Senior HV Substation Engineer

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GE Vernova

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

GE Vernova is a leader in the energy sector with over 130 years of experience, dedicated to electrifying the world while decarbonizing it. The company offers a broad portfolio of energy solutions including gas, hydro, nuclear, and wind power technologies, aimed at providing reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. With a strong focus on innovation, GE Vernova plays a significant role in reducing the carbon footprint of global power systems and supports the transition to net-zero emissions by 2030.

📋 Description

• Lead and coordinate all technical aspects of substations and balance of plant for large and complex substation projects • Provide technical direction, expectations, and reviews to engineering teams • Identify internal and external stakeholders and align technical information, execution strategy, and communications • Manage engineering schedules, design safety, design reviews, design optimization, on-time delivery, risk management, and quality control/quality assurance • Execute full HV physical outdoor substation design and arrange HV, LV, and MV equipment • Direct engineers and designers while coordinating with sourcing and project teams • Develop and review single-line drawings, plan and elevation drawings, substation arrangements, construction details, equipment layouts, cabling, wiring, auxiliary power, grounding, and control-building layouts • Oversee studies, calculations, and bills of material • Manage combined project BOM and MDL from multiple sources • Write and review high-voltage equipment technical specifications • Support sourcing through vendor quotations and reviews • Act as the single point of contact for customer and project-manager technical issues • Manage technical change control and project risk • Oversee engineering subcontractor scope, hours, change management, quality, schedules, and customer interface • Meet customer engineering CTQs • Support substation project proposals and tenders, including estimating man-hours and applying major equipment

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college • Professional Engineering license in Canada • Minimum of 10 years of experience in Transmission & Distribution substation engineering for electric utilities and renewable energy power plants • Experience as an Electrical Project Engineer in substation applications, including primary outdoor physical substation design and required studies • Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% • Strong knowledge of HV equipment for GIS/AIS substations • In-depth experience applying North American HV substation standards and guidelines, including IEEE, ANSI, NEC, and NESC • Knowledge of local Grid Codes and related equipment safety, application, sizing, and integration • Ability to engineer design packages without clear customer specifications • Strong knowledge of contract and project management, EPC, or EEP project execution • Understanding of civil engineering and substation-related structural design requirements • Working knowledge of design calculations for primary and secondary equipment • Legal authorization to work in Canada • Successful completion of a background investigation

🏖️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus • Remote work • Relocation assistance not provided • Strong consideration given to Indigenous persons