HVDC Commissioning Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
Reporting to the HVDC FACT Service Engineering Manager, the HVDC Commissioning Lead is responsible for coordinating and supervising all site commissioning activities for a HVDC project including safety, quality, and technical requirements.
While working from the offsite (office) this role will coordinate with the PDG and region team and work to develop commissioning plans and procedures.
In addition, while working off site as part of the Service Engineering team, the HVDC Commissioning leader will support the HVDC technical service leader in troubleshooting, RCA and resolution of issues ongoing projects.

Working onsite with the technical teams, the Commissioning Lead will be executing the commissioning plan with the on-site commissioning team, ensuring the team is following all the pre-determined processes and procedures for all safety, quality, and technical matters.
The Commissioning Lead will provide daily reports about the progress of site activities as well as logging into the technical tracker the dates of completion of each part of the scope. It’s also under your responsibility to ensure a proper allocation of the hours among base scope, quality issues, or change orders, but also to ensure the hours logged and activities performed are according with the project budget to avoid margin degradation.

JOB DESCRIPTION

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparation and planning phase:

• Support the project execution team on commissioning matters.
• Technical governance and customer relations on commissioning matters.
• Plan and support pre-commissioning effort (instrumentation, documentation, etc.).
• Support on the preparation of the commissioning execution package, including commissioning plan (schedule, scope, and budget), documentation package, and management tools (daily tracker and others).

ENGINEERING SUPPORT DURING PREPARATION PHASE:

• Provides Level 2 Technical support / provides insight on systems maloperation and equipment failure by analyzing events logs and transient records, providing solutions to potential issues and inputs to RCAs.

EXECUTION PHASE:

• Ensure work is performed safely according to GE standards and local requirements.
• Contribute to overall quality and excellence in execution of commissioning.
• Coordinate on-site commissioning activities according to the commissioning plan.
• Provide support to the site teams regarding the technical issues or challenges.
• Keep good records about site activities, work performed, issues faced and how they were dealt with (non-conformity) to provide feedback to business and support it with information in case of claims.
• Collaborate in resolving complex problems.
• Ensure the project is being executed with quality and within the budget.
• Submit daily reports on site activities.
• Update the commissioning daily tracker.
• Constant communication with the project team to provide status updates and to support on addressing issues.
• Collect and provide RoEs (Return of Experience) so the business can improve on potential gaps.
• Assist in the development and training of junior commissioning engineers
• Enforcing GE core values and equal opportunity, the Commissioning leader will need to ensure respectful and safe work environment for the team.

MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with 5 years’ experience (OR) a High School Diploma with a minimum of 10 years of field experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience on substation commissioning.
• Travel and be available for work on project sites in Canada and US. Including international and comply with GE travel guidelines.
• Valid driver’s license

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:

• Proficiency in any data acquisition software considered an asset.
• Resilience.
• Good understanding of electro-mechanical systems.
• Ability to multitask and shift between many different projects and initiatives with tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork skills and autonomy.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to navigate cross-functions and create a good rapport with other teams (Project Management, Engineering, Finance, Fleet Support, EHS, HR, etc.).
• Ability to comply with mandatory requests on time, such as: trainings, timesheets, expense reports, daily reports, and other administrative tasks.
• Understand and implement, when required, cost and schedule control for commissioning scope.
• Strong EHS culture.
• Collaboration mindset.
• Lead by example.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.) and have good computer skills.
• Electrical or mechanical installation experience considered an asset.
• Technical skills in programming and testing of PLC’s and Controls.
• Testing of power distribution and delivery equipment to include Low/medium Voltage Switchgear, Relays and Transformers
• Testing of power distribution and delivery equipment to include High Voltage Switchgear, Relays and Transformers
• Experience in the repair and refurbishment of LV (Low Voltage) and MV (Medium Voltage) circuit breakers (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) equipment such as Siemens, GE, ABB, SquareD, Multilin and Schweitzer Relays).
• Electrical or mechanical installation experience considered an asset.
• French considered an asset

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Relocation Assistance Provided:
Yes

#LI-Remote – This is a remote position