Lead Primary Engineer

Job Description Summary

The Lead Primary Engineer is the technical guarantor of the proper performance of design works conducted in his/her field of activity, in matter of committed design budget (man days), deadline and Quality, in line with Customer expectation, while promoting ease of installation, operation and maintenance of the system.

A Lead Primary Engineer has the capacity to manage design packages integrated in "Full set" projects according to PMH

With an important customer in terms of secured and potential contracts or target market.
That constitutes a major financial, technical and or commercial risk & opportunities
The impact of the project will have a significant effect on the Business unit
Operating within an (inter)national environment with many complex internal and suppliers' interfaces

As a Substation Design Engineer, your main responsibility is to design and layout high-voltage (HV) substations, ensuring their reliability, efficiency, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Collaboration with other engineers and support for project documentation and continuous improvement initiatives are also key aspects of this role

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Discipline provisional document list prepared and aligned with project time Schedule with achievable task duration
• Full set KPI's followed on monthly base
• Discipline Design reviews & Gate reviews plan formalized and followed
• ROR integrates design part and Mitigation plan formalized and actions status identified (not started, ongoing, closed.)
• Design management tools strictly followed, and submission of coherent data
• Discipline workload plan updated on regular base
• Discipline Design hours mastered
• Design change process in place
• Discipline Interface sheets deployed and validated for the project
• No significant gap in scope and exchange of information between partners or main suppliers from our partners & Suppliers
• No serious claim from main Suppliers
• Engineering platform in place when relevant, coordination meetings organized
• NCR system used for the discipline
• Discipline document to be attached to the OM&M delivered on time
• Compliance to Quality processes and procedures and GE policies and procedures

What you will bring

• Bachelor's degree or diploma of high education in (electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in the related activity/discipline, preferably in project & EPC type environment in T&D, STATCOM, Power Gen or Oil &Gas industry.
• This role requires up to 20% travel to work in different locations for short or medium period worldwide.

What will make you stand out:

• Discipline provisional document list prepared and aligned with project time Schedule with achievable task duration.
• Full set KPI's followed on monthly base.
• Discipline Design reviews & Gate reviews plan formalized and followed.
• ROR integrates design part and Mitigation plan formalized and actions status identified (not started, ongoing, closed).
• Knowledge of Project organization and engineering processes related to his/her scope of activity.
• Experience of project technical management processes, preferably in a multi-disciplinary team's context with multiple interfaces.
• Several experiences in managing externally subcontracted design work package of various sizes.
• Design management tools strictly followed, and submission of coherent data
• Discipline workload plan updated on regular base.
• Experience in technical problem solving.
• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution industry
• No significant gap in scope and exchange of information between partners or main suppliers from our partners & Suppliers.
• Engineering platform in place when relevant, coordination meetings organized
• NCR system used for the discipline.
• Discipline document to be attached to the OM&M delivered on time.
• Compliance to Quality processes and procedures and GE policies and procedure.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Client-provided location(s): Ḩalwān, Egypt

Job ID: GE_power-70702818

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-23T18:31:38