Higinio Garcia

Electrical Engineering at Power Systems

Higinio Garcia

Electrical Engineering

at Power

Systems

About me

Electrical engineer with 22 years of experience in high voltage and electrical systems. Specialized in design, project management, and compliance with international standards. Extensive experience with leading companies such as GE and Alstom. An expert in power transmission and cost optimization.

  • Birth Date. . . . . 01/11/1975
  • Nationality . . . . . Mexicana
CV
Work Experience
2023 - to date
Senior Specialist in Electrical Power Transmission.
GE Renewable Energy, México.
2013 - 2023
High Voltage Switchgear Manager.
*Accountable for the loose Product/ package contracts execution by proposing and elaborating the adequate set up Project Execution organization in coordination with the Factories and Product lines units.
*Summarising risk& opportunities and triggering further escalations (technical, financial, operational).
*Ensure that project ́s financial performance remaining in line with expectations and that margin variation is anticipated.
*Provide reporting to Top management.
*Manage the changes and adapt the objectives & strategy accordingly.
*Optimize Cost (design to cost, negotiation QDC, etc.) and challenge productivity in all area directly involved (lean philosophy)
*Ensure site quality plan and commissioning procedure are followed.
*Manage project acceptance.
*Ensure customer satisfaction through affective and healthy communication.
*Responsible for maintaining and improving product quality by doing surveillance audits; investigation customer complaints, collaborating with other members of management to develop new engineering designs and training methods.
*Support sales specialist in the tendering phase and offer.
*CFE contact to solve failures at SS.
*Support at external units to homologation Products (Circuit breakers, disconnectors and transformer instruments) with CFE (CENACE & LAPEM) main contact for CFE and LAPEM.
*Management projects up to 12 million USD annuals.
*Management of Project under warranty cover Disconnectors, circuit Breakers and Instrument Transformers.
*Provide customer support in coordination with Service unit to solve warranty issues.
Key Achievements.
*Managed the delivery of Mexico customer $ 12 million USD orders (annuals) with a proper and timely delivery scheduling during the last 7 years.
*Got the lever of EXPERT into GE Grid solutions.
*Certification of 4 external unit manufacture of Circuit breakers live tank and dead thank, disconnectors and Instruments transformer with LAPEM as “approbator provider”.
*Certification of 17 Hight voltage products with LAPEM.
GE Renewable Energy, México.
2011 - 2013
Engineering Manager High Voltage.
*Design and development: Check calculation programs related to the product, BOM and drawings to ensure adequate monitoring of product development.
*Normalization Certification Participate in the development of national or international standards and specifications to design or adapt products, to ensure that the product is within established standards and guidelines of the customer.
*CBR LT & DT Tendering Process.
*Opportunity Assessment Go/ No Go.
*SPECIFIC Tender kick-off.
*Tender Costing & Costing Validation Offer Validation.
Alstrom Grid.
2008 - 2011
Sr. electrical engineer R&D Department
*Provide technical support relating to the dielectric design, interrupting capabilities, special applications on power systems, capacitor bank, standards, and ratings of high-voltage circuit breaker new products.
*Provide support regarding the use and interpretation of relevant ANSI and IEC standards.
*R&D Project Leaders in defining electrical type tests parameters.
*Analyze electrical type test results and provide test documentation.
*Support and provide the Marketing Department with product electrical performance information.
*Participate in product development and design projects also responsible for providing technical support regarding monitoring and controlling applications (application of point-on- wave POW).
*Conduct failure analysis of field incidents.
Areva-USA.
2006 - 2008
Project leader
*Project management.
*Execution, procurement, scheduling of high voltage projects.
Areva-México.
2000 - 2006
Engineering Department
*Responsible technical development and type tests at FGH, Germany for a 420kV pantograph disconnect switch.
*Define, organize and execute development tests in LAPEM.
*Experience with high voltage testing and standards (IEC and ANSI).
*Development of procedures, specifications for production test laboratory.
*Supervision and commissioning of HV live tank and dead tank circuit breakers.
Areva-México.
1999 - 2000
Project Leader
*Responsible for developing and implementation of order work.
*Project leader and electromechanical design at the engineering department.
SIEMENS-México S.A de C.V. Querétaro
1995 - 1997
Engineer
*Performed drafting and design.
*Power factor compensation, electrical networks, grounding system and substation design.
D.I.V.A.R.
Education
2004 - 2008
MBA
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
1994 - 1998
BSEE Power Systems Engineering.
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
1991 - 1994
Electrical technician
Escuela Vocacional No. 11 "Wilfrido Massieu"
Miscellaneous Course / Training
  • 2020 GE ́s Grid Solutions Technical Expertise Program the level of Expert.
  • 2012 Alstom University Alstom Performance Management & talent development.
  • 2011 Alstom Grid Technical Expert Community, expert on Circuit Breakers HV.
  • 2002-2012 CANAME: Scheme overview standardization and conformity assessment.
  • SABBAG CONSULTURIA: Course development methodology PM-International Project Management.
  • ALSTOM: Circuit Breaker Installation, adjustment and commissioning (2004-2006).
    ALSTOM Energietechnick GmbH Kassel, Germany (live tank circuit breakers 72.5kV to 170 kV).
    ALSTOM, Villeurbanne, Lyon France (live tank circuit breakers 145kV to 500 kV).
    ALSTOM, Oberentfelden, Switzerland (FK mechanism training).
    Project Management Handbook AIS.
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
Software
  • Salesforce
  • Flux 2D software to electrostatic design,
  • VIZIMAX relay application of poin on wave RPH (POW) switching overvolrage reduction.
  • AUTOCAD
  • INVENTOR
  • PRO-E
  • Microsoft Office
  • SAP
  • MAX
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