Lead Designer - Transformer-2

AL8238 UK Grid Solutions Limited; Stafford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova in Stafford is seeking a Lead Designer - Transformer to join the Grid Solutions team. The role targets electrical or mechanical design for high‑voltage transformers, with emphasis on 400kV and beyond and HVDC, including HVAC experience.

You will perform detailed engineering design, calculations, and drawings, review specifications, lead tender and project designs, and coordinate with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Transformer design knowledge, including design calculations and active part design.
• Experience with 3D/2D tools (Inventor/AutoCAD).
• Experience with document management systems (WindChill).
• Knowledge of IEC60076, IEC61378, offshore/DNV standards is preferred.
• Ability to work independently on tender and project designs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare transformer detailed engineering design and drawings (400kV+), perform calculations.
• Review specifications, define clarifications/deviations and action plans.
• Select and specify components for ordering and manufacturing.
• Track KPIs for on-time delivery, right first time and budget adherence.
• Coordinate with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

Skills

Transformer design

3D CAD

Stakeholder coordination

Tools

Inventor

AutoCAD

WindChill

Job description

Job Description Summary

GE - Renewable Energy would like to recruit a Lead Designer - Transformer to work from our Stafford office in our Grid Solutions buisness. We are looking for a Transformer Electrical or Mechanical Design Engineer with expertise in HVAC (preferably 400kV AC and beyond and/or HVDC) transformers.

Job Responsibilities

• Preparation transformer detailed engineering design (including necessary calculations) and drawings (preferably 400kV and above, with HVDC / offshore experience), ability to carry out / review Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and specify parameters critical to quality (CTQ) and Design Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (FMEA)
• Review of specifications, identification of clarifications/deviations and action plans, with the ability to lead them to conclusion
• Selection and specification of components for ordering and manufacturing
• Key Performance Indicators of on-time delivery, right first time and budget adherence
• Leading communication/co-ordination with internal and external stakeholders (customers, suppliers, other departments such as projects, tendering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, etc)

Education and Experience

• Electrical or mechanical engineer or person with similar experience (in Power Transformers)
• Experience of working on 3D, 2D tools (Inventor / equivalent, Autocad)
• Experience of Document management system (WindChill / equivalent)
• Transformer design knowledge (especially transformer design calculations, active part design including lead exits, insulation, windings, nesting of coils and tank design)
• Knowledge of IEC60076. Knowledge of IEC61378, rail car (Schnable car) design and offshore DNV standards will be preferred
• Should have worked independently on tender and project designs

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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