Lead Substation Design Engineer - Protection & Control

AL7950 GE GRID SOLUTIONS, S.A.; Stafford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

GE Grid Solutions, S.A. in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Secondary Design Engineer to lead a geographically diverse team on protection and control schematics and substation equipment.

You will guide departmental operations, plan execution, and ensure end results meet standards across the project cycle. The role requires coordination with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and site teams to deliver on-time design and documentation, manage subcontracted work, and drive cost

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Experience in project & EPC environments in T&D, Power Gen or Oil & Gas.
• Experience managing externally subcontracted design work packages.
• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution industry.

Responsibilities

• Plan basic and detailed design activities.
• Manage and oversee detailed execution progress.
• Coordinate delivery of required engineering documentation for procurement, manufacturing, and site erection.
• Ensure on-time delivery of design and partner documents to stakeholders with suitable quality.
• Anticipate and mitigate delivery issues and recommend changes.
• Lead and coordinate the design team.
• Manage and monitor detailed execution progress and short-term plan.
• Request technical coordination meetings as appropriate.
• Manage design time spent in man-hours on relevant activities.
• Follow and implement project strategy.
• Highlight scope or design changes (data for claims, VO).
• Inform PEM/PM of design issues throughout project execution and propose solutions.
• Analyze customer technical requirements and ensure compliance.
• Represent customer interests in design decisions at PM request.
• Coordinate with partners on customer technical comments.
• Seek cost optimization throughout all design phases.
• Ensure technical consistency of design area.
• Check design subcontractor deliverables.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Team coordination

Engineering design

Stakeholder management

Delivery planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Job description

GE Grid Solutions, S.A. in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Secondary Design Engineer to lead a geographically diverse team on protection and control schematics and substation equipment.

You will guide departmental operations, plan execution, and ensure end results meet standards across the project cycle. The role requires coordination with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and site teams to deliver on-time design and documentation, manage subcontracted work, and drive cost