Senior Control and Protection Verification & Validation Product Specialist
Location
Staffordshire | United Kingdom
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Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.
As a Senior Control and Protection Verification & Validation Product Specialist you will be working across the Engineering Delivery function and the NPI
As a Senior Control and Protection Verification & Validation Product Specialist you will be working across the Engineering Delivery function and the NPI function, reporting directly to the Head of Control and Protection Verification & Validation.
This role includes developing department talent, engineering process management, provide technical guidance, mentoring, drive consistent design practices and common global processes for projects implementation and provide technical solution that meets the needs of NPI, project delivery.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
- As a Senior Control & Protection Verification & Validation, you will also play a key part in technically developing less experienced members of the team, this is a great opportunity to further your mentoring experience as there is scope for this role to build the team up further in the future.
- Provide strategic and tactical direction for Verification and Validation of HVDC Control and Protection System in collaboration with Grid and HVDC technology groups.
- Establish a process to assess, review and record the testing needs and boundaries of each project to ensure that the control system is verified to the maximum extent possible before leaving the factory.
- Lead the generation of plans, procedures and specifications for the Development of Integration System Tests, Full System Tests, and Factory Acceptance Tests and Commissioning Tests at site.
- Develop, maintain and Prepare Test Management Plans & Solutions.
- Be Involved from the requirements phase, ensuring requirements are SMART and testable.
- Ensure the coordination of testing and validation process steps from Lab Testing, Factory System Testing and Site System testing leading to the Customer acceptance of HVDC Control & Protection System.
- Maintain a clear overview of the NTI-NPI-Project life cycles thereby de-risking the product development by clearly defining the testing needs to validate the requirements.
- Responsible for technical validation of processes and test specifications.
- Drive the Continuous Improvement process in in collaboration with other Control & Protection Engineering teams.
- Ensure sufficient de-risking is included in Product plans, such that quality problems due to the introduction of new technologies are avoided when the new technologies are deployed on Projects.
- The Enforcement of engineering discipline and set processes across all work tasks and adherence to company policies, quality procedures and work instructions (e.g. through training, technical reviews).
- Reviewing the validation and verification department’s skills, identifying any shortfalls or skills gaps to ensure the necessary training, guidance and mentoring of Engineers is in place.
- Serve as approver for technical reviews and quality gates / project milestones.
- Support the New Technology IP strategy to identify opportunities for new IP development.
- Supports Customer communications to define quality and testing expectation from the project kick-off till final sign off.
- Represent in various Industry working groups as a key content contributor.
- Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with low risks and resource requirements. Explains information; developing skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field. Conveys performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues.
- Continuously improving the product in terms of delivery speed, stability and reliability
- Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations.
Qualifications and requirements:
- Degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering or related field.
- Significant experience in power generation, systems design, development and operation of Control System.
- Demonstrable Technical Leadership experience.
- Experience within Verification & Validation of Control System.
- Experience of Leading a team of control system design, validation, installation & commissioning .
- Proven technical leadership in a complex system engineering development environment
- Expertise in HVDC Control, Protection and Sequencing strategy
- Expertise in PSCAD and MATLAB-SIMULINK simulation tools
- Expertise in HVDC Dynamic Performance Studies
- Knowledge of Test Driven Design techniques (e.g. CI/Continuous Integration, Unit Testing, Automated Regression testing)
- Knowledge of Requirements Management; Requirements Capture, RQM tools, Doors
- Knowledge of Change Control and issue tracking (e.g. CCB, Jira)
- Exceptional communication skills with a fluency in English language.
Desired Characteristics
- Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements, ownership of technical discussions with customers and capable of developing client relationships.
- Oral and written communication skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
- Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
- Established project management skills.
- Proactively serves on cross functional leadership teams; Makes decisions independently.
- Demonstrates track record of designing quality systems / components that exceed design requirements, beat cost targets, and exceed reliability targets
- Experience on tools like MATCAD, MATLAB SIMULINK, EMTP-RV, Digsilent etc will added advantage
The North Europe Grid System Integration (GSI) team delivers a wide range of turnkey high voltage AC and DC transmission projects to its Customers in the UK, Ireland, and Scandinavia.
Grid Solutions, a GE Renewable Energy business, serves customers globally with over 13,000 employees. We provide power utilities and industries worldwide with equipment, systems and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. Grid Solutions is focused on addressing the challenges of the energy transition by enabling the safe and reliable connection of renewable and distributed energy resources to the grid. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition.
About GE Grid Solutions:
At GE Grid Solutions we are electrifying the world with advanced grid technologies. As leaders in the energy space our goal is to accelerate the transition for a more energy efficient grid to full fill the needs of tomorrow. With a focus on growth and sustainability GE Grid Solutions plays a pivotable role in integrating Renewables onto the grid to drive to carbon neutral. In Grid Solutions we help enable the transition for a greener more reliable Grid. GE Grid Solutions has the most advanced and comprehensive product and solutions portfolio within the energy sector.
Why we come to work:
At GE Renewable Energy, our engineers are always up for the challenge - and we’re always driven to find the best solution. Our projects are unique and interesting, and you’ll need to bring a solution-focused, positive approach to each one to do your best. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.
What we offer:
A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements
Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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