Technical Leader Project Engineering
Greenville, NC - USA
Job Summary
In addition to providing customers with engineering excellence the Technical Leader will support the team with resource assignments strategic workforce planning daily management operating rhythms and overall team strategy.
As the Technical Leader you are essential to the successful execution of our projects. You will provide technical leadership to the project execution and customer-facing teams ensuring each phase of the project is delivered with an excellent operational rigor.
The Technical Leader will ensure fulfillment of customer orders in compliance with contractual requirements provide technical project management technical direction and drives coordination of engineering activities and critical issue resolution for OTR-related issues for all assigned wind projects. Essential responsibilities:
Translating project requirements into product definition and issue bills of materials to supply chain
Creating and/or facilitate project specific engineering instructions as well as customer & commissioning documentation
Providing timely & accurate responses to customer and field teams technical inquiries for 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 process & standardization around project execution tasks
Lead process improvement efforts related to GE Vernovas project engineering enabling faster response times better customer optimizations and engineering productivity
Drive lessons learned back into the design engineering organizations to avoid repeating issues
Liaise between customers and Engineering regarding balance of plant equipment for the purpose of configuring interfaces safety protections and control systems for both the wind turbine and the entire wind farm
Facilitate the configuration of control software and parameters based upon the site requirements and specific unit configurations
Coordinate schedule and thoroughly communicate with allocated resources to complete engineering deliverables
Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelors degree in engineering physics chemistry mathematics computer science or related field.
8 years engineering and technology experience including strong demonstration of technical skills and project leadership.
Fluent in English
Ability and availability to travel 10% of the year
Desired Characteristics:
Experience in power generation renewable energy or wind technologies
Demonstrated leadership and project management skills
Customer-centric mind set experience in translating customer issues / needs into profitable business solutions
Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to manage multiple high priority tasks
System or product-level mindset
Strong interpersonal skills
Proven ability to interpret customer requirements and identify needs
Strong oral and written communication skills. Effective communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences. Able to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers
Experience with grid controls SCADA a plus
Ability to interpret technical drawings wiring schematics and 3D models and plus
Experience providing technical support to peers customers and leadership regarding the details of technical issues and project status
Effective problem-solving abilities
Self-Motivated Team player with demonstrated creativity and fulfillment
Strong influencing and team building skills
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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