Job Description Summary
The Core Repair team is responsible for the creation of methods processes and tools that are utilized for unplanned maintenance such as Major Component Upgrades and Uptower Repairs to Service Onshore and Offshore Wind Turbines. The Lead Repair Engineer will develop repair procedures and tooling required to enable key repair capabilities for Service NPI. This includes baseline capability and advanced repairs. They will increase team capability by documenting lessons learned and updating standard work. They will develop the capability and prove out safety by working closely with various cross functional teams Repair Technology team Deployment Leaders PMs SVC Unplanned Failures Team ENG Segments Regional FRO and Control Title Holders. The role is essentially 70 documentation and 30 testing/validation.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design develop and validate repair procedures meeting customer and business requirements. Prove out safety and functionality.
- Drive design decisions by clearly communicating the unknowns associated risks and tradeoffs that are required to properly execute a safe and effective repair procedure.
- Lead engineering efforts in the initial validation and beta period of tooling/process products by working with Deployment Platform Leaders Field Engineering and EHS to complete and validate robust engineering processes.
- Create and maintain project plan.
- Develop test and validate repair/replacement procedures through: model walk throughs prototyping freestanding components and complete wind turbine machine heads.
- Identify and clearly communicate requirements for process specific tooling. Ensure the design allows for installation operation and disassembly of the tool in a safe and effective manner.
- Own the design of innovative repair solutions and ensure adherence to engineering standards.
- Follow and use the teams Design Review Process quality standards best practices and systems to fully review and document repair procedures: eDRB PLM FMEAs WDIs Handoff Packages etc.
- Maintain broad awareness of efforts within the group to assure lessons learned and responsiveness to customer/program needs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Engineering (Mechanical Industrial Civil or equivalent)
- At least 5 years of experience in an engineering operations test or manufacturing field.
Eligibility Requirements
- Ability and willingness to travel globally up to 10 of the time
- Ability and willingness to climb wind turbines and work at heights
Desired Characteristics
- Ability and willingness to challenge status quo without allegiance to past or current practices and technology to get to the best GE products
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills. Ability to intact with both senior management and hourly technicians
- Creative and open mindset
- Wind Turbine Product/Services knowledge
- Familiarity with industrial tooling
- Familiarity with empathic design
- Hands on service/repair experience
- Proven record of being team oriented and results driven
- Desire to experiment and prototype new solutions
- Technical project management experience
- Ability and willingness to support physical necessity of shop/field work (i.e. handling rigging tooling etc. when required
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Familiarity with CAD design and FEA analysis
- PC proficiency (Excel PowerPoint Word Access)
- Demonstrated technical analytical and problemsolving skills with simple creative solutions
The salary range for this position is $88600 $147600 USD Annual. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience their education and the work location. In addition this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation. This posting is expected to close on April 22th or thereafter.
General Electric Company Ropcor Inc. their successors and in some cases their affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e. is a Sponsor). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate amend suspend replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsors welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes