Control & Protection Design Engineer

The Control & Protection Design Engineer is the technical guarantor of the proper performance of design works conducted in his/her field of activity, in matter of committed design budget (man days), deadline and Quality, in line with Customer expectation, while promoting ease of installation, operation and maintenance of the system.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

As a High Voltage Substation Control, protection & low voltage system designer Lead Engineer, your main responsibility is to ensure their design reliability, efficiency, and compliance with industry standards, protection standard, and regulations. Collaboration with other engineers and support for project documentation and continuous improvement initiatives are also key aspects of this role.

Design and integrate is your main task, leading and support the team in charge of designing the Control system, protection system, Electrical distribution, telecom & monitoring of a High Voltage substation. Delivering for example 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.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from accredited university or college from Electrical Engineer or related field

Minimum 8 years of engineering experience in related activity/discipline in project & EPC type environment in T&D, STATCOM, HV substations.

Up to 20% travel within MEA & Europe along with other countries/regions for short or medium period based on requirement.

Strong oral and written in English

Desired Characteristics

Knowledge of Project organization and engineering processes related to his/her scope of activity

Minimum 5 years’ experience with SEC in KSA. Experience in Synchro Condensers in HV substations is a plus.

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

Provide technical support to customers and project teams.

Initiate & support the procurement of equipment.

Compliance with Quality processes and procedures and GE policies and procedures

Experience in technical problem solving

Discipline Design reviews & Gate reviews plan formalized and followed, to ensure the integration into the overall substation design.

ROR integrates design part and Mitigation plan formalized and actions status identified (not started, ongoing, closed.)

Discipline provisional document list prepared and aligned with project time Schedule with achievable task duration

Full set KPI’s followed on monthly base

Design management tools strictly followed, and submission of coherent data

Design change process in place

Manage engineering subcontractors on specific work packages

Oversee the commissioning and testing of Low voltage systems.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position