Job Description Summary

Lead execution of retrofit projects including installation, power up, and commissioning of one or more of the following turbine control solutions: Mark V, Mark VI, and Mark Vie control systems integrated with gas turbine, steam turbine and compressor, HMI upgrades, and TIL implementation

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead execution of retrofit projects including installation, power up, and commissioning of one or more of the following turbine control solutions: Mark V, Mark VI, and Mark Vie control systems integrated with gas turbine, steam turbine and compressor, HMI upgrades, and TIL implementation
• Execute site project management and technical leader duties. Support warranty administration and troubleshooting issues.  Addresses customer service requests and leads customer issue resolution during warranty and post-warranty periods.
• Responsible for pre-planning, site scheduling, field engineering, oversight and direction of other field resources, commissioning, control system startup, and project handover to customers. 
• Works closely with project managers, customers and supplier representatives to ensure financial performance, quality  project installation, timeliness, and  customer satisfaction 
• Respond to customer call out services requests.
• Manage  relationships  with  customers,  business  partners  and  suppliers,  both  internal  and  external,  during  installation, site  commissioning  and  startup  phases.
• Timely completion of service time sheets, trip reports, invoicing packages, and other administrative requirements including pre-mobilization and de-mobilization meetings and procedures.
• Work closely with other functions to identify and register change order opportunities as well as review proposals for new opportunities, formulate and present GE solution to customers. 
• Interface with GE Power Services, GE Industrial, and other GE Businesses.
• Significant travel and over-time will be expected.
• Other duties as required.  Secondary duties may possibly include participation in FAT (factory  acceptance  test); participation  in  development  of  overall  controls  strategy  for  projects;  design of  hardware  and  software  configuration  packages  according  to  project  requirements;  design  of  operator  interface  graphics  and  network  topologies;  release  of  system  design  to  manufacturing.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Industrial automation,  Electrical, or Electronic engineering degree from an accredited university or college (or a High School Diploma / GED and a minimum of 4 years of industry experience)
• 4  years  of  field  engineering  experience  in  power generation, industrial  plant  automation,  DCS  (distributed  control  system),  PLC  (programmable  logic  controller)  or  similar  industry  sectors.
• Ability  to  troubleshoot  control  and  instrumentation  systems  at  all  levels,  from  field  devices  to  control system, and networking
• Must  be  able  to  generate  immediate  credibility  with  customers,  suppliers,  GE  project  management  /  engineering  communities.
• Strong  customer  focus,  interpersonal,  and  computer  skills
• Ability  to  multi-task  in  a  dynamic,  geographically  dispersed  team  environment  is required.
• Extensive application / design knowledge in one or more of the following areas; Steam Turbine Control, Combustion Turbine Control, Hydro Turbine, Excitation and generator protection systems; Power Plant BOP (Balance of Plant) Systems, Installation of equipment in the above technologies
• Effective written and oral communication skills with excellent spoken and written English skills.
• Customer-focused  skills,  demonstrated  by  experience  in  field  services,  customer  services  or  project  management,  are  essential.
• Possess a valid driver's license and passport (or able to obtain).

Eligibility Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 80% domestically, but may include international plant sites.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to climb 10 flights of stairs twice per day.
• Ability to pass respirator fit test and physical.
• Ability to pass Fitness for Duty requirements and site security requirements to obtain unescorted access.
• Ability to work under high stress conditions.
• Ability and willingness to work in radiation-controlled and radioactively contaminated areas.
• Ability and willingness to work 12 hrs