Lead Controls Engineer

Job Description

• General Electric, or GE for short, has one of the longest histories in electricity related companies. Originally founded by Thomas Edison in 1889, Drexel, Morgan & Co., financed Edison's research and helped merge several of Edison's separate companies under one corporation forming Edison General Electric Company.
• As a part of global business nowadays GE is the third largest industrial company in the UK, with 22,000 employees and revenues of $5B annually.
• Lichfield Road manufacturing facility has been originally established in 1903 and has been standing since 1960 as a part of English Electric group, delivering power transformers, that later merged GEC Alsthom and later became ALSTOM, and has been acquired by GE in 2015. Stafford is ideally suited for research and advanced manufacturing with our highly skilled staff and position at the heart of the UK's transport network. GE is proud to be the largest employer in Stafford, with around 1,700 employees across multiple sites.
• The transformer facility has been renowned all over the world with its expertise in design, manufacturing, and delivery of HVAC and HVDC transformers world-wide, up to 800kV.

Job Responsibilities:

• Preparation & design of HMI software interfaces, PLC designs,control schematics, software specifications, general arrangement drawings, cable schedules for control cabinets (marshalling kioks) of power transformers, including interfacing with relays, tap-changers and other transformer components and SCADA/central control system.
• Experience of PLC programming/HMI programming/automation software.
• Selection and specification of components for ordering and manufacturing, review of supplier drawings, carrying out Factory Acceptance Tests.
• Key Performance Indicators of on-time delivery, right first time and budget adherence.
• Experience in Low Voltage Switchgear schematics and related Automation.
• Leading communication/co-ordination with internal and external stakeholders (customers, suppliers, other departments such as projects, tendering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, etc).

Education And Experience:

• Electrical or Instrumentation or Controls or person with similar experience (in Power Transformers or equivalent LV/HV Applications).
• Experience of working on Autocad Electrical or equivalent.
• Experience of Document management system (WindChill/equivalent) (not essential).
• Should have worked independently done control schematics and component specifications.
• Shall be able to demonstrate GE Vernova Way (Innovation, Customers, Lean, One team, Accountable).
• 'shall demonstrate focus on Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.
• This job would suit someone mid career, 5+ years experience.
• Grid Solutions, a GE Vernova business, serves customers globally with over 20,000 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.