Senior Mechanical & Packaged Systems Standards & Methods Engineer

GE Vernova • Longmont, CO

20h

About The Position

This position is in Services for Gas Power Controls for New Product Introduction (NPI) and product sustaining engineering. The successful candidate will participate in engineering and designing mechanical and packaged systems for interface to existing nuclear and fossil steam, hydro, and gas turbine equipment as part of overall controls conversions, modifications, and upgrades. The focus for this position is on developing and sustaining standardized products and providing appropriate technical support to global project engineers using those products. As a senior engineer, mentoring and technical direction for less experienced engineers within your own team and across the business is a key part of the role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 15 years of design experience in mechanical and packaged systems engineering
• Strong understanding of steam, gas, and hydro turbine and plant control systems operation
• Proven strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Nice To Haves

• High engineering experience in nuclear and fossil steam turbine and/or gas turbine auxiliary equipment and applications
• Expert in applying mechanical engineering principles to analyze, design and troubleshoot mechanical and packaged systems associated with control system retrofits for steam and gas turbines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Results-oriented and able to complete tasks on schedule
• Expert in proactively identifying and resolving technical issues
• High experience in review of contracting documentation and customer specifications, with experience creating equipment specifications and detailed design documentation for the development of appropriate physical product solutions
• Self-starter with ability to work with minimal supervision
• Familiarity with use of Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS and/or SDRC I-Deas
• Field engineering experience with turbine mechanical retrofits a strong plus
• Experience with proposal generation and market level pricing for turbine retrofit opportunities
• Experience developing steam, gas, or hydro turbine control system software
• Expertise in machining practices, GD&T , design for manufacturability and lean manufacturing
• Expert with Autodesk Inventor, Unigraphics, SolidWorks or similar solid modeling design software
• Knowledge of hydraulic systems design
• Proficiency in the following additional software applications / platforms: MATLAB, Visual Basic, Excel Macros Autodesk 2D and 3D CAD software Microsoft Access, Visio, and Office Suite Microsoft Windows SAP or other ERP systems PLM systems
• Nuclear power generation controls or plant operational experience
• Strong experience in power generation projects, working with customers, project management, and/or EPCs
• Proven oral and written communication and presentation skills to the team and business leaders
• Demonstrated ability to meet goals and objectives
• Master’s degree in a technical discipline
• This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Responsibilities

• The senior controls product standards and methods engineer for Services Projects has overall responsibility to develop and maintain structured product solutions for use by global functional engineers responsible to deliver controls systems for our customers.
• This includes packaging of digital electronic control system panels and mechanical control system components used on nuclear and fossil steam turbines, gas turbines, and power plant systems.
• The overall goal of this role is to establish and maintain product standards for aftermarket control systems and ensure the global engineering team is equipped to use these products effectively to execute control system conversion, modification, and upgrade projects around the globe.
• Apply long experience to provide technical direction to less experienced engineers and mentor new engineers
• Perform as reviewing engineer to provide technical guidance and approval of less experienced engineers’ work
• Apply experience to innovate effective product solutions to support business needs
• High experience developing first of kind and highly customized technical solutions
• Expert knowledge of manufacturing practices and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) to produce high-quality and cost-effective product designs using solid modeling computer aided design (CAD) software
• Expert at creation and maintenance of material masters and bills of material in the business information system and review others’ work in this area
• Provide effective customer support related to products
• Provide expert technical sales support for generation of customer proposals
• Develop product test specification procedures, product technical manuals, and training courses targeted towards other technical personnel
• Develop instructions for product installation and commissioning for field services
• Ensure compliance with internal and industry technical regulations, standards, and other regulatory requirements
• High experience interacting with customers and suppliers required
• Drive overall architecture, top level design, verification, validation, and commissioning requirement to be used by global functional engineers
• Ensure adequate system safety, function, performance, interface, reliability, and maintainability requirements are met
• Support and influence comprehensive test plans for system verification and validation
• Drive consistent solutions across all controls scope
• Collaborate with and maintain close, responsive, and productive working relationships with internal and external customers

Benefits

• GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.
• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the 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.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level