Senior Technical Field Advisor - Mechanical

Fieldcore; Kuwait; On-site; KWD 31,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova’s FieldCore seeks a Senior IV Field Engineer to manage site activities, plan resources, and support power generation facilities. You will work within defined parameters to make decisions and resolve issues with immediate action or short-term planning at customer sites.

Responsibilities include coordinating installations, performing maintenance, and providing technical guidance while ensuring safety and quality in line with GE standards. Extensive travel is required.

Qualifications

• Technical/university degree or qualifying experience OR a High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years in a Field Services role.
• 8+ years of experience in a field services or power generation equipment maintenance position.
• Successful completion of required level IV training programs.
• Strong technical competence in reading and interpreting electrical/mechanical flow and instrument diagrams dial and laser alignment and thermal growth equipment.
• Extensive travel to and from projects and various field assignments will be required.
• English proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate site activities.
• Install systems and perform preventive maintenance, repair, calibration.
• Respond to emergency repairs and services.
• Provide technical instruction to customer representatives regarding installation, operation, calibration, repair, and maintenance at customer sites.
• Prepare timely and accurate technical reports and job status updates for customers.
• Ensure all parts needed for the job are shipped to the site.
• Perform walk-downs during installation to ensure customer contractors are working as required.
• Work overtime and extensive travel as required by field assignments.
• Coach, mentor, and train other team members as required.
• Drive customer satisfaction while maintaining GE safety standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Field service experience

English proficiency

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Electrical diagrams interpretation

Dial and laser alignment

Job description

About GE Vernova

GE 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 Vernovahelpscustomers 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 theGas 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:

The Senior IV, having completed level IV competencies, will contribute to the management of site activities including planning, organizing, integrating, and monitoring of resources such as labor, tools and technical assistants as required to complete the work scope according to contractual requirements. Will work within defined parameters to make decisions, apply concepts to issues of great complexity, and resolve issues through immediate action or short-term planning at customer power generating facilities.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage, perform, coordinate the management of site activities


• Perform on-site installation of systems and equipment and ongoing preventive maintenance, repair, and calibration after installation


• Respond to requests for emergency repairs and services to troublesome equipment


• Provide technical instruction and assistance to customer representatives regarding installation, operation, calibration, repair, and maintenance at customer's sites


• Perform administrative functions such as: writing technical reports, ordering materials, securing quotations, preparing job status reports, reports to customers, time sheet and expense sheets on a complete timely, and thorough basis


• Signs off on all changes


• Drive customer satisfaction through commitment to


• Maintain strong safety mindset to assure the executed work reflects the technical requirements within GE safety standards


• Knowledge to troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance checkout for wide range of equipment vintage


• Coach, mentor, and train other team members as required, to impart and perpetuate field engineering and/or product


• Prepare timely and accurate technical reports for customer records and a reference for future outages


• Ensure all parts needed for the job are shipped to the site


• Perform walk-downs during installation to ensure that the customer’s contractors are working


• Perform aftermarket upgrades that need to be performed at the site


• Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments


• Extensive travel to and from projects and various field assignments will be required


• May be assigned other duties to help proactively drive our FieldCore vision and align with our organization’s

core values.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Technical/University degree or qualifying experience OR a High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of experience in a Field Services role


• 8+ years of experience in a field services or power generation equipment maintenance position


• Successful completion of required level IV training programs is a minimum requirement


• Strong technical competence in reading and interpreting electrical/mechanical flow and instrument diagrams dial and laser alignment and thermal growth equipment


• Extensive travel to and from projects and various field assignments will be required


• English proficiency required

Desired Characteristics:

• Expert Able to act as a senior FieldCore rep on any outage for the unit qualified. Acts as project manager and mentor on complex projects. Demonstrates mentor and team lead skills.


• Experience and training on Alstom, Siemens, or other OEM equipment


• Extensive Field Engineering Services experience


• Strong organizational and project management skills


• Strong oral and written interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills


• Strong business acumen and ability to sell GE products to the customer

FieldCore is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, 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.