Project Plant Engineer

GE Renewable – Grid Integration product line is globally recognized for designing, manufacturing, and delivering customized High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) solutions for utilities worldwide. With over 130 years of pioneering experience, GE offers two HVDC technologies, Line Commutated Converters (LCC) and Voltage Source Converters (VSC), to support a broad range of applications and deployable in different schemes including overhead line (point to point), back-to-back submarine/land cable and offshore.

Every HVDC solution is tailored and designed based on a project-by-project assessment of the customers' individual requirements, whether it's for connecting offshore wind generation, long distance power transmission, or energy trading between independent networks.

Within this cross-centers and multicultural organization, the project plant engineer is responsible to design optimized HVDC substation layouts that integrate all the required equipment considering their installation, operation, and maintenance constraints. You can intervene either during Intent To Order (tender) and/or Order To Remittance stages (projects). You will report directly to your regional’s Team Leader and functionally to the Project Plant lead Engineers.

Job Description

Essential responsibilities

• Design, preparation, and review of indoor/outdoor equipment layout includes general arrangement, civil interface/civil guides drawing, and installation (erection) drawings for AIS/GIS High voltage substations.

• Define and review the electrical/maintenance clearances for indoor/outdoor substation areas.

• Design, preparation, and review of cable trenches, cable tray/ladder and conduits routing for overall substation.

• Design optimized substation & buildings layouts integrating all the required equipment considering their installation, operation, and maintenance constraints

• Support the Civil/building services team in preparation of HVA/C ducts routing layout, fire protection/alarms etc. related drawing.

• Prepare design specification of HV/MV connectors, conductors, Insulator and support project lead in producing procurement inquiry packages (RFQ).

• Support conversion of project contractual documents into function’s engineering requirements.

• Support answers to client, partners & suppliers technical queries related to your function.

• Support projects design and gate reviews related to your function.

• Support continuous improvement within function/engineering discipline.

Qualifications and Skills

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical/mechanical engineering or related discipline

• Strong knowledge on High Voltage substation international standards & guidelines (IEC, IEEE, CIGRE etc.) and related equipment

• Proficient with Autodesk CAD tools Revit, BIM360 etc.

• Good understanding of onshore civil engineering and offshore platform design and requirements

• Basic knowledge on contract and project management, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), or Engineering equipment package (EEP) type

• Analytical mind, rigorous and commitment

• Professional English spoken and written

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes