Job Description Summary

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Join Ritesh Shah and his team at GE Vernova in Richmond, VA as a Lead Engineer - Service Engineering.

As a member of the Steam Power Services Inquiry to Remittance (ITR) engineering team in Americas, you will be an active contributor to the service engineering activities such as outage planning and execution, technical guidance to field engineers and customers, technical lead for complex repairs at sites or shops, root cause analysis on product and process issues, design of steam turbine components and technical support to parts engineering and sourcing teams for the product designs form, fit and function. This role will require you to partner with the rotating equipment steam turbine design engineering teams globally for the product designs and development to provide safe, reliable, and quality focused product solutions.

Success Metrics: Success will be evaluated based on internal and external customers technical satisfaction with a focus on delivering engineering services that are safe, compliant, right first time and on time.

Your Role:
As a Lead steam turbine service engineer, you will be responsible to provide technical guidance to field engineers and customers during outage planning and execution, provide inspection and test plan for unit assembly/disassembly’s at site, and service center repairs, root cause analysis, conduct and be part of design reviews to fulfill technical requirements. Essential function is to partner with the rotating equipment steam turbine engineering teams for the product designs and development to provide safe, reliable, and quality focused product solutions.

Job Description

Roles and responsibilities:

• Technical guidance to field engineers and service managers during outage planning and execution of industrial, fossil, and nuclear steam turbines for both GE and oOEM units.

• Lead service center complex repairs on rotors, diaphragms, casings, valves, etc.

• Be single point of contact and technical interface for complex repairs projects with repairs sales, customer service managers, project managers, sourcing, engineering, and quality team.

• Responsible to meet project on time engineering deliverables and technical requirements.

• Be part of lean methodologies to ensure robust daily management, engineering deliverables, and continuous improvement, centered on Safety, Quality, Deliver & Cost in that order.

• Provide inspection and test plan for site assembly/disassembly and for service center repair scope.

• Lead and participate product qualification process first of a kind for service shops, design reviews and technical risks discussion both internally and externally with the customers.

• Provide technical recommendations and guidance during outage planning phase to internal and external customers.

• Provide technical guidance to parts engineering and sourcing teams for product design form, fit and function.

• Disposition on product/process non-conformances and support implementation of corrective/preventative actions through RCA.

• Collaborate and partner with sales/service directors, on site services, repairs centers, field engineers and parts engineering groups to provide technical direction and guidance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field of study from an accredited college or university.

• Minimum of 4+ years of experience in steam turbine service engineering.

• Minimum of 2+ years of field execution experience, preferably within the power generation industry.

Desired Characteristics (Technical Skills / Competencies):

• Good understanding of steam turbine and balance of plant systems and operations.

• Steam turbine rotating and stationary components inspection methods and repairs.

• Steam turbine disassembly, assembly, startups and operational exposure.

Social Skills / Competencies:

• Capable of providing concise technical directions with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Deliver on commitments, sense of urgency to respond quickly and efficiently, proactive, self-starter.

• Able to communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner, both in writing and verbally.

• Change agent – ability to engage employees globally and empower teams to drive change.

• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects.

• Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to recognize opportuniti