Lead System Engineer

Role Overview

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead power quality system selection, sizing, and configuration for systems such as rotating stabilizers and STATCOMs.
• Prepare and review technical documentation, calculations, drawings, proposal inputs, and contractual deliverables.
• Develop and review system single-line diagrams, protection diagrams, and layouts for large projects.
• Perform system design and analysis for VSD, SFC, and power quality solutions across industrial and utility applications.
• Support ITO and OTR solution development and ensure technical risks are understood and managed.
• Analyze customer contracts, prepare vendor specifications, and review vendor documentation.
• Identify technical risks, develop mitigation plans, and improve processes, systems, equipment, and technologies.
• Coordinate with engineering, supply chain, subcontractors, suppliers, and other GE Vernova entities.
• Ensure compliance with company and customer EHS policies and procedures.
• Drive lean thinking and optimum technical solutions for projects.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a reputed college or university.
• At least 8 years of project or design engineering experience in power quality or VSD-based projects.
• Experience in industrial, marine, oil and gas, or power domains.
• Knowledge and application of international standards.
• Ability to adapt, multitask, and solve problems analytically and innovatively.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• PLM and Primavera experience are advantageous.
• Willingness to travel within the base country and overseas for assignments.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organization, prioritization, and time-management skills.

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of VSDs, SFCs, transformers, filters, motors, and other power system equipment.
• Experience preparing system and protection single-line diagrams and layouts.
• Selection and sizing of MV and LV VSD systems for oil and gas applications is advantageous.

Workplace and Travel

• The source location is Chennai, India, and source metadata identifies the workplace as onsite.
• The role includes short-notice travel within the base country and overseas for short- or long-term assignments.

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