Technical Leader - Protection & Control Systems

About the role

The Technical Leader provides technical leadership and technical execution governance for Protection & Control projects across the full project lifecycle. As the primary technical authority, the role ensures alignment between customer requirements, the technical solution, engineering execution, testing and delivery. The position is based in Zamudio.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the technical kick-off, technical clarification and scope alignment with customer requirements, tendering inputs and the project risk matrix.
• Review technical specifications against the offered solution and define the technical baseline for execution.
• Define and approve the main technical solution, including architecture, schematics, system and IED configuration, major hardware definition / BOM decisions, network and port definitions and the master file approach.
• Own the internal technical documentation plan, technical deliverables strategy and engineering schedule.
• Coordinate engineering execution across disciplines and subcontractors, ensuring consistent technical outputs and timely resolution of interfaces.
• Define and document pre-FAT and FAT protocols, validation approach and technical readiness criteria.
• Track customer and internal engineering inputs, technical comment resolution and deliverable submissions.
• Lead technical quality discussions, follow up technical non-conformities and escalate risks affecting delivery, quality, cost or schedule.
• Coordinate the technical preparation of pre-FAT, FAT and SAT handover, including snag list definition, closure follow-up and technical transfer to Field Service.
• Act as technical reference point for the project team, support problem resolution and drive standardization, lessons learned and continuous improvement.
• Support capability development through mentoring, technical guidance and knowledge transfer.

Required profile

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a similar technical discipline.
• Solid experience in Protection & Control, Substation Automation or an equivalent engineering environment.
• Proven experience with relevant projects.
• Ability to lead technical discussions with customers and coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering activities.
• Strong problem-solving, prioritization and communication skills in a complex project environment.
• Good command of English; additional languages are valued depending on project scope.
• Availability to travel up to 30% as required by project, customer and business needs.

Required skills

• Substation solutions and communication protocols
• System integration concepts
• Protection & Control and substation automation engineering