GE Vernova

Lead Control and Protection Engineer

GE Vernova  •  Mexico City, MX (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

As a Lead Control and Protection Engineer, your main responsibility it to be part of the design and its interfaces of a HV substations, ensuring their reliability, efficiency, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Collaboration with other engineers and support for project documentation and continuous improvement initiatives are also key aspects of this role.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Design, review, and support the development of Control & Protection systems, low-voltage electrical distribution, telecom, and monitoring systems for high-voltage substations.

  • Prepare and validate technical specifications for equipment and services, including purchase specifications and technical requirements.

  • Ensure compliance with customer requirements, as well as applicable local and international codes, regulations, and standards such as IEC, ANSI, and IEEE.

  • Review customer technical requirements clause by clause, identify deviations or exceptions, and manage technical clarifications and queries to ensure compliance.

  • Coordinate with other engineering disciplines to ensure proper integration within the overall substation design.

  • Oversee commissioning and testing activities for low-voltage systems.

  • Provide technical support to customers and project teams throughout all project phases.

  • Manage engineering subcontractors for assigned work packages, ensuring quality, schedule, and technical compliance.

  • Support construction, commissioning, and assembly teams by providing technical clarifications and resolving design-related issues.

  • Conduct technical site visits, when required, to collect and validate information for the preparation of electrical and telecom detailed design packages.

  • Identify, assess, and manage technical risks, and define appropriate mitigation actions.

  • Develop project deliverables in compliance with contractual EHS requirements.

  • Perform technical calculations, including cable sizing, CT/PT adequacy checks, and sizing of auxiliary services equipment.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic or Automation & Control Engineering.

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in Engineering activities in EPC type environment in T&D, FACTS, Power Gen or industry.

  • In-depth knowledge of substation control system design, or electrical distribution, auxiliary services, industry standards, and regulations. Familiarity with Substation Layout is advantageous.

  • Fluent Spanish proficiency.

  • Advanced English proficiency.

  • Knowledge of high voltage products, substation engineering design and services.

  • Familiarity with international and Mexican regulations and standards for substations (IEEE, IEC, ANSI, CFE).

  • Experience in technical problem solving

  • Strong team‐working abilities, good communication skills, written and oral.

  • Ability and willingness to travel, both domestically and internationally for meetings, site visits and trainings.

Desired Characteristics

  • Previous Knowledge in FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) and/or HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) Systems.

  • Construction, field testing and commissioning experience.

  • Multi-team leadership experience

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

GE Vernova

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy technology company on a mission to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world.

It is made up of three businesses -- Power, Wind, and Electrification -- with focus on accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life.

The world needs more energy, smarter energy. With energy demand expected to grow by more than 50% in the next 20 years, we are continuously innovating to meet the moment…like we have for the past 130 years. The Energy of Change and relentless optimism are what drive us – it’s about never giving up and seeing what’s possible so that we deliver the energy technologies the world needs right now and for generations to come.

GE Vernova’s attitude and edge is embedded in its name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.

Together, we have the energy to change the world.

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Year Founded
Unknown
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