Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design Leadership: Lead the electromechanical design of high-voltage substations, ensuring technical excellence and full compliance with international (IEC, ANSI, IEEE) and local standards.
• Strategic Procurement & Specifications: Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of technical specifications and purchase requirements, ensuring optimal equipment selection that balances technical performance, quality, and project budget constraints.
• Risk & Compliance Management: Perform rigorous clause-by-clause analysis of contractual requirements to identify potential risks or deviations, proactively managing technical queries (TQs) to minimize design changes and project delays.
• Multidisciplinary Integration: Orchestrate cross-functional collaboration between engineering disciplines, ensuring seamless integration of electromechanical systems into the overall substation design architecture.
• Operational Support & Site Optimization: Provide high-level technical guidance to construction and commissioning teams; leverage site-specific insights and field data to refine detailed design packages and improve buildability.
• Vendor & Subcontractor Oversight: Manage engineering subcontractors for assigned work packages, enforcing strict adherence to technical specifications, project schedules, and quality assurance protocols.
• EHS & Quality Stewardship: Champion safety-by-design principles, ensuring all project deliverables meet stringent contractual EHS requirements and company quality standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronic or Automation & Control Engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Engineering activities as lead primary engineer in EPC or EEP type environment in Transmission & Distribution Power Systems, Power Gen or industry.
• Proven professional experience in the Venezuelan energy sector, with a deep understanding of local regulatory requirements, technical standards (e.g., COVENIN), and specific grid operational characteristics
• Fluent Spanish proficiency.
• Advanced English proficiency.
• In-depth knowledge of regulations, standards, and the market for high and extra-high voltage electrical substations in Latin America, with a focus on Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru.
• Strong understanding of high voltage power transformers, shunt reactors, circuit breakers, disconnectors, instrument transformers and medium voltage systems.
• Knowledge of high voltage products, substation engineering design and services.
• Familiarity with international and standards for substations (IEEE, IEC, ANSI).
• Experience in technical problem solving
• Ability and willingness to travel, both domestically and internationally for meetings, site visits and trainings.

Desired Characteristics

• Construction, field testing and commissioning experience.
• Demonstrates ownership & accountability, judgment and decision making, influences & inspires team, creates a vision and strategy, and has passion for the role.
• Strong team‐working abilities, good communication skills, written and oral.

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