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GE Vernova · 3 hours ago

Exciter/LCI Field Service Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$79K/yr - $131K/yr

4+ years exp

GE Vernova is a company focused on providing services and maintenance activities on customers' sites. The Exciter/LCI Field Service Engineer will provide technical direction, develop technical expertise, and ensure the integration of their team's work with other teams while managing maintenance services in the power generation sector.

EnergyEnergy EfficiencySustainability

No H1B

Responsibilities

Provide technical direction and guidance to craft labor in support of a power equipment outage

Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy

In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area

Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions

A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills or an early people leader who can hire and develop talent. Provides informal guidance to new team members

Qualification

Field engineering experienceTroubleshooting control systemsIndustrial automation degreeProject management skillsCustomer-focused skillsComputer skillsMechanical troubleshooting skillsRead drawingsInterpersonal skillsEffective communication skills

Required

Ability and willingness to travel up to 80% of the time

Industrial automation, Electrical, or electronic engineering degree from an accredited university or college (or a High School Diploma / GED and a minimum of 4 years of industry experience)

4 years of field engineering experience in power generation, industrial plant automation, distributed), PLC (programmable logic controller) or similar industry sectors

Ability to troubleshoot control and instrumentation systems at all levels, from field devices to control system, and networking

Must be able to generate immediate credibility with customers, suppliers, GE project management / engineering communities

Strong customer focus, interpersonal and computer skills

Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, geographically dispersed team environment is required

Effective written and oral communication skills with excellent spoken and written English skills

Customer-focused skills, demonstrated by experience in field services, customer services or project management, are essential

Preferred

Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs

Established project management skills

Previous industrial field service experience

Controls experience to equipment that functions as a 'prime mover'

Electronics and/or mechanical trouble shooting skills. 'Hands-on approach'

Computer skills, familiarity with MS Office, TCP/IP configuration

Prior mechanical / maintenance experience preferred

Solid verbal and written communication skills

Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical drawings