Generator Services Project Engineer

Siemens Energy

Mount Pleasant (Westmoreland County)

Hybrid

USD 85,000 - 125,000

Full time

1 hour ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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Health benefits

Paid time off

401K with company match

Parental leave

Family building benefits

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Power Generation Project Engineer to lead planning and engineering for generator maintenance, inspection, repair, rewind, and upgrade projects across North America.

You will partner with field teams, customers, and product line experts to deliver safe, high‑quality outcomes while driving project scheduling and risk mitigation. The role is hybrid with on‑site days at Mount Pleasant, PA and up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or related).
5+ years in power generation, rotating equipment, field service, outage execution, or related engineering roles.
Experience coordinating technical projects with large industrial equipment or power plant assets.
Strong planning, organizational, communication, and project management skills.
Committed to safety, quality, and customer satisfaction.
Ability to travel domestically up to 10%.

Responsibilities

Lead planning and engineering support for inspections, maintenance, rewinds, upgrades, and outages.
Develop detailed scopes, instructions, risk assessments, and execution plans for safe project delivery.
Collaborate with customers, field service, product lines, and technical experts to drive execution.

Skills

Project planning

Customer collaboration

Safety awareness

Travel readiness

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Power Generation Project Engineer, you will play a critical role in helping customers maintain the reliability and performance of some of North America's largest turbine-generator fleets. Working alongside field service teams, outage specialists, product line experts, and customers, you will lead the planning, technical preparation, and execution support of generator maintenance, inspection, repair, rewind, and upgrade projects.

Every day brings a unique challenge, whether developing outage work packages, coordinating project resources, supporting field execution, improving maintenance procedures, or helping deliver solutions that keep critical power generation assets operating safely and efficiently. You'll have the opportunity to make a direct impact on power plant reliability while contributing to continuous improvement and innovation initiatives across the Generator Services organization.

This position will be hybrid requiring 3 days per week at our Mount Pleasant, PA site in the Greater Pittsburgh Area.

How You’ll Make An Impact

Lead planning and engineering support activities for generator inspections, maintenance, repairs, rewinds, upgrades, and outage projects.
Develop detailed work scopes, technical work instructions, risk assessments, and execution plans that ensure safe and successful project delivery.
Partner with customers, field service personnel, product line managers, and technical experts to identify solutions and drive project execution.
Build and manage project schedules, resource plans, and critical milestones to support outage and maintenance objectives.
Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on tooling, procedures, outage execution, safety, and operational excellence.
Drive technical problem-solving and project risk mitigation efforts throughout all phases of project execution.
Utilize Siemens Energy systems, engineering tools, and best practices to deliver high-quality customer outcomes.
Contribute to the reliability, availability, and long-term performance of turbine-generator assets across the power generation industry.

Required Qualifications

What You Bring

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
5+ years of experience in power generation, rotating equipment, field service, maintenance engineering, outage execution, project engineering, or a related technical environment.
Experience coordinating technical projects involving large industrial equipment, power plant assets, or critical infrastructure.
Strong planning, organizational, communication, and project management skills.
Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality, and customer satisfaction.
Ability to travel domestically up to 10%.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with turbine generators, large electrical apparatus, rotating equipment, or power generation systems.
Knowledge of generator inspections, testing, rewinds, repairs, outage planning, or maintenance execution.
Experience supporting field service organizations, outage management, or equipment upgrades.
Familiarity with risk assessments, technical work package development, or project scheduling tools.
Knowledge of generator rotor, stator, and auxiliary systems.

About The Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

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