GE Vernova

Senior Engineering Manager - LATAM - Grid Automation

GE Vernova  •  São Paulo, BR (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

GE Vernova is seeking an experienced Engineering Leader to lead the Grid Automation engineering organization in Latin America, focused on Protection & Control (P&C) for electrical substations.

This role is accountable for leading a regional, multidisciplinary organization responsible for the full engineering and post-sales support lifecycle, including Technical Leadership & Design, Manufacturing, FAT & Training, Engineering Services / SAT / Commissioning, Cluster coordination, and Technical Support.

The role requires a leader who combines technical depth, operational rigor, customer focus, and people leadership to ensure safe, high-quality, and predictable delivery for utilities, industrial customers, and infrastructure operators across Latin America.

Essential Responsibilities

This role is accountable for leading a regional, multidisciplinary organization responsible for the full engineering and post-sales support lifecycle, including Technical Leadership & Design, Manufacturing, FAT & Training, Engineering Services / SAT / Commissioning, Cluster coordination, and Technical Support

The role requires a leader who combines technical depth, operational rigor, customer focus, and people leadership to ensure safe, high-quality, and predictable delivery for utilities, industrial customers, and infrastructure operators across Latin America.

  • Lead engineering activities for substation automation and P&C systems, from design through validation and field support
  • Ensure technical quality, compliance, and consistency across projects and countries
  • Oversee resource planning, workload balance and management, and execution governance
  • Support strong delivery performance across safety, quality, schedule, and cost
  • Support Tendering and Sourcing teams to prepare competitive offers for system solutions
  • Lead the after-sales technical support function for Grid Automation products and solutions
  • Maintain high customer satisfaction through responsiveness and ownership
  • Implement and sustain standard operating models, checklists, work instructions, and E2E initiatives
  • Improve engineering, FAT, SAT, and services quality through standardization and discipline
  • Drive Lean mindset, KPI management, and continuous improvement actions
  • Support productivity, cost control, and execution reliability
  • Proactively pursue operational efficiency and cost-reduction opportunities, converting those gains into stronger commercial competitiveness through ongoing cost-base alignment with the tendering team.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Automation and Control Engineering.
  • Postgraduate qualification in project management, business, or related field
  • Strong experience in Grid Automation, Protection & Control / substation automation
  • Proven leadership experience in engineering, technical support, operations, or project execution
  • Experience in FAT, SAT, manufacturing, commissioning, and field services.
  • Experience with technical support for hardware/software solutions in critical infrastructure
  • Familiarity with digitalization, process governance, and performance management
  • Fluent Portuguese, Spanish and English required.

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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