Job Description Summary
Who We Are
At Steam Power we are used to change and have been continuously adapting to respond to the many factors shaping our industry. Change is how we keep pace with the world around us and ensure our longterm sustainability. To achieve this requires us adopting a strong services mindset that becomes the very DNA of Steam Power. As a result we have become more of a services organization.
We believe our success in large part will depend on us being as diverse of a team as our customers and regardless of our role every one of us can contribute to making Steam Power the service provider of choice by customers around the globe.
Coach drive and lead lean behaviors principles and tools across operational or functional area. Drive cultural transformation resulting in stepchange in operational business metrics.
The Principal Performance Engineer within the Steam Power Services Engineering organization will lead projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact and is a recognised leader in the field of steam turbine Performance Engineering including thermodynamic steam path design and steam power plant thermodynamic cycle modelling.
Job Description
Role Summary/Purpose
The Principal Performance Engineer within the Steam Power Services Engineering organization will lead projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact and is a recognised leader in the field of steam turbine Performance Engineering including thermodynamic steam path design and steam power plant thermodynamic cycle modelling.
Essential Responsibilities
Demonstrates accountability for functional business and broad company objectives in the field of Performance Engineering. Integrates and develops Thermodynamics processes that meet business needs across the organization. Involved in longterm planning. This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within Performance Engineering.
- Identify develop evaluate and introduce engineering solutions to meet near term and long range needs of Performance Engineering across all GE blading technologies;
- Contribute to the day to day operations providing technical leadership to the team supporting ITO OTR and NPI projects and including design reviews;
- Review and Approve thermodynamics outputs as part of the ITO OTR and NPI processes;
- Remains cognisant of stateoftheart in the area of technology features design processes and software development;
- Identify and recommend where improvement in the knowledge Thermodynamics is needed or where technical training is required;
- Provide leadership to help focus and integrate new technology into the design process including the development of the necessary software tools;
- Support other GE businesses internal & external customers and suppliers as required.
- Provide technical consultation to crossfunctional teams throughout the business to improve or resolve manufacturing product center supplier or field issues.
- Effectively communicate and provide recommendations through the analysis preparation and presentation of technical data to internal and external GE customers using reports records and letters.
- Use knowledge and expertise to market winning proposals in anticipation of business product needs.
- Prepare invention disclosures to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage as well as protecting the intellectual property rights of the company.
- Lead and/or support study teams or RCA investigations to address various technical problems;
- Provide support and technical direction in all aspects of Productivity improvement initiatives.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Experience in an engineering capacity with direct experience of thermal steam path design in turbomachinery and thermal modelling of steam/water cycles is required.
- MEng / BEng (or equivalent) Class 2:2 or above.
Desired Characteristics
- Extensive experience of steam turbine thermodynamic design and power plant thermodynamic cycles;
- Experience managing complex projects in a multidisciplinary approach;
- Demonstrated ability to document plan market and manage programs that further the knowledge understanding and capability of the business;
- Problem analysis and resolution skills;
- Demonstrated leadership in defining the state of the art in the field of Thermodynamics along with the ability to teach and set standard practices;
- Strong communication and presentation skills experience successfully communicating with senior executives both verbally and in writing;
- A positive attitude with high levels of selfmotivation;
- Flexibility to travel to other locations in the GE network and to customer premises.
GE VERNOVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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Application Deadline: prilis 29 2025
Required Experience:
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