Lead Core Repair Engineer

GE Vernova•Greenville, SC

10d

About The Position

The Core Repair team creates methods, processes, and tools for unplanned maintenance, including Major Component Upgrades and uptower repairs, for onshore and offshore wind turbines. The Lead Repair Engineer develops repair procedures and tooling to enable baseline and advanced repair capabilities for Service NPI. The role builds team capability by documenting lessons learned and updating standard work, while working with cross-functional teams to develop and prove safe repair capabilities. The work is approximately 70% documentation and 30% testing and validation. The engineer designs, develops, and validates repair procedures and tooling, leads initial validation and beta efforts for tooling and process products, and owns innovative repair solutions in accordance with engineering standards. The role includes preparing project plans, conducting model walkthroughs and prototyping, and validating procedures on components and complete wind turbine machine heads. Global travel of up to 10–20% is required, as is the ability and willingness to climb wind turbines and work at heights. Relocation assistance is provided.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, such as Mechanical, Industrial, or Civil Engineering.
At least 3–6 years of experience in an engineering, operations, test, or manufacturing field.
Ability and willingness to travel globally up to 10–20% of the time.
Ability and willingness to climb wind turbines and work at heights.
Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Nice To Haves

Interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with senior management and hourly technicians.
Wind turbine product or services knowledge.
Familiarity with industrial tooling.
Familiarity with empathic design.
Technical project management experience.
Ability and willingness to support physical shop or field work, such as handling rigging and tooling, when required.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrated technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with an ability to develop simple, creative solutions.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and validate repair procedures that meet customer and business requirements, proving their safety and functionality.
Communicate unknowns, risks, and tradeoffs to inform safe and effective repair design decisions.
Lead initial validation and beta periods for tooling and process products with Deployment, Platform Leaders, Field Engineering, and EHS.
Create and maintain project plans.
Develop, test, and validate repair and replacement procedures through model walkthroughs, prototyping, freestanding components, and complete wind turbine machine heads.
Identify process-specific tooling requirements and ensure tooling can be installed, operated, and disassembled safely and effectively.
Own the design of innovative repair solutions and ensure adherence to engineering standards.
Follow the team’s Design Review Process, quality standards, best practices, and systems to review and document repair procedures, including eDRB, PLM, FMEAs, WDIs, and handoff packages.
Maintain awareness of work across the group to incorporate lessons learned and respond to customer and program needs.
Work with cross-functional teams to develop and demonstrate safe repair capabilities.
Document lessons learned and update standard work.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
Access to a 24/7 nurse-based Health Coach resource.
Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.
GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan with 401(k) savings opportunity, company matching contributions, and company retirement contributions.
Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
Tuition assistance.
Adoption assistance.
Paid parental leave.
Disability benefits.
Life insurance.
12 paid holidays.
Permissive time off.
Discretionary annual bonus.
Relocation assistance.
Professional development and competitive compensation.