Lead Wind Fleet Engineer

Job description

3212541
Additional Cities

Schenectady, Greenville, Other
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Renewable Energy
Business Segment

Renewable Energy OnShore Wind
Function

Engineering/Technology
Country/Territory

United States
Additional States/Provinces

Colorado, New York, South Carolina
Postal Code

12345-6000
Role Summary/Purpose

The Lead Wind Fleet Engineer will provide technical engineering solutions to field technicians, internal functions including engineering and supply chain, and customers. The Wind Fleet Engineer will analyze and improve the availability and power performance of the Americas installed fleet.

Essential Responsibilities

As The Lead Wind Fleet Engineer, you will:

·  Provide Technical Engineering Solutions / Repairs / Escalation for issues that have been problematic and escalated from Services team
·  Work with first level support to proactively identify failure trend in an early phase and to initiate corrective actions
·  Provide technical supervision for retrofits and validation of performance increase
·  Lead the Functional Technical Support during Root Cause Analysis (RCA) programs
·  Lead productivity improvements within Customer Solutions and across the Wind business
·  Lead development of proactive technical solutions to prevent issues prior to becoming large business cost drivers
·  Lead executive-level internal and external stakeholder reviews and technical discussions
Qualifications/Requirements

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university
·  Minimum of 3 years professional work experience
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

·  Ability and willingness to travel up to 15% of the time
·  Ability and willingness to climb a wind turbine

Desired Characteristics

·  Wind turbine industry experience
·  Experience with generator, electrical, and/or controls functions of a turbine
·  Strong Communications skills
·  Ability to present technical data in a succinct and clear manner
·  Technical Versatility, experience with wind turbine production and performance
·  Ability to learn technology outside of one's specialty
·  Strong Project Management Skills
·  Distinctive ability to analyze technical processes, experience with working turbine parameter variances
·  Green Belt certification or equivalent Quality certification
·  Strong leadership skills
·  Ability to make decisions and to adopt responsibility
·  Strong quality awareness and ability to identify future failures, defects and problems
·  Ability to work with multicultural teams, strong team player
·  Ability to work within structured work methods
·  High flexibility and motivation
·  Willingness to climb turbines when necessary, ability to work at heights
·  Ability to drive complex projects / issues to completion / elimination

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About Us

GE Renewable Energy harnesses the earth’s most abundant resources – the strength of the wind, the heat of the sun and the force of water – to power the world’s biggest economies and the most remote communities.

With an innovative spirit and an entrepreneurial mindset, we engineer energy products and digital services that create industry-leading value for our customers around the world.

We see the promise of renewable energy everywhere we look. Our team has the courage, scale, passion, diversity and resourcefulness needed to deliver that promise wherever and however the world needs it.

Together with our customers, we’re proving that no one ever has to choose between affordable, reliable, or sustainable energy.

We are unleashing limitless energy.

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.
Primary Country

United States
Primary State/Province

New York
Primary City

Schenectady