Essential Responsibilities:
The On-Site Services Specialist will be responsible for:
- Commissioning of substation control systems (SCADA, HMI, networks, cyber security) at customer sites.
- Performing control system validation and Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT).
- Leading maintenance activities, including first-line fault diagnostics and on-call support (out of hours, weekends, holidays) for onshore/offshore substations.
- Providing technical guidance to customer personnel on installation, operation, maintenance, and ensuring delivery of detailed service reports.
- Supporting engineering tasks (database updates, system upgrades/modifications, network/firewall configurations, cyber security testing).
- Managing fault reports, customer complaints, and driving quick resolution in line with procedures.
- Coordinating with internal CoE teams regarding product/system obsolescence and improvement actions.
- Supporting internal/external training activities and continuously developing product/system knowledge.
- Communicating commissioning schedules, requirements, and quality issues to project and service management.
- Ensuring safety compliance, maintaining competence authorizations, and applying GE quality and EHS standards on site.
Job Requirements:
- BSc in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
- Proven experience in service or project environments within the energy, transmission.
- Demonstrated commissioning experience in substations across voltage levels from 11 kV to 400 kV.
- Experience with substation automation systems, technical support, testing, maintenance, and commissioning in transmission, distribution, industrial, or power plant environments.
- Experience with protection relays and control systems (LV/MV/HV).
- Hands-on experience with substation automation systems (Zenon ,PACiS, DS Agile)
- Experience in detailed design, functional testing, FAT, and on-site commissioning of control systems.
- Practical experience in SCADA/HMI testing, IEC61850 / IEC101 / IEC104 integration, and cyber security functional testing.
- Professional working proficiency in German and English.
- Willingness and ability to travel nationally and internationally (approx. 160 days/year).
- Valid driver’s license.
Desired Characteristics:
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and achieve milestones.
- Candidates with GE relays and GE substation automation expertise are highly preferred.
- Ability to perform under pressure, think clearly, and solve problems quickly.
- Willingness to work extended hours or weekends when required.
- Excellent communication skills and strong customer focus.
- Team-oriented attitude with high self-motivation and a proactive, self-learning mindset.
- Positive energy, resilience, and a strong service mindset.
- Offshore certification and basic first-aid skills (advantageous but not essential).
What we offer:
A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements
Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities - including private health insurance.
ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEMS - GRID SOLUTIONS
GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business electrifies the world with advanced grid technologies and systems, enabling power transmission and distribution across the power grid, and supporting a decarbonized and secured energy transition
Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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What We Do
GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.
If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different.
Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name 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.
GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is 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.
Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.
Why Work With Us
Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.
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