Lead Repair Development Engineer

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New York designs and validates repair procedures for wind turbines, ensuring adherence to safety and engineering standards. You will lead initial validation and beta periods for tooling and processes, and collaborate with Deployment, Platform Leaders, Field Engineering, and EHS to drive design decisions.

You will document lessons learned, develop tooling for major upgrades and uptower repairs, and manage projects using PLM, FMEAs, WDIs, and Handoff Packages.

Qualifications

• Develop and validate repair procedures for wind turbines.
• Lead initial validation and beta testing for tooling and processes.
• Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and unknowns to drive design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop repair procedures and tooling for unplanned maintenance, Major Component Upgrades, and Uptower Repairs on onshore and offshore wind turbines.
• Document lessons learned and update standard work.
• Work cross-functionally with Repair Technology, Deployment Leaders, PMs, SVC Unplanned Failures, Engineering Segments, Regional FRO, and Control Title Holders.

Skills

Repair Procedure Development

Tooling Design

Model Walkthroughs

Prototyping

Quality Standards

Design Review Processes

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

EDRB

PLM

FMEAs

WDIs

Handoff Packages

Job description

• Design, develop, and validate repair procedures meeting customer and business requirements
• Prove out repair safety and functionality
• Communicate unknowns, risks, and tradeoffs to drive design decisions
• Lead initial validation and beta periods for tooling/process products
• Collaborate with Deployment, Platform Leaders, Field Engineering, and EHS
• Create and maintain project plans
• Develop, test, and validate repair/replacement procedures through model walkthroughs, prototyping, freestanding components, and complete wind turbine machine heads
• Identify requirements for process-specific tooling and ensure safe installation, operation, and disassembly
• Own innovative repair solution designs and ensure adherence to engineering standards
• Apply design review processes, quality standards, best practices, and systems including eDRB, PLM, FMEAs, WDIs, and Handoff Packages
• Maintain awareness of group efforts, lessons learned, and customer/program needs
• Develop repair procedures and tooling for unplanned maintenance, Major Component Upgrades, and Uptower Repairs on onshore and offshore wind turbines
• Document lessons learned and update standard work
• Work cross-functionally with Repair Technology, Deployment Leaders, PMs, SVC Unplanned Failures, Engineering Segments, Regional FRO, and Control Title Holders

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant/proven equivalent experience in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Civil or equivalent)
• Ability and willingness to travel globally 10-20% of the time
• Ability and willingness to climb wind turbines and work at heights
• Proficiency with English in written and oral communication
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills; ability to interact with senior management and hourly technicians
• Wind Turbine Product/Services knowledge
• Familiarity with industrial tooling
• Familiarity with empathic design
• Technical project management experience
• Ability and willingness to support physical shop/field work, including handling rigging and tooling
• Familiarity with CAD design and FEA analysis
• Demonstrated technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and validating repair procedures for wind turbines, ensuring adherence to engineering standards and safety protocols. Proficient in technical project management, cross-functional collaboration, and effective communication with diverse stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Bachelor’s Degree In Engineering
• Wind Turbine Product/Services Knowledge
• Technical Project Management Experience
• CAD Design And FEA Analysis
• Interpersonal Skills

Hard Skills

• Repair Procedure Development
• Tooling Design
• Model Walkthroughs
• Prototyping
• Quality Standards
• Design Review Processes
• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving Skills

Soft Skills

• Interpersonal Skills
• Communication Skills

Industry Keywords

• Wind Turbine
• Onshore Wind
• Offshore Wind
• Uptower Repairs
• Major Component Upgrades

Tools & Technologies

• Industrial Tooling
• EDRB
• PLM
• FMEAs
• WDIs
• Handoff Packages