Job Description Summary
The Lead Protection & Control Engineer works on T&D; substations for AC, HVDC and FACTS projects with designers, peer engineers & leaders. The engineer is responsible to define, design, coordinate all technical aspects of HV / EHV substation protection & control and oversee technical plant integration and optimization at project level considering safety, quality, schedule and cost criteria. The engineer should have great attention to detail with a can-do attitude & customer responsiveness. The Lead Protection & Control Engineer may be identified as project engineer for small to medium size project, which are highly secondary engineering focused. The engineer shall continuously update themselves with new technology and have a mindset of continuous learning, consistent with grid transition needs. Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results.
Job Description
Ultimately be responsible to ensure high quality design of protection schemes for all kinds of T&D; substations, Data Centers, Industrial,



BESS applications including one-lines, three-lines, AC / DC schematics, and relay settings.
Lead a local or remote design teram to develop P&C; designs (protection single line diagram, 3 Line Diagrams, panel general arrangement and schematics, wiring diagrams)
Evaluate the interoperability, control features and communication/protocol aspects of IEC’s serving as protection relays to provide integrated solution including SCADA, Cybersecurity and telecommunication needs
Be familiar with IEC61850 process and system bus architecture and its implementation for substations
Able to work independently on the following P&C; drawings: one line protection and metering diagrams, tripping tables/matrix, logic diagrams, Aux power DC and AC one line diagrams, relay protection and control schematics, metering, monitoring and alarm schematics, SCADA block diagram, racks and panels views, wiring diagrams, control house layouts, cable

📌 Lead Protection (Santiago de Querétaro)
🏢 GE Vernova
📍 Santiago de Querétaro