Lead P&C Engineer
About The Position
The Lead Protection & Control Engineer works on AC, HVDC, and FACTS transmission and distribution substation projects, collaborating with designers, peer engineers, and leaders. The role defines, designs, and coordinates technical aspects of high- and extra-high-voltage substation protection and control, and oversees technical plant integration and optimization at the project level while considering safety, quality, schedule, and cost. The engineer may serve as project engineer for small- to medium-sized projects focused on secondary engineering. The role requires attention to detail, customer responsiveness, and ongoing learning about new technologies and grid transition needs. It involves departmental operations planning and execution or professional activities within a technical discipline, with some autonomy under established policies or review of results. The position leads protection scheme design and design teams, evaluates intelligent electronic device interoperability and communications, and coordinates protection, control, monitoring, SCADA, cybersecurity, and telecommunications integration. It also supports studies, testing and commissioning, end-user training, quality and corrective-action processes, and proposal development. The position is remote and may require travel up to 20%, including international travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar degree from an accredited university.
- At least 7 years of engineering experience.
- At least 5 years of protection and controls engineering experience for substations or power generation.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time, including internationally, for meetings and on-site commissioning tests, and to comply with applicable company travel and tax policies.
Nice To Haves
- P.E. license, or EIT status with willingness to pursue and obtain P.E. certification; alternatively, P.Eng. certification or willingness to obtain it.
- Extensive experience in protective-relaying coordination and practices.
- Good understanding of circuit breakers, fuses, circuit switchers, transformers, shunt reactors, capacitor banks, harmonic filters, and HVDC and FACTS systems used to control power flow and detect and isolate power-system faults.
- Fluency in English.
- Strong influencing and relationship-building skills.
- Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to communicate complex messages succinctly.
- Experience in technical problem solving.
- Mastery of the secondary-engineering discipline, including processes, tools, and technical aspects.
- Ownership, accountability, sound judgment and decision-making, and passion for the functional role.
Responsibilities
- Design protection schemes for T&D substations, data centers, industrial applications, and BESS applications, including one-lines, three-lines, AC/DC schematics, and relay settings.
- Lead local or remote design teams developing panel and interconnect wiring, panel layouts, and elevations.
- Evaluate interoperability, control features, and communications/protocol aspects of protection-relay IEDs to provide integrated solutions, including SCADA, cybersecurity, and telecommunications needs.
- Apply IEC 61850 process-bus 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 to develop integrated protection, control, and monitoring systems.
- Work with the team to meet project specifications, cost-control, and schedule objectives.
- Interface with internal and external team members, including lead engineers, project engineers, electrical and physical designers, draftsmen, project managers, sourcing, and support organizations.
- Review power-system load-flow, fault, relay-setting coordination, and transient studies performed by other agencies.
- Train end users in the theory, operational use, and maintenance of integrated protection and control systems.
- Lead or support factory acceptance testing and site testing and commissioning.
- Develop outage, cut-over, and testing procedures.
- Define processes and procedures, perform root cause analyses, take corrective actions, and validate process control; support quality initiatives, including ISO 9002-related aspects.
- Support proposal development by writing or reviewing technical specifications, estimating design labor and materials, supporting vendor quotations, developing clarifications and exceptions and technical responses, and performing technical validation.
- Demonstrate leadership through humility, transparency, and focused delivery.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Prescription drug coverage
- Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
- Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, including a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching and company retirement contributions
- Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
- Tuition assistance
- Adoption assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance
- 12 paid holidays
- Permissive time off
- Discretionary annual bonus eligibility
- Professional development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
