Lead Substation Protection & Control Engineer

Ge Vernova; San Juan del Río; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ge Vernova seeks a Lead Protection & Control Engineer to lead the design of protection schemes for T&D substations, data centers, and BESS applications across AIS and GIS platforms. You will coordinate with designers, engineers, and field teams to ensure safe, compliant, and optimized protection and control systems.

You will develop protection diagrams, wiring, and SCADA interfaces while evaluating interoperation with cyber security and communication protocols.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in system protection schemes and related fields for transmission, distribution, and generation applications.
• P.E. License or EIT with willingness to pursue P.E certification.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% including international travel.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high quality design of protection schemes for T&D substations, data centers, industrial and BESS applications.
• Lead a local or remote design team to develop P&C designs (single line diagrams, three-line diagrams, panel layouts, schematics).
• Evaluate interoperability, control features and communication/protocol aspects of protection relays with SCADA, cybersecurity and telecom needs.
• Prepare P&C engineering estimates and quantify equipment quantities and costs for proposals.
• Coordinate with Electrical layout engineers, relay setting engineers, site managers and commissioning engineers.
• Interface with customers and vendors to resolve technical issues and review documentation.

Skills

Protection & control

P&C design

Relay coordination

Project coordination

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

Aspen Oneliner

Job description

Ge Vernova seeks a Lead Protection & Control Engineer to lead the design of protection schemes for T&D substations, data centers, and BESS applications across AIS and GIS platforms. You will coordinate with designers, engineers, and field teams to ensure safe, compliant, and optimized protection and control systems.

You will develop protection diagrams, wiring, and SCADA interfaces while evaluating interoperation with cyber security and communication protocols.