Switzerland Global Enterprise

Lead Engineer – Control & Protection

Switzerland Global Enterprise

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Chennai • India

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and optimizing protection relay systems for EHV/HV substations
  • Ensure the reliability and efficiency of power systems
  • Lead the secondary engineering activities (Control & Protection, Substation Automation Systems, Interface Engineering, Telecom Requirements & LV Auxiliary Systems for EHV/HV Electrical Substations)
  • Execute with association of workgroups in order to meet assigned objectives
  • Work with GSI Global Engineering Center to coordinate with the GSI Regions / Business Lines as per Project requirement
  • Utilize your experience to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and effect short-term and long-term business goals
  • Provide technical leadership and interface with GSI Regions/GE Vernova Business Lines
  • Prepare and present technical data to internal and external customers
  • Document and communicate results of technical data generated
  • Participate on teams assigned to address specific organizational initiatives
  • Share engineering information and promote open dialogue
  • Prepare invention disclosures to protect the technology that provides a competitive advantage to the business
  • Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures
  • Perform study on Electrical Power systems and load flow and short circuit studies
  • Design and prepare scheme drawings as per project requirement
  • Design/review the Substation automation system based on IEC61850-8-1 & IEC 61850-9-2
  • Review BOQ and Architecture drawings of PLCC/FOTE engineering
  • Review equipment drawings of major Substation Equipment
  • Perform CT and VT and its sizing calculations
  • Perform/review the protection relay application / setting calculations and coordination including tripping analysis
  • Design / Review the control/Power cable engineering in substations
  • Design the LV/LT auxiliary systems for Electrical Substations and interface with the SAS/SCADA

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s (or) master’s degree in electrical engineering
  • 8+ years of experience in substation protection relay systems within EHV Electrical Substations, Oil & Gas or Power Transmission industries
  • Experience in EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) environments with multidisciplinary teams
  • Experience of Secondary(CRP/SAS, Aux Systems, Telecom, Interface) engineering up to 765kV/400kV/220KV and HVDC Substations (AIS/GIS/SOLAR/WIND)
  • Experience/Knowledge on Relay Testing, Equipment Testing, Control / Protection scheme testing & SAS Commissioning experience (min 1 year) shall be given additional weightage
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal, responsive and supervision skills
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate and resolve problems
  • Demonstrated ability to manage programs/projects
  • Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
  • Established project management skills
  • Fluent in English; additional language (any foreign Language) is a plus
  • Willingness to travel internationally as required
  • Proven technical supervision skills in a complex system engineering development environment
  • Proactively serves on cross functional management teams; self-directed decision-making; Pulls in experts when needed.
Benefits
  • Relocation Assistance Provided
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
protection relay systemssubstation automation systemsload flow studiesshort circuit studiesIEC 61850-8-1IEC 61850-9-2relay testingequipment testingcontrol/protection scheme testingSAS commissioning
Soft Skills
oral communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal skillsproblem-solvingproject managementsupervision skillsself-directed decision-makingteam collaborationresponsivenessplanning
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineeringMaster's degree in electrical engineering