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The Role
Lead design, integration, and commissioning of protection, control, telecom and monitoring systems for EHV/HVDC/FACTS substations. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, perform relay settings and studies, oversee FAT/site commissioning, develop procedures, support proposals, and ensure safety, quality and schedule objectives.
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Job Description SummaryThe Lead Secondary Engineer works on T&D substations for EHV 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 Secondary 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 resultsJob Description
Essential Responsibilities:
- Design and integrate : be part of the team in charge designing the Control system, protection system, Electrical distribution, telecom & monitoring of a High voltage substation.
It can be for example through single line diagram, schematic diagram, protection system, electrical consumption and design of auxiliary services, interlocking, communication & network: it’s a wide domain with a lot of possibilities.
- Ultimately be responsible for design of Control system, protection system, Electrical distribution, telecom & monitoring for all kinds of T&D substations, EHV AC , HVDC ,FACTS ,Data Centers, Industrial, BESS applications including one-lines, three-lines, AC / DC schematics, and relay settings.
- Able to Review and optimize Control & Relay Panels Schematics.
- Able to lead Interface / Integration requirement with HVDC & FACTS control & Protection.
- 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.
- Integrate EHS Requirements: Integrate Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) requirements into design processes.
- Promote Safety Excellence: Demonstrate EHS leadership and promote a culture of safety excellence.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or similar degree from an accredited university.
- Minimum 8 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 EHV AC , HVDC & FACTS Substations .
- Expertise in protection relay selection, configuration, and CT/VT compatibility.
- Experience in EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) environments with multidisciplinary teams
- Strong knowledge of protection relay systems and industry standards.
- Proficiency in protection relay software and engineering tools (Engineering base,CAD, PDM/DMS, MS office).
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- In-depth understanding of relay tripping philosophies and their application in protection systems.
- Ability to manage studies on short circuits and voltages using Power Factory, DIgSILENT, and ETAP Power Station,
- Experience conducting selectivity studies for relay settings.
- Proficient in troubleshooting management and data analysis from transient fault recorders.
- Experience with Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and site visits is beneficial.
- 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
Desired Characteristics
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
- Good understanding of circuit breakers, fuses, circuit switchers, transformers, shunt reactors, cap banks, harmonic filters, HVDC and FACTS systems used in the control of power flow, detection and isolation of power system faults.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
- Willingness to travel internationally as required.
- Proven technical leadership in a complex system engineering development environment.
- Proactively serves on cross functional leadership teams; Makes decisions independently; Pulls in experts when needed.
- Experience in technical problem solving. Mastering of sec engineering discipline (process, tools and technical aspects)
- Demonstrates ownership and accountability, judgment and decision making and has passion for the functional role.
- Commitment to maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar
- Minimum 8 years experience in system protection schemes for EHV AC, HVDC and FACTS substations
- Expertise in protection relay selection, configuration, and CT/VT compatibility
- Experience in EPC environments with multidisciplinary teams
- Strong knowledge of protection relay systems and industry standards
- Proficiency with protection relay software and engineering tools (Engineering Base, CAD, PDM/DMS, MS Office)
- In-depth understanding of relay tripping philosophies and relay setting coordination
- Ability to perform short-circuit and voltage studies using PowerFactory, DIgSILENT, and ETAP
- Experience conducting selectivity studies and analyzing transient fault recorder data
- Experience with Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and site commissioning
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% including international travel
- Fluent English; additional languages are a plus
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.
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The Company
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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