Control & Protection Design Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Ensure the reliability, efficiency, and adherence to industry standards, protection standards, and regulations in design.

• Collaborate with fellow engineers and provide support for project documentation and continuous improvement efforts.

• Design and integrate control systems, protection systems, electrical distribution, telecom, and monitoring of a High Voltage substation.

• Deliver single line diagrams, schematic diagrams, protection systems, electrical consumption details, and design of auxiliary services, interlocking, communication, and network.

• Lead and support the team responsible for designing the Control system and protection system.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field from an accredited university or college.

• At least 8 years of engineering experience in a related field within project and EPC type environments in T&D, STATCOM, and HV substations.

• Willingness to travel up to 20% within MEA & Europe, as well as other countries/regions for short to medium periods as required.

• Proficient in both oral and written English.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with SEC in KSA.

• Experience with Synchro Condensers in HV substations is advantageous.

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and convey complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

• Provide technical support to customers and project teams.

• Initiate and support the procurement of equipment.

• Adhere to Quality processes and procedures as well as GE policies and procedures.

• Demonstrated experience in technical problem-solving.

• Ensure discipline design reviews and Gate reviews plans are formalized and followed for integration into the overall substation design.

• Ensure ROR integrates design parts and formalizes mitigation plans with identified action statuses (not started, ongoing, closed).

• Prepare and align the discipline provisional document list with the project timeline, ensuring achievable task durations.

• Monitor a full set of KPIs on a monthly basis.

• Strictly follow design management tools and submit coherent data.

• Implement a design change process.

• Manage engineering subcontractors on specific work packages.

• Oversee the commissioning and testing of Low Voltage systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No