Remote Protection & Control Lead for Substations

CP1367 GE Grid Solutions, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is hiring a Lead Protection & Control Engineer to oversee the protection and control design for T&D substations and related facilities.

You will coordinate with multiple engineering disciplines and lead a team to deliver integrated protection, control, and monitoring solutions with attention to safety, quality, schedule and cost criteria. The role requires a strong background in protection and controls for substations, proven leadership, and a willingness to travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in engineering.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in protection and controls engineering for substations or power generation.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time, including international, for meetings and on-site commissioning tests.

Responsibilities

• Design protection schemes for T&D substations, data centers, industrial, and BESS applications, including one-lines and relay settings.
• Lead a local or remote design team to develop panel interconnect wiring, layouts, and elevations.
• Evaluate interoperability, control features, and communication/protocol aspects of IEDs for an integrated protection, control, and monitoring solution.
• Coordinate with SCADA, substation, and control design staff to fully develop system integration.
• Review power system load flow studies, fault studies, relay setting coordination, and transient studies.
• Train end-users on theory, operation, and maintenance of integrated protection and control systems.
• Lead or support factory acceptance testing and site testing & commissioning.
• Develop outage, cut-over, testing procedures, RCA, corrective actions, and process validation.
• Contribute to proposals, including technical specs, estimating man-hours, and vendor quotes.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

GE Vernova, Inc. is hiring a Lead Protection & Control Engineer to oversee the protection and control design for T&D substations and related facilities.

You will coordinate with multiple engineering disciplines and lead a team to deliver integrated protection, control, and monitoring solutions with attention to safety, quality, schedule and cost criteria. The role requires a strong background in protection and controls for substations, proven leadership, and a willingness to travel up to 20%.