Senior Technical Field Advisor - Gas Turbine Controls

FieldCore; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy service provider in the UK seeks an experienced Controls TFA IV to manage turbine control activities during installation and maintenance. Your role involves troubleshooting, directing resources, and ensuring safety compliance. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in power plant operations. This position offers opportunities to travel internationally and requires a strong technical background in turbine systems.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in power plant maintenance or turbine generator maintenance without a formal degree.
• Successful completion of required level IV training programs.
• Demonstrated experience with turbine generator equipment and site accountabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage controls activities during Installation & Commissioning and Maintenance of turbines.
• Plan and direct labor and tool allocation.
• Provide technical expertise and timely reports.

Skills

PLC ladder logic

Turbine instrumentation calibration

Technical expertise

Analytical skills

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Tools

Mark VI Control System

Computer software

Job description

About GE VernovaGE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification businesses and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. As part of the Gas Power One Field Services team, FieldCore installs, maintains and upgrades power generation equipment, enabling operators of the world’s energy infrastructure to provide more reliable and affordable energy.

Job Summary

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The Controls TFA IV, having completed level IV competencies, manages controls activities on site during the Installation & Commissioning and Maintenance of turbines (generator or mechanical drive). Responsible for reviewing plant engineering documents and P&ID’s, troubleshooting of plant systems and equipment, planning, organizing, integrating and direction of resources such as labor, tools and materials as required to complete the work scope according to contractual requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Actively manage controls activities on site during Installation & Commissioning and Maintenance of turbines, including but not limited to oversight of installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and diagnostics on turbine and auxiliary systems
• Plan, organize, integrate, and direct labor and tool and material allocation
• Understand PLC ladder logic, including basic understanding of how to navigate through ladder rungs while troubleshooting
• Read and interpret electrical/mechanical flow and instrument diagrams
• Ensure the correct installation, pre-commissioning, commissioning and maintenance practices are followed
• Provide general knowledge of turbine instrumentation calibration, including various types of transmitters
• Provide technical expertise to customers, service support, field technicians and operators
• Provide timely and accurate internal and external reports
• Ensure contractual obligations are met
• Attend technical meetings with Customers
• Ensure all in-field activities are carried out safely complying with company environmental, health, and safety (EHS) guidelines and procedures
• Provide expert consultation on complex projects
• Provide customers with technical direction and support on Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) packaged products
• Overall responsibility of the management of site activities including planning, organizing, integrating and directing of resources such as labor, tools and materials as required to complete the work scope according to contractual requirements
• Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments
• Travel extensively (internationally and domestically)
• May be assigned other duties to help proactively drive our FieldCore vision and align with our organization’s core values.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering and/or 10 years of experience without formal degree, in power plant maintenance, turbine generator maintenance, or power plant equipment installation/ commissioning.
• Successful completion of required level IV training programs is a minimum requirement.
• Demonstrated progressive, responsible experience with various types of turbine generator equipment and site accountabilities is required.
• English proficiency required

Desired Characteristics:

• Expert level. Able to act as a senior rep on any outage for the unit qualified. Acts as project manager and mentor on complex projects.
• Experience with Gas Turbine Driver Control Systems and Auxiliary Systems
• Experience on MarkVI, Mark Vie, Mark V controls systems, preferable
• Ability to understand and implement controls software
• Wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected
• Strong analytic, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Excellent customer, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strong computer skills
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Ability to work independently

FieldCore is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law