Technical Leader - Project Engineering
About The Position
The Project Engineering team is part of the Onshore Wind Systems Engineering organization. The Technical Leader provides leadership and technical direction for the team and leads engineering execution for new wind farm, repower, and CM&U projects. The role serves as the primary liaison and single point of contact among engineering, project management, supply chain, site teams, customers, and subcontractors. Scope includes fulfilling equipment and software deliverables and ensuring the digital thread is complete and accurate through the commercial operation date. The Technical Leader supports resource assignments, strategic workforce planning, daily management, operating rhythms, and team strategy. The role provides technical leadership to project execution and customer-facing teams, ensuring project phases are delivered with operational rigor. It ensures customer orders meet contractual requirements and provides technical project management, technical direction, engineering coordination, and resolution of OTR-related issues for assigned wind projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, or a related field.
- 8 or more years of engineering and technology experience, including strong technical skills and project leadership.
- Fluency in English.
- Ability and availability to travel 10% of the year.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in power generation, renewable energy, or wind technologies.
- Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
- Customer-centric mindset and experience translating customer issues or needs into profitable business solutions.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple high-priority tasks.
- System- or product-level mindset.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to interpret customer requirements and identify needs.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including communicating effectively with technical and non-technical audiences and interfacing with all organizational levels and external customers.
- Experience with grid, controls, or SCADA.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings, wiring schematics, and 3D models.
- Experience providing technical support to peers, customers, and leadership on technical issues and project status.
- Effective problem-solving abilities.
- Self-motivation, teamwork, creativity, and fulfillment orientation.
- Strong influencing and team-building skills.
Responsibilities
- Translate project requirements into product definitions and issue bills of materials to supply chain.
- Create or facilitate project-specific engineering instructions and customer and commissioning documentation.
- Provide timely, accurate responses to customer and field-team technical inquiries regarding turbine assembly, installation, and commissioning through final customer acceptance of the wind farm.
- Provide technical leadership, advice, and assistance to the overall project team.
- Drive processes and standardization for project execution tasks.
- Lead process improvement efforts related to GE Vernova project engineering to improve response times, customer optimizations, and engineering productivity.
- Drive lessons learned back into design engineering organizations to help prevent recurring issues.
- Liaise between customers and Engineering on balance-of-plant equipment to configure interfaces, safety protections, and control systems for the turbine and wind farm.
- Facilitate configuration of control software and parameters based on site requirements and unit configurations.
- Coordinate, schedule, and communicate thoroughly with allocated resources to complete engineering deliverables.
- Lead engineering execution for assigned new wind farm, repower, and CM&U projects, coordinating engineering activities and resolving critical OTR-related issues.
- Support resource assignments, strategic workforce planning, daily management, operating rhythms, and overall team strategy.
- Ensure customer orders are fulfilled in compliance with contractual requirements and that equipment and software deliverables and the digital thread are complete and accurate through commercial operation.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
- Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, including a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching 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 eligibility.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional development and competitive compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
