JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Lead Protection & Control Engineer works on T&D substations for AC, HVDC and FACTS projects with designers, peer engineers & leaders. The engineer is responsible to define, design, coordinate all technical aspects of HV / EHV substation protection & control and oversee technical plant integration and optimization at project level considering safety, quality, schedule and cost criteria. The engineer should have great attention to detail with a can-do attitude & customer responsiveness. The Lead Protection & Control Engineer may be identified as project engineer for small to medium size project, which are highly secondary engineering focused. The engineer shall continuously update themselves with new technology and have a mindset of continuous learning, consistent with grid transition needs. Responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline. Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results.

ABOUT US:

Come bring your energy to change the world!
Grid Solutions, part of the GE Vernova portfolio of energy businesses, serves customers globally with over 12,000 employees. Grid Solutions provides equipment, systems, and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition.
GE Vernova, a dynamic accelerator comprised of our Power, Renewable Energy, Digital and Energy Financial Services businesses, is focused on leading a new era of energy - electrifying the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.
If you are ready to make a difference and usher in a new era of energy, come join us.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in system protection schemes, relay selection, primary equipment interface requirements, operational analysis, communication systems and maintenance practices for transmission, distribution, and generation protection applications at both AIS and GIS substations.
• 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

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

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Être finalement responsable de la conception de schémas de protection pour tous les types de sous-stations T&D, de centres de données, d’applications industrielles et BESS, y compris les schémas unifilaires, trifilaires, les schémas AC / DC et les réglages de relais.
• Diriger une équipe de conception locale ou à distance pour développer le câblage des panneaux et des interconnexions ainsi que les agencements et élévations des panneaux.
• Évaluer l’interopérabilité, les fonctionnalités de contrôle et les aspects de communication/protocole des IED servant de relais de protection pour fournir une solution intégrée incluant les besoins en SCADA, cybersécurité et télécommunications.
• Être familiarisé avec l’architecture de bus de processus et de système IEC 61850 et son implémentation pour les sous-stations.
• Coordonner et fournir une assistance technique aux ingénieurs SCADA, aux ingénieurs physiques de sous-station et au personnel de conception de contrôle afin de développer pleinement l’intégration des systèmes de protection, de contrôle et de surveillance.Travailler avec l’équipe pour respecter les spécifications du projet, le contrôle des coûts et les objectifs de calendrier.
• Interagir avec les membres internes et externes de l’équipe tels que les ingénieurs principaux, les ingénieurs de projet, les concepteurs électriques, les concepteurs physiques, les dessinateurs, les chefs de projet, les équipes d’approvisionnement et les organisations de support.
• Examiner les études de flux de charge du système électrique, les études de défauts, la coordination des réglages de relais et les études transitoires réalisées par d’autres agences.
• Former les utilisateurs finaux sur la théorie, l’utilisation opérationnelle et la maintenance des systèmes intégrés de protection et de contrôle.
• Diriger ou soutenir les tests d’acceptation en usine et les tests et la mise en service sur site
• Développer des procédures de coupure, de transition et de test
• Définir les processus, les procédures, effectuer des RCA (Analyse des Causes Racines), mettre en œuvre des actions correctives et valider le contrôle des processus.Soutenir les initiatives de qualité, y compris les aspects de l’ISO9002.
• Travailler sur le développement de propositions incluant : la rédaction et/ou la révision de spécifications techniques, l’estimation des heures de conception et des matériaux, le soutien à l’approvisionnement pour les devis des fournisseurs, ainsi que le développement de clarifications et d’exceptions ainsi que de réponses techniques et la validation technique.
• Démontrer des comportements de leadership en agissant avec humilité, en dirigeant avec transparence et en livrant avec concentration.