Sr Engineer, Automation & BOP

Voith Group•York, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a senior technical engineering position within the Automation & Balance of Plant (BOP) team for the regional operating unit within a worldwide group of companies. The position mission is total customer satisfaction and successful execution of projects delivering engineered products installed in hydroelectric power plants, as reliable, timely delivered, cost effective, safe and to engineered commitments. The incumbent is a Lead Engineer for specialized areas of power plant engineered reliability from project technical strategy, equipment design, project design plan, and delivery and installation of power unit components related to Automation and BOP systems.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Engineering
Effective teamwork skills to lead a project team of Engineers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to multi-task based on business needs
Excellent time management skills
Strong organizational skills
Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy to work product
Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience in an engineering environment, specifically energy/hydro power generation with a proven track record of successful project execution.

Responsibilities

Assists in assuring that departmental and integrated engineering standards are strictly followed and executed with excellence.
Lead and supervise technical product solutions and customer product decisions or problem resolutions to the satisfaction of both company and customer requirements.
Key spokesperson for the organization internally and externally for effectively presenting critical and otherwise technical matters.
Coordinate an engineering team to perform engineering optimizations with an integrated approach through electrical and mechanical studies to provide innovative designs on modernization or new projects, with higher efficiency machines, uprate power output, life extension, safe and reliable operation.
Contributes to executing and meeting both annual fiscal year goals as well as long-term goals set for engineering and the business.
Contributes to the engineering department goal of mentoring and teaching the junior engineers through Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports, Corrective Actions (CAR), and updating the Lessons Learned database.
Provide engineering support for sourcing, manufacturing and field operations to ensure high quality product throughout the entire product lifecycle.
Develop and manage an engineering detailed schedule under close collaboration with the master scheduler for the full project with focus on the critical path to prioritize and optimize the field installation and outage duration.
Responsible for evaluating technical risks on both the Offer to Order (OTO) and Order to Cash (OTC) sides of the business. This includes, but is not limited to conducting/participating in design reviews and FMEA processes.
Ensures compliance and improvement of the engineering standards and executed technical design guidelines.
Able to work proficiently in SolidEdge CAD and SAP to create and review solid models, drawings and Bills of Materials.
Helps to maintain a smooth integration of designs with the other engineering functions within the region. This includes turbine/generator engineering, field engineering, and commissioning engineering.