Plant Controls Execution System Architect

Job Description Summary

Opportunity to fill the role of a global technical lead for a world class engineering team responsible for the project execution of Integrated Power Plant controls software. Through innovation and active partnering with other GE Vernova engineering teams and external customers you will have the opportunity to guide a team that will design, implement, and automate control software for HRSG/BOP/ST and integrated plant level controls. This leadership role, in addition to closely collaborating with our internal & external customers, is critical in driving a team culture of technical domain depth, contemporary leadership, on-time quality execution and strong customer-focused mindset. Want to be part of the Energy Transformation, have a meaningful career, work on complex solutions like carbon capture, decarbonization, fast power and grid reconstruction & stabilization that will change the way power is delivered to the world? Come join one of the most awesome design teams in the Power Industry, GEV’s Gas Power Controls team. At GEV Gas Power Controls, we design and implement control solutions that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives and enable the transformation of the energy sector. You will be empowered, work in a Scaled Agile Framework environment (SAFe) driving meaningful change and continuous improvement using Lean principles.  You will have a complete life cycle experience from initial concept development through detailed design, implementation, and upgrades, working with over 500 global engineers with a single purpose; deliver the cleanest, most efficient power to our customers with the Operability needed in today’s dynamic power grid.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Act as a Program Manager for Design, develop and execute control system requirements and documentation for the Req NPI’s controls scope. Work with CTH, stake holders and participate in reviews.

• Define scoping boundaries between NPI/new features and standard project execution and develop strategy for the execution of both.

• Responsible for major project milestone new units approval (Design reviews) and quality adherence across all projects for GT/ HRSG/BOP/ST.

• Proactively work with the Global design leader & alliance execution teams to mitigate the risks and develop solutions for specials/custom on the projects, technical reviews, support for ER/commissioning.

• Define and deliver productivity and process improvements that increase the capacity of the Plant Controls team.

• Leading the lean principals and owning the plant process on execution & review, driving the quality adherence for customers deliverables.

• Leading from the front use Lean tools and own the KPI & Metrics at HDNU controls.

• Work with the managers, internal customers, and external customers to gather control and operability requirements to deliver a quality product on time to meet Power Plant start-ups and commissioning.

• Emerging COD & Warranty ER case support & guided to alliance team for technical resolution.

• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to controls engineers.

• Mentoring team in the design, development, and validation of HRSG/BOP control application Hardware & software.

• Training is conducted on regular basis to build team expertise and roll out new capabilities.

• Maintain strong contacts within the System Engineering community to ensure strong systems solutions.

• Lead and support Agile enterprise tool strategies including CLM & PLM integration.

• Work progress, guidance & clear documentation enable Agile team to execute the projects efficiently.

• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operability/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations.

Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical, Instrumentation & controls or related engineering.   
• Minimum of 12 to 15 years of controls engineering experience.    
• Minimum 5 years of experience with Integrated Power Plant Controls development and/or design.
  

Desired Characteristics

• Strong communication skills with the ability to motivate and engage teams, customers, and suppliers.
• Proven change agent with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
• Proven experience working in a global matrix environment, with influence and collaboration skills.
• Strong leadership skills, keeping team focused and innovating through dynamic business cycle.
• Deep technical skills and expertise in Integrated Combined Cycle Plant Control and operation.
• System Integration mindset within the Thermal Engineering community for meeting customer demands.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to sell technology through simple and clear messaging.
• Ability to connect with team, sharing commercial strategies and connection to end customers.
• Simplification mindset, acting on feedback, driving productivity initiatives based on AI tools for business results and personal engineering satisfaction.
• Drive ownership and incorporate lessons learned into the standard validation strategies.
• Knowledge or Hands on experience AVEVA tools will be added advantage for execution.

Note:
To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

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