Technical Program Leader - HVDC

The HVDC Technical program leader will have the primary contact with GEV technical leaders across UK, Germany, France, and India in terms of scope understanding, technical solutioning and demonstrating the capability readiness / plan. Act as a SME and technically initiate the engineering activities emerging from various functions (C&P, Systems Engineering, Valves, V&V, etc.,) and provide technical proposal for the work packages. Should take the accountability to deliver the committed work packages meeting KPI requirements by developing or hiring the right competencies for the given scope. Influence and technically direct the team for the capability development.

• Make critical decisions to balance needs of stakeholders (customers, employees, and the company), and develop program strategies
• Build relationships with existing and new customers, identify opportunities, propose solutions, and review program performance
• Collaborate with account management to write proposals for new business development.
• Promote quality culture and administer systems that ensure consistent business excellence; create, monitor, and report on key performance indicators
• Support joint governance meetings for ongoing engagements—communication rhythm, metrics, productivity, efficiency, and escalations
• Lead engineering teams working for HVDC engagements and responsible for successful completion delivery of work and achieving key performance targets
• Champion employee engagement throughout team and promote a good working environment for all employees in line with Quest Global values and culture
• Define and implement technical review process and perform critical/milestone review to ensure deliverables quality
• Identify skills/capabilities required in near/medium term and work with Talent Acquisition team to hire required capability and capacity to fulfil workload demand
• Drive strategic outsourcing vision working with customer leadership and engineering managers
• Understand transformational requirements from customers and develop appropriate technology/capability roadmap to meet the requirements.
• Interface with customer stakeholders to elaborate the requirements and covert those to work package specifications.
• Lead and manage end to end product development lifecycle of HVDC projects in close collaboration with customers and Quest Global team

Work Experience

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

• Self-motivated and ability to work independently
• Bachelors in Engineering at least 12 years of experience in grid engineering in power generation industry
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate and present effectively and clearly with clients, management, peers, and team members
• Good business acumen and the ability to analyze data to gain insights and can use these to identify business improvement opportunities
• Knowledge of HVDC product lifecycle design/engineering
• Demonstrated global mindset and ability to collaborate effectively across cultures

8% Pension Contribution + Benefits.