Job Description Summary

GE Vernova is seeking an experienced Engineering Leader to lead the Grid Automation engineering organization in Latin America, focused on Protection & Control (P&C) for electrical substations.

This role is accountable for leading a regional, multidisciplinary organization responsible for the full engineering and post-sales support lifecycle, including Technical Leadership & Design, Manufacturing, FAT & Training, Engineering Services / SAT / Commissioning, Cluster coordination, and Technical Support.

The role requires a leader who combines technical depth, operational rigor, customer focus, and people leadership to ensure safe, high-quality, and predictable delivery for utilities, industrial customers, and infrastructure operators across Latin America.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

This role is accountable for leading a regional, multidisciplinary organization responsible for the full engineering and post-sales support lifecycle, including Technical Leadership & Design, Manufacturing, FAT & Training, Engineering Services / SAT / Commissioning, Cluster coordination, and Technical Support.

The role requires a leader who combines technical depth, operational rigor, customer focus, and people leadership to ensure safe, high-quality, and predictable delivery for utilities, industrial customers, and infrastructure operators across Latin America.

• Lead engineering activities for substation automation and P&C systems, from design through validation and field support
• Ensure technical quality, compliance, and consistency across projects and countries
• Oversee resource planning, workload balance and management, and execution governance
• Support strong delivery performance across safety, quality, schedule, and cost
• Support Tendering and Sourcing teams to prepare competitive offers for system solutions
• Lead the after-sales technical support function for Grid Automation products and solutions
• Maintain high customer satisfaction through responsiveness and ownership
• Implement and sustain standard operating models, checklists, work instructions, and E2E initiatives
• Improve engineering, FAT, SAT, and services quality through standardization and discipline
• Drive Lean mindset, KPI management, and continuous improvement actions
• Support productivity, cost control, and execution reliability
• Proactively pursue operational efficiency and cost-reduction opportunities, converting those gains into stronger commercial competitiveness through ongoing cost-base alignment with the tendering team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Automation and Control Engineering.
• Postgraduate qualification in project management, business, or related field
• Strong experience in Grid Automation, Protection & Control / substation automation
• Proven leadership experience in engineering, technical support, operations, or project execution
• Experience in FAT, SAT, manufacturing, commissioning, and field services.
• Experience with technical support for hardware/software solutions in critical infrastructure
• Familiarity with digitalization, process governance, and performance management
• Fluent Portuguese, Spanish and English required.

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