Lead Wind Turbine Core Repair Engineer

GE Vernova, Inc.; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and Rx cover

Health Coach access

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) with company matching

Tuition assistance

Adoption assistance

Paid parental leave

Disability benefits

Life insurance

12 paid holidays

Permissive time off

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Lead Repair Engineer to develop repair procedures and tooling for major component repairs on wind turbines.

The role emphasizes documentation (70%) and hands-on validation (30%), collaborating with Repair Technology, Deployment Leaders, PMs, SVC Unplanned Failures, and EHS to ensure safe, effective repairs. The candidate will travel globally up to 10–20%, climb turbines, and write robust procedures that meet engineering standards while driving lessons learned into

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical/industrial/civil) or equivalent.
• 3–6 years of engineering/operations/test/manufacturing experience.
• Willingness to travel globally up to 10–20% of the time.
• Ability to climb wind turbines and work at heights.
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and validate repair procedures meeting customer and business requirements.
• Familiarity with CAD design and FEA analysis.
• Communicate unknowns, risks and trade-offs clearly for safe repair procedures.
• Lead initial validation and beta period of tooling/products with Deployment, Platform Leaders, Field Engineering, and EHS.
• Create and maintain project plans.
• Develop, test and validate repair/replacement procedures through modeling, prototyping and complete turbine heads.
• Identify requirements for process tooling and ensure safe installation, operation and disassembly.
• Own the design of innovative repair solutions and adhere to engineering standards.
• Follow Design Review Process and quality standards (eDRB, PLM, FMEAs, WDIs, Handoff Packages).
• Maintain awareness of group efforts to share lessons learned and respond to customer needs.

Skills

CAD design

FEA analysis

Engineering design

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical/industrial/civil)

Tools

Industrial tooling

Job description

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Lead Repair Engineer to develop repair procedures and tooling for major component repairs on wind turbines.

The role emphasizes documentation (70%) and hands-on validation (30%), collaborating with Repair Technology, Deployment Leaders, PMs, SVC Unplanned Failures, and EHS to ensure safe, effective repairs. The candidate will travel globally up to 10–20%, climb turbines, and write robust procedures that meet engineering standards while driving lessons learned into