Generator Services Project Engineer

Siemens Energy; Mount Pleasant (Westmoreland County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Power Generation Project Engineer to support maintenance, inspections, rewinds, repairs, and upgrades on North America’s turbine-generator fleets. You will work with field service teams, outage specialists, and customers to plan and execute projects, emphasizing safety and reliability.

This hybrid role is based at Mount Pleasant, PA, requiring three days per week on-site and up to 10% domestic travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in power generation, rotating equipment, or outage execution.
• Strong planning, organizational, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and engineering support for inspections, maintenance, repairs, rewinds, upgrades, and outages.
• Develop detailed work scopes, technical instructions, risk assessments, and execution plans.
• Partner with customers, field service, and product-line experts to identify solutions and drive execution.
• Build and manage project schedules, resource plans, and milestones for outages and maintenance.
• Support continuous improvement in tooling, procedures, and safety.
• Drive technical problem-solving and risk mitigation through all project phases.
• Utilize Siemens Energy systems and best practices to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Contribute to reliability and long-term performance of turbine-generator assets.

Skills

Project management

Engineering coordination

Safety focus

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Eng

Tools

Engineering tools

Risk assessments

Job description

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa are becoming Omterra. \"We energize society\" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

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.

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• 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.

• Career growth and development opportunities
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits

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