Essential Responsibilities:
- Electrical Simulation and Modelling: Expert in configuring and applying grid electrical simulation models for turbines and wind farms.
- Grid Compliance Testing: Expert in developing the commissioning test plans and conducting the on-line testing to demonstrate the grid code compliance of the wind farms.
- Control Systems and Technical Specifications: Proficient in simulating controls, translating grid requirements into product specifications, and defining technical specifications for wind turbines and electrical design.
- Risk Assessment and Compliance: Skilled in assessing grid code compliance risks and negotiating technical requirements in connection agreements.
- Customer Support and Issue Resolution: Experienced in supporting customers, resolving grid code concerns, and maintaining quality customer relations.
- Early opportunities and bidding: Experienced in identifying new product opportunities and supporting the Sales/Commercial teams in winning competitive projects.
- Project and Design Management: Capable of managing project grid connections, optimizing reticulation designs, and participating in industry forums.
- Technical Reporting and Documentation: Ability to ensure technical accuracy and prepare high-quality technical reports and documentation such as connection applications.
- Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Effective in collaborating with utilities, subcontractors, and stakeholders to identify grid connection options and influence grid code requirements.
- Leadership and Development: Steering grid code compliance, supporting newer engineers, and contributing to business development efforts.
- Innovation and Creativity: Identifying innovative engineering solutions and opportunities to improve products and documentation.
Qualifications and Experience:
- A minimum of 7 years’ experience in the grid connection sector in Australia is highly preferred.
- Tertiary qualification in electrical engineering, focusing on power systems, with experience in power system analysis using software tools such as PSSE, DigSilent PowerFactory, and PSCAD.
- PSCAD experience is essential.
- Proficiency in interpreting and applying the National Electricity Regulatory (NER) framework as it pertains to GE's technology and prospective power plant projects.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely.
- Experience in power generation projects or within a utility environment.
- Professional experience in EPC project engineering and construction is desirable.
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to support the competitive project bidding
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with varying pressures and prioritize demanding workloads while maintaining attention to detail.
Desired Characteristics:
- Demonstrates flexibility and a positive, can-do attitude, with a willingness to collaborate with global teams from diverse backgrounds and different time zones.
- Willingness to travel within the APAC region for short durations.
- Ability to participate in out-of-hours teleconferences to engage with GE’s international teams.
- Opportunities to gain experience and exposure to other GE Vernova technologies and businesses.
- Potential to work with GE Vernova global experts and teams for professional advancement.
- Possibility of exploring global opportunities within GE Vernova businesses should personal circumstances change in the future.
As GE Vernova is a global organization, working across different time zones, and monitoring, reading and responding to contact outside normal working hours can be expected.
Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Skills Required
- PSCAD experience
- Experience with PSSE
- Experience with DigSilent PowerFactory
- Tertiary qualification in electrical engineering (power systems focus)
- Proficiency interpreting and applying the National Electricity Regulatory (NER) framework
- Experience in power generation projects or utility environment
- Minimum of 7 years' experience in the grid connection sector in Australia
- Professional experience in EPC project engineering and construction
- Strong commercial acumen to support competitive bidding
- Excellent communication skills to convey complex technical concepts
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize workloads, and maintain attention to detail
- Willingness to travel within the APAC region for short durations
- Willingness to participate in out-of-hours teleconferences
GE Vernova Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Vernova and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Vernova.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.
GE Vernova Insights
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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