Lead Controls Engineer

CB1173 GEPR Energy Canada Inc; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance Provided

Job summary

GE Vernova Power Conversion & Storage in Peterborough, Ontario, is seeking an electrical engineer to join a small team of excitation controls and systems engineers. You will work on the application, specification, and design of power and control hardware and software for large synchronous machines up to 70 MW, with occasional travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities include specifying excitation controls from customer specs, upgrading existing control systems, PLC-based control design, and supporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent qualifications and experience.
• 5 years or more of experience in analog and digital power/control systems for industrial drive equipment.
• 3 years or more of experience in project management, field/installation engineering, fault-finding, and startup.
• Professional Engineer registration in Ontario or qualification for registration.

Responsibilities

• Specify and apply excitation controls for synchronous motors and generators from customer specs.
• Upgrade and develop control/power equipment to current standards for large machines.
• Design and/or apply PLC-based control systems for large synchronous machines up to 70 MW.
• Collaborate with global technical and project teams.
• Support CAD, manufacturing, test, commissioning and service personnel.
• Lead continuous improvement to product designs and processes.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power/control systems

Project management

Industrial drive systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLC programming

CAD software

Job description

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova Power Conversion & Storage is seeking an enthusiastic electrical engineer to join a small team of excitation controls and systems engineers in Peterborough, Ontario, in the application, specification, and design of Power and Control hardware and software for large custom-built motors, generators, and related equipment. We cover a wide range of industrial applications including Petrochemical, Metals, Generation, Marine, Mining, and Materials Handling and Processing. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with global, multifunctional project teams that include some of the world’s leading machine designers and systems engineers. The position will require some travel and out-of-office work, to a maximum of 25% of a normal work year.

Roles and Responsibilities

Working from the customer's written or verbal specifications, specify and apply excitation controls and related equipment for synchronous motors and generators.

From a solid foundation of engineering expertise, develop and upgrade existing control and power equipment to the standards and functionality required for today and tomorrow, to keep GE in the foreground of technical innovation.

Design and/or apply PLC or other digitally-based variable voltage power conversion excitation control systems for custom-built large synchronous machines up to 70 MW.

Collaborate with technical and project engineering team members in various global locations.

Provide technical support to CAD, manufacturing, test, commissioning, and service personnel.

Provide technical support to sales and marketing personnel in the pursuit of new business opportunities.

Provide leadership in advancing the competitive position of GE’s large motor and generator products through continuous improvement of product designs and design processes or the application of new techniques and technologies.

Work with other GE teams in the integration and development of advanced monitoring of motors and control systems to enhance the sales of post-warranty service.

Identifying components related to product obsolescence and qualifying potential substitutions & recommendations for product enhancements.

Qualifications / Requirements

Bachelor's or advanced degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent qualifications and experience.

5 years or more of experience in the development of analog and digital power and control systems for industrial drive or power control equipment.

3 years or more of experience in project management, field and installation engineering, fault-finding, and startup.

Professional Engineer registration in Ontario or qualification for registration.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of large rotating electric machines, esp. synchronous machines.

Strong overall technical skills.

Ability to achieve excellent performance in individual and team environments.

Demonstrated ability for on-time performance in a high-pressure work environment.

Demonstrated excellent communications and people skills.

Strong proactive performer who will establish a network of experienced engineers to widen his/her knowledge base.

Solid understanding of electromagnetic theory for reactors, transformers, and autotransformers for drive and power system applications.

Proven experience in the application of electromagnetic theory and design practices to the design of large ac machines.

Demonstrated experience with the application of GE control and power equipment products.

Experience in designing and programming for PLC-based control and regulating systems.

Knowledge of industrial electrical machine applications, such as centrifugal compressors, reciprocating compressors, ore grinding and crushing, wood chippers, pulp refiners, water pumps, etc.

Knowledge of Canadian, North American, and international standards for heavy industrial and power systems equipment.

Experience with power system analysis, motor starting studies, protective relay settings and coordination, harmonic analysis, and power factor correction.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it.

If we want our energy future to be different...we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, "GE", in our name 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. www.gevernova.com