Project Plant Lead
GE Vernova · Posted Nov 6
Power generation, wind turbine, grid solution, and electrification services
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About the role
The Systems Engineering team at GE Vernova delivers HVDC converter station projects. This Lead Plant Engineer role serves as the technical authority for plant design, system integration, and technical execution across proposal, design, manufacturing, installation, testing, and commissioning. The role leads multidisciplinary engineering teams and interfaces with customers, partners, suppliers, and internal project teams.
What you will do
- Lead the technical execution of HVDC plant design, ensuring compliance with project specifications, grid codes, international standards (IEC, IEEE, CIGRE), and statutory requirements.
- Own the overall plant layout, system architecture, and optimization of AC/DC converter stations (including valve halls, transformer yards, GIS/AIS switchyards, control buildings, and auxiliary systems).
- Provide technical direction to multidisciplinary engineering teams (civil, electrical, mechanical, control & protection, telecommunications, and safety).
- Resolve complex technical issues, design clashes, and engineering challenges during project execution.
- Oversee the integration of major HVDC sub-systems, including converter valves, converter transformers, smoothing reactors, harmonic filters, DC switchyards, control & protection, and auxiliary power systems.
- Manage complex technical interfaces between primary equipment, secondary systems, civil structures, and external grid connections.
- Ensure seamless collaboration between engineering, procurement, manufacturing, project management, and site construction teams.
- Identify technical risks, design gaps, and constructability challenges early in the project lifecycle and lead mitigation strategies.
- Enforce rigorous engineering quality processes, design reviews, technical risk assessments, and Value Engineering initiatives.
- Ensure all engineering outputs (drawings, calculations, specifications, data sheets) undergo proper verification and approval workflows.
- Oversee technical non-conformances, root-cause analyses, and corrective action implementations.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for clients, consultants, and external stakeholders.
- Lead technical alignment meetings, design reviews, Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), and Site Acceptance Tests (SAT).
- Defend technical design choices, clarify specifications, and negotiate technical approvals with customers.
- Support the Inquiry-to-Order (ITO) phase by providing technical inputs, scoping, preliminary designs, and cost estimations for proposals.
- Support the Order-to-Remittance (OTR) phase by managing engineering schedules, document deliverables, and technical milestones.
- Coordinate with procurement and sourcing to ensure technical alignment with equipment suppliers and sub-vendors.
- Provide technical support during site installation, testing, and commissioning phases up to final handover.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering , Power Systems, or a related technical discipline.
- Engineering experience in high-voltage power systems, power transmission, substations, or specifically HVDC projects.
- Proven experience in multidisciplinary engineering management and leading technical teams in large-scale EPC environments.
- Understanding of HVDC converter station technologies (LCC and/or VSC), power electronics, control & protection, and high-voltage equipment.
- Familiarity with international standards (IEC, IEEE, CIGRE) and grid code compliance.
- Advanced technical knowledge of HVDC systems and substation design
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Effective communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management
- Strong project execution discipline (time, cost, and quality management)
- Proactive risk identification and mitigation planning
- Ability to manage multiple interfaces in complex matrix organizations
Preferred qualifications
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or chartered engineering status.
- Experience with design tools and software used in power systems modeling (e.g., PSCAD, ETAP, MATLAB) and 3D plant design coordination.
- Strong background in both vendor management and customer-facing technical leadership.
Benefits and support
- Relocation assistance
About GE Vernova
GE Vernova Inc. is a global energy company that provides equipment, services, and software to generate, transfer, orchestrate, convert, and store electricity. Operating through its Power, Wind, and Electrification segments, the company supports a broad customer base across more than 100 countries in powering economies and driving the energy transition. Formed as part of the strategic spin-off of General Electric's energy portfolio, GE Vernova is dedicated to electrifying and decarbonizing the world.
- Industry
- Energy
- Company size
- 75000+ employees
- Founded
- 2024
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer and President
Stephen F. Angel
Chairman of the Board
Lola Lin
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Roger Martella
Chief Corporate Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer & Head of Global Government Affairs
Eric Gray
CEO, Power Segment
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