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Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis

Repairs turbines and generators for power producers

Field Engineer in Training

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/16/2026
No salary listed
Entry
Latham, NY, USA
In PersonExtensive travel within the US and occasional short trips outside the US are required.
Field ServiceEquipment Field Service

About the job

Requirements
  • Spend approximately two years in Engineer in Training work, learning the skills and common maintenance practices needed to perform inspections on GE and Westinghouse steam turbine-generator units.
  • Willingness to travel extensively within the United States and occasionally outside the United States for short periods.
Responsibilities
  • Provide field engineering services as part of a service team for power generation and industrial customers.
  • Inspect turbine and generator components.
  • Provide technical direction.
  • Review turbine inspection data.
  • Supervise repairs and labor.
  • Troubleshoot equipment and issues.
  • Align rotors and steam paths.
  • Track outage schedules and manpower.
  • Plan outages.
  • Assist start-up engineers with system checkouts after outages and monitor turbine operation.
  • Assist with turbine laser alignment.
  • Perform vibration analysis and balance turbine generators.
  • Work on billable assignments according to skills and abilities upon completion of training and, when appropriate, during training.

About the company

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Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis

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Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis, known as MD&A, services gas, steam and industrial turbines and generators for power producers worldwide. Its engineers and field teams handle equipment inspections, outage planning, technical direction, troubleshooting, alignment and performance analysis. The company combines work at customer plants with repair facilities that refurbish turbine and generator components, machine precision parts and support equipment overhauls. It also supplies replacement components, controls services and engineered upgrades as an alternative source for equipment maintenance and life extension. Founded in 1982, MD&A is headquartered in Latham, New York.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Latham, NY

Founded

1982

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What believers are saying

  • Structured mentoring: engineer trainees spend approximately two years learning turbine inspections with senior field engineers.
  • Employer-paid protection: careers benefits include company-paid disability and life insurance.
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  • Outage-season workload: the Euclid machining shop advertises a full schedule of 50 hours or more.
  • Extensive travel: the engineer training program requires US travel and occasional short overseas assignments.
  • Broad onsite responsibility: gas turbine field engineers oversee site safety, labor and project financials.

What makes Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis unique

  • Patented seal design: Guardian packing rings maintain radial sealing through shutdown, startup and operating conditions.
  • Reduced reassembly: Topless Alignment measures shell deflections and bore positions without tops-on turbine measurements.
  • Narrow-gap inspection: the Air Gap-Bot enters 0.9-inch generator gaps and inspects without removing the field.

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