Senior Project Engineer Manager - FACTS

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Serves as the project technical leader/director to develop scope of work, plan schedule, budgets and monitor engineering activities and deliverables for customer projects.
• Provide technical leadership and interface with Tendering, Cost Estimating, Partners, Customers, GE Product Engineering, EHS, Quality, Project Management Sourcing, Engineering sub-contractors.
• This position is accountable to design all activities in compliance with all applicable codes and standards, including GE Grid Solutions policies and procedures—on time and on budget with high quality.
• Knowledge of substation equipment and disciplines such as AIS & GIS, Transformers, P&C, and HV Electrical system engineering including HVDC and FACTS applications. Basic civil engineering design knowledge.
• In collaboration with Engineering teams, design or oversee the design of utility and industrial substation including power One line diagrams, station general arrangements, specifications and the application and installation of outdoor station equipment, buildings layout arrangements, auxiliary power, raceway design, and all related studies and calculations
• Proposing and implementing an efficient reporting process to measure progress of engineering activities, on-time delivery of documents and answers to Customer comments
• Manage technical risk - Propose and implement design strategy, design, GATE, safety reviews.
• Uses critical judgment to make decisions or solve complex tasks or problems in areas of technology or engineering.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with lesser experience.
• Communicates difficult or sensitive information to stakeholders; works to build consensus.
• Developing persuasion skills required to influence project team, customer and stakeholders.
• Identifying, alerting, and proposing corrective action plans to Project Engineering Director in case of any major deviation of scope

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Minimum 10 years in HVDC system, FACTS, industrial, renewable, or utility HV & EHV substation design
• Professional Engineering license in the United States, and willing to review and seal drawings
• Ability and willingness to travel 20% of the time, including international, and must comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience execution large and complex substation/plant projects
• Strong oral and written communication skills with correct English spelling, grammar, and syntax.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• EPC Project experience in the field of High voltage substations.
• Strong EHS and Quality Mindset.
• Mentoring mindset to develop and grow technical talent.

For candidates applying to a Canadian-based position, the pay range for this position is between $120,000.00 - $170,000.00 CAD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including candidates’ experience, education and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus

This posting is for an existing vacancy