Job Description Summary
As HV Automation Lead Engineer (m/w/d), you are responsible for the design, integration, and implementation of high-voltage automation systems, including AC switchgear controls, OT networks, HVDC, Auxiliary and GIS integration, optical transmission systems, WAN, and HMI/SCADA platforms. You work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, designers, and contractors to ensure technical compliance with project specifications, schedules, quality standards, and budget requirements.Job Description
Key Missions
HV Automation Lead engineer will have the following key missions:
- Define equipment and documents necessary to meet customer needs, based on technical and administrative requirements.
- Collect the needed input data and establish Detailed Design in compliance with contractual specifications
- Organize and supervise factory/site acceptance tests, performed by suppliers, and commissioning of Automation, Network, SCADA/HMI equipment/software in compliance with contractual technical specifications and project time schedules.
Performance Measurements
The performance of HV Automation Lead engineer will be measured based on:
- Quality of design and accuracy of technical specifications.
- Efficient management of Detailed Design using CAD tools.
- Compliance with contractual specifications, project schedules, and budget constraints.
- Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with team members.
Desired Profile
The ideal candidate for HV Automation Lead engineer position should possess the following qualifications and competencies:
- Graduate from Automation/Telecom school.
- Knowledge of electrical installations, including substation controls, SCADA/HMI.
- Knowledge in Optical transmission systems, WAN/LAN design and configuration.
- Knowledge in clusters, virtualization, version control tools, asset management tools, cybersecurity will be an advantage.
Experience
- Proven experience in HMI/SCADA, industrial network and control system design, setup.
- FAT/SAT/commissioning experience will be an advantage as any other field activity experience.
- Portfolio of completed tasks in EPC/turnkey projects could be presented to prove the practical expertise.
Grid Solutions (GS) is serving customers globally with over 14,000 employees in around 80 countries. Grid Solutions equips 90% of power utilities worldwide to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to the end power consumers.
As part of Grid Solutions the Grid Systems Integration (GSI) provides Turnkey Projects & Consulting, Electrical Balance of Plant, HV AC and DC substations.
Central Europe Region Secondary Engineering Team in Berlin is responsible for a wide range of Automation topics within Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) for HVDC substation projects.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy technology company on a mission to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world. It is made up of three businesses -- Power, Electrification, and Wind -- with focus on 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. The world needs more energy, smarter energy. With energy demand expected to grow by more than 50% in the next 20 years, we are continuously innovating to meet the moment…like we have for the past 130 years. The Energy of Change and relentless optimism are what drive us – it’s about never giving up and seeing what’s possible so that we deliver the energy technologies the world needs right now and for generations to come. GE Vernova’s attitude and edge is embedded in its name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” 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. Together, we have the energy to change the world.
Key team members
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