Lead Protection and Control Engineer - GE Vernova

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

Ultimately be responsible for design of protection schemes for all kinds of T&D substations, Data Centers, Industrial, BESS applications including one-lines, three-lines, AC / DC schematics, and relay settings.

Lead a local or remote design team to develop panel and interconnect wiring as well as panel layouts and elevations

Evaluate the interoperability, control features, and communication / protocol aspects of IED’s serving as protection relays to provide an integrated solution including SCADA, Cyber Security and Telecom needs.

Be familiar with IEC 61850 process and system bus architecture and its implementation for substations

Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to SCADA engineers, substation physical engineers, and control design staff in order to fully develop system integration of protection, control, and monitoring systems. Work with team to meet project specifications, cost control, and schedule objectives

Interface with internal and external team members such as Lead engineers, Project Engineers, Electrical Designers, Physical Designers, Draftsmen, Project managers, Sourcing, and support organizations

Review power system load flow studies, fault studies, relay setting coordination, and transient studies performed by other agencies

Train end-users on the theory, operational use, and maintenance of integrated protection and control systems

Lead or support factory acceptance testing and site testing & commissioning

Develop outage, cut-over, and testing procedures

Define processes, procedures, perform RCA's (Root Cause Analysis), perform corrective actions, and validate process control. Support quality initiatives including aspects of ISO9002

Work on development of proposals including: writing and/or reviewing technical specifications, estimating design man-hours and materials, supporting sourcing for vendor quotations, and the development of clarifications and exceptions as well as technical responses and performing technical validation.

Demonstrate leadership behaviors of acting with humility, lead with transparency and deliver with focus

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar degree from an accredited university.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in engineering.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in protection and controls engineering for substations or power generation.

Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time, including international, for meetings and on-site commissioning tests for customer installations and comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies

Desired Characteristics:

P.E. License or EIT with willingness to pursue and acquire P.E certification or P.Eng or willingness to acqui