Plant Engineering Team Leader

Job Description Summary 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 local plant team leader manages directly plant engineering team (from 2/3 people) at his center level in addition of performing plant engineer tasks or project plant team leader’s tasks depending on the needs.

He reports directly to the plant engineering manager Job Description

Essential Responsibilities
• Manage & develop local teams at local centers
• Ensure proper implementation of plant engineering process at center level
• Promote local opportunities (e.g. knowledge sharing with other disciplines, with ACS local centers, close collaboration with local customers, local universities, local industry bodies… when relevant)
• Support Continuous Improvement initiatives
• Support conversion of project contractual documents into plant engineering requirements
• Support plant engineering planning and cost estimation for the project
• Design optimized substation & buildings layouts integrating all the required equipment considering their installation, operation, and maintenance constraints
• Deliver substation & buildings general arrangements and civil guides as per project planning
• Produce procurement inquiry package for some project equipment (e.g. HV post insulators, conductors & connectors…) including defining their requirements
• Support answers to client, partners & suppliers technical queries related to plant engineering
• Support projects design and gate reviews
• Support continuous improvement within plant engineering discipline

Qualifications And Skills
• Accurate knowledge of local environment & behaviors
• Strong knowledge on High Voltage substation international standards & guidelines (IEC, CIGRE…) and related equipment
• Strong knowledge on contract and project management, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), or Engineering equipment package (EEP) type
• Proficient with Autodesk CAD tools Revit & Navisworks
• Good understanding of onshore civil engineering and offshore platform design and requirements
• Leadership, analytical mind, rigorous and commitment,
• Professional English spoken and written
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