As the successful candidate, you will also be involved in the development and industrialisation of tools and processes and will have technical knowledge and experience in the field of power system engineering (academic and professional).Job Description
Role Overview:
- As part of the role, the candidate will be required to represent GE in front of external stakeholders such as clients, third party suppliers, professional bodies (IEC, Cigré, etc).
- You will also interact with GE stakeholders within the HVDC business and the wider GE renewables organisation.
- The candidate will also have the opportunity to develop innovative ideas and publish their work internationally in scientific papers and patents.
Essential responsibilities:
The successful candidate may be involved in any of the following areas and is expected to have experience in a number of these areas:
- Providing subject matter expert input to design reviews and verifying project proposals.
- Work with other engineers, suppliers, and clients to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Mentoring and developing a team of engineers to build HVDC expertise.
- Collaborating with global engineering teams to contribute to product development and emerging technologies.
- Developing and maintaining technical specifications, guidance notes, and standards for HVDC systems.
- Develop an integrated scheme design that meets the Customer’s needs, by developing requirements on the ratings and functionalities of the different HVDC system’s subsystems, in an optimised and cost-effective manner.
- Manage the lifecycle of high economic value High Voltage equipment such as power transformers, instrument transformers, reactors, capacitors, and surge arresters, covering the development of its requirements, specification, supplier management and the validation and verification (testing) of design, manufacturing and commissioning.
- Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Studies and Management
- Create, verify, and validate the electrical power losses models for HVDC systems and subsystems, providing insight to customers and leaders and managing the risks, issues and opportunities that affect the systems throughout their lifecycle.
- Report or resolve any non-conformances in a timely manner.
- Identify and evaluate EHS risks in own area and implement practical measures.
- Set the example by demonstrating the proper acts and actively observe work conditions and behaviours, giving constructive feedback and celebrating EHS effective prevention.
- Actively participate in defining corrective actions when work is unsafe or when an uncontrolled risk is observed.
- Routinely observe routines and behaviours of others and provide immediate feedback regarding unsafe behaviour and celebrates achievements or safe behaviours.
- Actively and routinely promote the identification of hazards and near misses to their team/s.
Internal Interfaces:
- Solution Centre
- Operations (for Customer projects)
- Technology (for R&D projects)
- Strategic Sourcing
- Quality
- Other engineering departments
External Interfaces
- Major Suppliers
- Customers
- Consultants
- Professional Organizations
- Statutory Bodies
- Competitors
Desired additional skills:
- Main Circuit Design
- Insulation Coordination Studies
- High Voltage Equipment Design.
- Transient Studies
- Determination (by simulation) of temporary and transient overvoltage stresses on equipment and surge arrester energy ratings.
Desired Candidate Profile:
Qualifications and Experience:
Preferably educated with a bachelor or master’s degree in Power Systems Engineering from an accredited institution (or equivalent knowledge) and proven professional experience (15+ years) and technical expertise in the field of Power Systems Engineering and preferably in HVDC System Design.
Technical Domain Competencies
- Power System Design
- Circuit analysis
- Power control
- Reactive power design
- HVAC domain knowledge
- HVDC domain knowledge
- High voltage equipment specification, design, and testing (E.g., power transformers, reactors, capacitors, switchgear, instrumentation transformers and transducers, surge arresters, bushings and insulators)
- Reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) assessment and management
- Electrical power systems modelling and analysis
- Insulation co-ordination
- Audible noise assessment and mitigation
AWARE of:
- Network Studies
- Harmonic Analysis and Power Quality
- EMC assessment and mitigation
- HVDC valves and their control systems
Technical Domain Tools
AWARE of:
- Power Network Analysis (PSS/E, DigSilent, Eurostag)
- EMT Software (PSCAD, EMTP-RV, ATP)
- Reliability assessment (Reliasoft, Isograph)
- Audible Noise (SoundPLAN)
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
- Python
- MATLAB & Simulink
- Requirements Management (DOORS)
Professional Competencies
- Communications: Extensive oral and written communication skills in English.
- Critical Thinking: Capable of structuring defendable arguments, evidence, assumptions, and decisions.
- Ethics and Professionalism: Personal commitment to professional standards, recognising obligations to society, the profession, and the environment.
- Tecnical Leadership: understanding of customer need, problem solving, creativity and innovation, relationship management, operational oversight and accountability, engineering instinct.
- Negotiation: capable of resolving points of difference, to gain advantage for an individual or collective, or crafting outcomes to satisfy various interests.
- Team Dynamics and Facilitation: Ability to be a team player and to facilitate groups interactions.
Engineering Management Competencies
- Planning: Ability to plan and manage own work.
- Risk and Opportunity Management: Proactively identifies and manages risks, issues, and opportunities.
- Acquisition and Supply: Generation of work products associated with acquiring or providing products or services.
Behaviors
- Self-motivating, proactive and results driven approach.
- Curious, resilient, and willing to learn.
- Able to work to deadlines with high quality, sense of urgency and delivery.
- Focused on delivering value to customers.
- Extensive problem-solving and root cause identification skills.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Top Skills
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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