Plant Reliability Engineer

GE Vernova•Schenectady, NY

About The Position

The Lead Engineer, Life Cycle Reliability Engineering - Power Plant Reliability will participate in Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability assessments for new and existing power plants. Focus will be on power plants systems including but not limited to Steam Turbine (primary), Generator, HRSG/Boiler, Accessories, BOP, Electrical distribution systems and Control systems. This role will work with various stakeholders across GE including Applications, Requisitions, Multi-Year Agreements (MYA) Services Risk, Product Line Management, Product Services, and Digital, as well as others including external customers. All activities relating to enhancing services technology integrating customer data, or capturing engines/products reliability, availability, maintenance, safety and other performance parameters. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering from an accredited university or college
Minimum of 6 years of engineering, facilities, or operations experience in steam turbine, turbomachinery, aerospace, design, analytics, or power plant domain
Ability to travel, when needed. Typically < 15%.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of probability and statistical methods and techniques
Understanding of instruments & control in power plant as well as electrical distribution systems
Master’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college
Reliability Practitioner Program Certified (RPP) or Certified Reliability and Maintenance Professional (CMRP)
GE Analytics Program Certification A-Course graduate
Engineering design and validation experience in power plant equipment, such as boilers/HRSG, generators, steam turbines, gas turbine, transformers, switch gear, controls, condensers, pumps, feedwater heaters, other accessories
Working experience in a Power Plant operations and maintenance role with strong working knowledge of BOP equipment
Experience in/Familiarity with Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA)
Experience working with a globally based engineering team
Working experience in a cross functional organization, i.e. services, systems, controls, performance
Ability to rapidly change directions on multiple concurrent projects based on emergent business priorities
Effective interpersonal and influencing skills
Effective communication skills, oral and written
Familiarity and knowledge of APM is highly desirable
Familiar with QC checking of newly developed software
Demonstrated technical skills
Familiar with ReliaSoft products such as Blocksim and Weibull++, and other tools such as Minitab, JMP, etc…
Familiar with coding languages (e.g. Visual Basic, R, Python, SQL, LabVIEW, etc…)

Responsibilities

Performs Plant Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) evaluations for internal and external customers (end-users)
Leads program management of RAM Deck model generation efforts of Power Plant Equipment to Support Power Services productivity efforts around plant maintenance and outages
Supports outage excellence by performing reliability analysis and providing engineering recommendations to outage planning team in effort to drive extra work sales while reducing outage risks – duration, cost, etc.
Provides domain expertise to support customer meetings and/or collaborative efforts as required
Provides RAM analysis in support of Root Cause Analyses (RCA’s), Technical Information Letter (TIL) creation, Operations & Maintenance (O&M) projects, Pivot to Value Projects, NPI projects, etc.
Develops specialized knowledge in their discipline.
Serves as best practice/quality resource.
Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area.
Contributes towards strategy and policy development and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering.
Takes new perspective on existing solutions.
Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations.
Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements.
Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

Benefits

medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as 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