Lead Project Engineer - Customer Project Engineering

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life.

The Control Systems Lead Project Engineer will act as the single point of contact for engineering on the project.   You will develop a solid knowledge and experience with electrical and mechanical control systems for turbines, Generators, Compressors and Plant Controls.  You will coordinate technology resources in support of application of the correct customer solution.   In this role you will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced engineers to develop and implement custom solutions that supply the world with energy.  Design the solution, see it through manufacturing, and support commissioning at domestic and international customer sites.  This is a great opportunity to expand your professional career and gain invaluable hands-on experience.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for retrofit control systems under the overall management responsibility of the project manager.  Be accountable for project deliverables, customer CTQ compliance, on-time schedule execution and team performance. 
• Apply electrical and mechanical engineering principles to analyze, propose, design, test, and troubleshoot control systems. 
• Lead Project team to achieve business Key Performance Indicators and on-time execution of the project deliverables, while ensuring conformance to applicable design practices & procedures, assuring product quality 
• Own the Project Engineering hours budgets and assign them to the project team(s). 
• Own the Project Milestone schedules and make sure all deliverables are provide on schedule. 
• Ensure regulatory compliance of deliverables 
• Review contract documentation and customer specifications for technical impact. 

• Co-Responsible for technical review and response to customer specifications. Provides support to commercial/sales organization to interpret requirements and define responses in proposals and Tables of Compliance. 
• Work alongside, receiving mentoring from, Senior Project Engineers. 
• Help Design systems for interface to existing turbine control equipment, and evaluate all system components, requirements, and interactions. 
• Responsible to coordinate and Co-lead technical design reviews of projects and insure all required documentation is archived. 
• Apply knowledge of industry practices and international standards to produce high-quality and cost-effective designs. 
• Support customer meetings, factory acceptance testing, and eventually installation and commissioning of control systems. 
• Frequently interact with customers and suppliers. 
• Demonstrated expertise in technical problem resolution, especially with regards to power plants operation. 
• Domestic and international travel may be required 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering or related discipline
• Minimum 8 years of experience including a detailed understanding of power application with turbine-generator control systems for Gas Turbines, Steam Turbines and respective Excitation Controls or Minimum 6 years if the candidate holds a Masters Degree in a STEM field. 
• Knowledge and experience with electrical and mechanical control systems. 
• Ability to support multiple projects simultaneously in a matrix management environment. 

Desired Characteristics

• Familiarity with non-GE turbines or non-GE control systems. 
• Experience on ALSTOM Steam Turbines and Compressor Controls.
• Experience on MarkV, MarkVI, MarkVIe and EX2100e Systems.
• Familiarity on GE HMIs, Networking and Cyber Solutions.
• Experience in interfacing with all levels of GE internal and external customers (GE employees only).  
• Green Belt certified, or other lean training.  
• Familiarity with the ControlST software suit. 
• Familiarity with power plant methods of communication and networking with DCS systems such as MODBUS, OPC and IEC Protocols etc. 

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