Electrical, Controls & Operability Monitoring Technical Leader
Greenville, NC - USA
Job Summary
Role Scope
- Sets the overall monitoring vision and technical strategy for a fleet monitoring team spanning electrical systems and turbine controls/operability
- Leads design and continuous improvement of monitoring infrastructure tools and processes used for daily fleet monitoring
- Provides senior technical leadership across the full monitoring lifecycle from issue investigation and requirements definition through analytic deployment and ongoing fleet monitoring
- Partners closely with analytics teams and cross-functional engineering groups to advance monitoring capabilities and resolve fleet-wide issues
- Works alongside the team lead on prioritization technical direction and capability build-out without formal people-management responsibility
- Mentors monitoring engineers on diagnostic methods monitoring strategy and technical best practices
- This is a senior individual-contributor technical leadership role
Roles and Responsibilities
- Define and continuously evolve the technical vision and monitoring strategy across electrical controls and operability domains
- Lead the design and ongoing improvement of monitoring infrastructure dashboards and analytical workflows
- Provide senior technical leadership on complex cross-domain fleet issues spanning electrical and controls/operability systems
- Guide the development of monitoring requirements diagnostic logic and performance criteria for new and existing analytics
- Partner with analytics and engineering teams to ensure monitoring solutions are technically sound scalable and effectively deployed
- Oversee execution of intervention strategies to ensure timely effective response to identified fleet issues
- Serve as a key technical voice representing the monitoring function in cross-team and cross-functional discussions
- Mentor and develop team members technical capabilities across electrical controls and operability disciplines
- Drive continuous improvement in monitoring methods detection logic and team processes to increase the speed and business value of monitoring outputs
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Controls Engineering Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field with a minimum of 10 years of professional experience
- Significant experience in wind turbine systems with demonstrated expertise spanning at least two of the following: electrical systems turbine controls or system-level operability
- Proven experience developing or leading fleet monitoring strategies diagnostic methodologies or condition-based monitoring programs
- Strong working knowledge of SCADA data turbine alarms/events and operational data analysis techniques
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical data into clear prioritized and actionable monitoring strategies
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with data/analytics teams engineering teams and field/service organizations
- Strong technical communication skills with the ability to clearly convey findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop less experienced engineers
Desired Characteristics
- Direct experience with wind turbine electrical systems (generator converter pitch system cables) and turbine controls/operability
- Experience building or scaling a fleet monitoring function or team from an early stage
- Familiarity with analytics development lifecycles including requirements definition proof-of-concept development and production validation processes
- Experience with scripting/analysis tools such as SQL Python or MATLAB
- Experience representing technical teams in cross-functional governance or review settings
- Prior experience working in a newly formed team or function with comfort operating in ambiguity while building processes from the ground up
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual 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.
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
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