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.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
