Commissioning Specialist

Solar Turbines•Mabank, TX

1d•$112,704 - $169,056•Onsite

About The Position

The Commissioning Specialist serves as the primary solutions expert and parts support contact during start-up of assigned commissioning projects. The role advises leadership on project status and interfaces with field service personnel to help ensure commissioning is completed efficiently and cost-effectively. The specialist resolves technical, parts, manpower, scheduling, diagnostic, modification, and repair needs in coordination with on-site field personnel and district leadership. The position prepares and maintains project files and commissioning dossiers, monitors projects through build and start-up, records project costs and other pertinent data, follows up on back-ordered parts, and provides status documentation to management. The role works across departments to meet project requirements, follow established commissioning procedures, and obtain customer acceptance. It also closes project reports, transfers work files to Customer Services after the punch list is complete, recommends new tooling when needed, develops commissioning procedures for manuals when necessary, and supports Project Managers with engine configuration and engine orders to the DeSoto Overhaul facility. This position is onsite five days a week. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree required.
Experience with Solar Turbines package systems (fuel, start, lube oil, seal, etc.) or equivalent turbomachinery products.
Ability to understand and read Solar package drawings (electrical, mechanical, etc.) or equivalent drawings for other turbomachinery products.
Experience supporting commissioning activities or tasks related to turbomachinery products.
Technical knowledge and administrative skills to build a commissioning dossier.
Troubleshooting experience or equivalent ability to find solutions that support field commissioning activities.
Microsoft Office skills.
Ability to define priorities and multitask across technical and administrative work.
Customer focus: knowledge of practices that prioritize customer needs and satisfaction and ability to apply that information to customized customer solutions.
Information capture: knowledge of methods and processes for obtaining, documenting, organizing, and retrieving relevant business information in an auditable manner.
Products and services knowledge and ability to apply it appropriately in diverse situations.
Decision-making and critical-thinking skills, including analyzing situations and reaching productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Effective communication skills to transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities and prioritize time effectively.
Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques to anticipate, detect, and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Resolve complex technical problems and coordinate parts support, manpower, project schedules, diagnostics, modifications, and repair services with on-site field personnel and district leadership during package commissioning.
Provide management with status documentation, including follow-up on short-ship lists, engine out of commission for parts (EOCP) requirements, start-up checklists, and turbomachinery quality issues.
Maintain project cost records and other pertinent project data, and follow up on back-ordered parts.
Prepare and maintain a project file or dossier for each project, and monitor assigned projects during the build process through completion of start-up.
Coordinate with departments to commission each project effectively and in a timely manner, ensuring on-site commissioning follows established procedures.
Ensure project requirements are met and obtain customer acceptance of the project.
Close project reports when commissioning is complete and pass work files to Customer Services (CSC) when the punch list is finished.
Investigate the need for and recommend designs of new tooling to support new projects.
Develop commissioning procedures for inclusion in Commissioning Manuals when necessary.
Support Project Managers with engine configuration and take responsibility for ordering the engine to the DeSoto Overhaul facility.
Keep project records organized.