faults.
- Control Panels & Auxiliary Systems: Maintain generator control, synchronization, monitoring, and auxiliary panels; troubleshoot PLC logic, alarms, interlocks, and DCS interfaces.
- Control Panels & Auxiliary Systems: Support generator circuit breaker (GCB), synchronization, and associated auxiliary electrical systems.
- Field Services & Technical Support: Perform site inspections, troubleshooting, testing, and commissioning during generator overhauls, rehabilitation, and retrofit projects.
- Field Services & Technical Support: Interpret wiring diagrams, electrical drawings, and control logic; prepare technical reports and root-cause analyses.
- Field Services & Technical Support: Coordinate with customers, OEM engineering teams, and field personnel across the region.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Control Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Approximately 7-10 years of relevant experience in power generation electrical and control systems.
- Strong hands-on experience with turbo-generator AVR/excitation, generator protection and/or SFC systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex systems independently; familiarity with testing and relay commissioning equipment.
- Good English technical communication, reporting skills, and willingness to travel frequently.
Preferred Background
- Demonstrated involvement in AVR upgrades, excitation modernisation, SFC commissioning, and generator protection retrofits.
- Field-service and commissioning experience preferred over purely design-based experience.
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