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General Electrical is Hiring Senior Engineer – Plant Electrical Systems Design

Job Role and Responsibility

• GE’s BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR) and/or

• Gen-IV reactor technologies including Natrium and ARC sodium fast reactors (SFRs).

• Demonstrates accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and technical accuracy of assigned tasks. 

• Provide technical guidance and leadership, oversee project scheduling and resource planning, develop talent through mentorship, and act as the point-of-contact between your engineering team and both internal and external customers.

• Identify, develop, evaluate, introduce, and manage engineering solutions for EPDS.

• Apply electrical circuit and electro-magnetic theory, mathematical modeling, and simulation to design electrical systems with desired behaviors including power flow balance across modes of operation, setting of boundaries, optimization, coordination within and across voltage levels, and understanding complex systems of systems.

• Prepare EPDS designs for AC and DC electric systems, components, and equipment such as main generator plus unit and reserve auxiliary transformers with their interface to distribution and transmission grid, isolation phase bus duct, medium, and low voltage circuit breakers and disconnect switches with their trip units, digital protective relays, switchgear, switchboards, load or power centers, motor control centers, lighting and power service panels, cable and wire, building and containment penetrations, conduit, ducts, raceway, tray, grounding, lightning, and cathodic protection, motors, adjustable speed drives, batteries, chargers, inverters, uninterruptible power supplies, contactors, switches, relays, etc.

• Perform or lead design and related technical scope thru progression of; front end engineering design (FEED), Conceptual, Preliminary or Intermediate, Detailed or Final Design.

• Prepare and maintain using data-centric digital tools with rigorous requirements, change control, and configuration management:

• Static documents or reports, specifications, databases, tabular lists of functions, sizing calculations, equipment and instrument characteristics and configurations, electrical and heat loads, physical layout or placement in rooms, buildings, structures, etc.

• Dynamic physics based and electrical simulation design and analysis [e.g., ETAP] models.

• Collaborate with other disciplines to define and achieve functional, performance, reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) goals using failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), probabilistic risk analysis (PRA), and related modern techniques.

• Lead or support nuclear regulatory certification or licensing, procurement packages and hand-off to suppliers for implementation of systems and components requirements including function, performance, design assurance, qualification [environmental, seismic], regulatory and standards compliance, human factors, safety hazards, reliability, cyber security, etc.

• Collaborate with and provide oversight of suppliers thru procurement and construction to develop, perform, and review unit, module, system, and integration test plans, procedures, and reports including factory acceptance, site acceptance, pre-operational, and start-up tests including inspection, test, or analysis and acceptance criteria thru commercial operations date.

• Establish productive working relationships with product and project management, support functions, Architect Engineer (A/E), Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) partner(s), and suppliers.

• Perform detailed oversight, review, and verification of deliverables from suppliers to ensure their adequacy, accuracy, completeness, and compliance with requirements.

• Perform optioneering or trade-off studies for technical, risk, and cost optimization.

• Prepare detailed work plans covering scope, labor budget, and schedule.

• Ensure deliverables are on-spec., on-budget, and on-schedule.

• Support LEAN, continuous process improvement, and cost-out programs.

• Provide leadership and mentoring in a team environment to deliver with integrity, safety and security, quality, then output – Champion nuclear culture.

Skills Required that will help succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics from an accredited university or college.

• Minimum 10 years of experience using either:

• IEEE Std 80, 81, 115, 242, 308, 317, 323, 338, 344, 379, 384, 450, 484, 485, 603, 665, 666, 741, 765, 1050, C37.06, C50.10, C50.13, C57.13, C62.23 and NFPA 780
  -OR-

• IEC Std 62855, Nuclear power plants – Electrical power systems – Electrical power systems analysis and supporting IEC 60034 thru 62305 series.

• Minimum 10 years of application engineering or field installation with heavy electrical equipment and components including selection, sizing and analysis calculations, modeling and simulation, and qualification [environmental, seismic, embedded digital] to diverse industry standards (e.g., IEEE, IEC, ASME)¹

• Minimum 10 years of experience with computer aided design (CAD) [e.g., 2D AutoCAD or 3D Inventor].

• Minimum 7 years of experience using digital tools preparing dynamic or transient physics-based modeling, simulation, analysis [ETAP] of electrical systems.

• Relocation to Markham, ON is required.

• Master’s degree in Engineering for Electrical, Mechanical, Nuclear, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or equivalent year technical degree.

• Professional Engineer (PE) – National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) or equivalent.

• PMI/PMP certified.

• Experience with equipment qualification [environmental, seismic, embedded digital] testing to diverse industry standards [e.g., IEEE, IEC, ASME].

• Experience using modern digital engineering collaboration and design tools such as:

• Content creation [e.g., Confluence/Atlassian],

• Requirements management [e.g., DOORS-NextGen/IBM],

• Diagram and drawing [e.g., Visio/Microsoft, AutoCAD/Autodesk],

• Design and analysis simulation [e.g., Easy5/MSC, Simulink-MATLAB/MathWorks, Mathcad/PTC, 3KeyMaster/WSC, ETAP, SKM],

• Change, configuration, document, and bill of material (BOM) management [e.g., ENOVIA/Dassault-Systems].

• Clear thinker, detail oriented, insightful, quantitative, results oriented – Able to make reasoned, sound, and timely decisions.

• Exceptional technical writing.

• Strong verbal communication and facilitating skills for technical and business audiences.

• Able and willing to take ownership and responsibility for scoping, planning, prioritizing, scheduling, budgeting, action tracking, monitoring, corrective actions, reporting, etc.

• Self-starter with energy and positive Can-Do” attitude – Proven track record of producing quality deliverables on specification, budget, and schedule in a fast passed environment.

• Team player with cross- discipline and matrixed functional skills and experience.

• Able to handle multiple concurrent assignments and priorities.

• Adaptive with continuous learning and improvement mindset” with an ability to identify, influence, and implement better ways to do an activity or process.

• Working knowledge, skill, and experience using Agile or LEAN, define, measure, analyze, improve, control (DMAIC), design for six sigma (DFSS), design for reliability (DFR), failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), and design to cost (DTC).

Recruitment Details

Company Name	General Electrical
Company Website	https://www.ge.com
Job Role	Senior Engineer – Plant Electrical Systems Design
Job qualification	BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
Work Experience	10 years
Salary	Best of Industry
Job Location	Canada

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