HVDC Project Engineering Director

1 week ago


Cannock, Staffordshire, United Kingdom GE Aviation Full time
Job Description Summary

The HVDC Project Engineering Director is accountable for HVDC product solution and its configuration to the projects. As the primary contact for HVDC technical matters, you will be responsible for elaborating solutions with project members under technical aspects. You will also be accountable for the time and quality of project deliverables under PDG (Product Delivery Group) scope.

Roles and Responsibilities
  • Challenge the schedule for engineering activities in close collaboration with HVDC PEM and the project controller.
  • Accountable for all required technical interfaces to lead HVDC solution integration and coordinate with discipline project engineers to ensure information exchange interface sheets are in place and followed.
  • Responsible for HVDC engineering solution compliance with customer technical specifications.
  • Accountable to maintain reference solutions defined during ITO and any changes to be part of the change control process.
  • Responsible for technical solutions, customer management, and problem-solving for HVDC engineering scope.
  • Responsible for reviewing engineering reports to meet customer technical specifications under PDG scope.
  • Accountable for technical quality and support PEM with actions to improve project KPIs.
  • Accountable for closing Non-Conformance, Root Cause Analysis, Customer Complaints under PDG scope and handover to function to prevent reoccurrence of issues.
  • Responsible for delivering technical solutions on-time and ensuring any deviations from reference solutions are controlled through the change control process.
  • Accountable for design safety, HAZID, and HAZOP.
  • Responsible for estimating and executing own scope of work, on time, in full, within budget, and continuously updating stakeholders on progress.
  • Elaborate the engineering execution strategy with the PEM and participate in project strategy elaboration with the Project Technical Director.
  • Define and validate the design quality plan for the whole PDG engineering scope.
  • Ensure implementation of EMH guidelines.
  • Consolidate and follow for the whole project technical risks & opportunities and the corresponding mitigation/action plan.
  • Implement a design freeze process for the project and validate the design freeze following relevant design reviews and technical risks assessment for the project.
  • Be the preferred contact of the customer management for all topics related to the engineering under PDG scope.
  • Accountable for respecting customer technical requirements under HVDC product scope, organizing clause-by-clause analysis to compliance with HVDC product solution.
  • Together with all Project Engineers, ensure that answers to customers are consistent and check cross-impact of comments.
  • Validate and check consistency of engineering documents before final release to customers.
  • Check effectiveness of design against delivery of contract requirements within project budget and look for global cost optimization during basic design.
  • Implement design freeze and EHS in design and actively participate in defining corrective actions when work is unsafe or when an uncontrolled risk is observed.
Desired Profile & Experience
  • Extensive experience of engineering activities in EPC type environment in T&D, Power Generation, or Oil & Gas industry.
  • Mastering of some engineering processes such as: Civil work, Plant configuration, control & protection hardware, System & performance studies, or Electrical design.
  • Successful experience in project technical management on large-scale projects with complex organizations.
  • Strong influencing and relationship-building skills.
  • Willingness to travel worldwide.

Working in an international team which is part of the global Engineering HVDC Centre of Excellence within Grid Integration based in Stafford and Berlin.

A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements.

Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities.



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