Functional Manager Control and Protection Engineering

Advertised by Try&Hire on behalf of a client · Reference TAH-NMU24

Discipline
Energy & grid engineer
Region
Aargau, Baden (AG)
Client
Power transmission and distribution
Advertised on
16.10.2026

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You will lead and develop the Control and Protection Engineering function within a substation automation engineering organization, combining people leadership with technical governance.

Your tasks

  • Lead, coach and develop a team of up to 12 team leaders in control and protection engineering
  • Drive harmonization and standardization of engineering processes, tools and guidelines
  • Ensure effective utilization of engineering resources and quality of delivered services
  • Harmonize hardware and software engineering tools across the engineering community
  • Lead competency and capacity management to meet current and future project demands
  • Develop standard engineering solutions to strengthen efficiency and scalability
  • Define and maintain cost estimation models for control and protection engineering activities

What you bring

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in substation automation systems or control and protection engineering
  • Previous people leadership experience as a team leader or manager
  • Deep understanding of engineering processes, project execution and tools in substation automation
  • Experience in competency development, workforce planning and organizational transformation
  • Fluent in English, written and spoken

Conditions

  • Workload: 80–100 %
  • Option of a permanent position after the assignment if both sides want it

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