Major Component Exchange Engineer

Deutsche Windtechnik; Goldendale (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Deutsche Windtechnik is Germany’s largest Independent Service Provider for Wind Turbine Generators. With US operations since 2018 and HQ in Houston, TX, we seek a Major Component Exchange Engineer to oversee MCE projects from assessment through closeout, ensuring safety, quality and efficiency.

You will lead technical planning, define scope, tooling and rigging, and coordinate with Engineering, Operations, EHS, Quality, Procurement and site teams to deliver successful MCE projects across Vestas

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in wind industry with MCE or major component experience.
• Experience planning, supervising and engineering MCE projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical planning and field execution of MCE projects, ensuring safety and quality.
• Develop and review work instructions, lift sequences, tooling lists and execution packages.
• Define tooling, rigging, and crane requirements for successful MCE execution.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Operations, EHS, Quality, Procurement and site teams.
• Interpret condition monitoring data and field results to guide decisions and documentation.

Skills

Wind turbine MCE

Project planning

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Major Component Exchange Engineer

Deutsche Windtechnik is Germany’s largest Independent Service Provider, offering a comprehensive service package for Wind Turbine Generators (WTG) from one single source. With more than 9,000 WTGs under contract and more than 2,200 worldwide employeesoperatingin Europe, the US and Asia, Deutsche Windtechnik sets the bar for Independent Service Provider services. Deutsche Windtechnik came to North America and started operations here in 2018. Headquartered in Houston, TX., it is our goal to set the standard for best-in-class levels of quality, safety, efficiency, and customer service in the US market. Ready to be an important part of our Major Component Exchange team as a Major Component Exchange Engineer?

As a Major Component Exchange (MCE) Engineer, you will play a key technical role in the development, planning, execution, and closeout of wind turbine majorcomponentexchange projects. Frominitialassessment and project definition through field execution, commissioning, and final documentation, you will oversee the engineering aspects of MCE work and help ensure that projects are completed safely, efficiently, andin accordance withapplicable requirements, approved procedures, and quality standards. You will apply deepVestasturbine technology and MCE experience as the primary technical focus of the role. Experience with other platforms is valued for multi-brand work. You will help project teams resolve field issues and improve the repeatability and quality of majorcomponentexchanges.

Are You Looking to:

• Play a critical role in the development, execution, and technical management of Major Component Exchange projects?

• Provide engineering leadership throughout the full MCE project lifecycle, frominitialconcept and condition assessment through final commissioning and closeout?

• Apply advancedVestasturbine and MCEexpertiseas the primary platform focus, with other OEM experience considered an advantage?

• Define the technical scope, work methods, special tooling, rigging, crane, and component-handling requirements needed for successfulexecution?

• Set MCE technician teams up for success through practical field experience, clear technical direction, andtimelytroubleshooting support?

• Coordinate with Engineering, Operations, EHS, Quality, Procurement, project management, crane providers, and site teams to deliver safe and efficient MCE projects?

Are You Ready to:

• Lead and support the technical planning and field execution of majorcomponentexchanges primarily onVestaswind turbine platforms, including gearboxes, generators, main bearings, main shafts, hubs, blades, transformers, and other major wind turbine components.

• Interpret Vestas technical documentation and develop, review, and improve work instructions, method statements, lift sequences, tooling lists, inspection plans, and technical execution packages for MCE activities.

• Determineand verify requirements for special tooling, lifting fixtures, rigging, hydraulic equipment, torque and tensioning tools, cranes,componenttransport, storage, laydown areas, and related site interfaces.

• Evaluate critical mechanical interfaces, including shafts, flanges, fits, bearings, bolted joints, alignment, lubrication, tolerances, torque values, andcomponentinstallation requirements.

• Provide field teams with technical briefings, mentoring, troubleshooting, and engineering support; evaluate field deviations and coordinate approved technical resolutions when site conditions differ from the plan. Establish and verify quality hold points, inspections, measurements, torque and alignment records, commissioning checks, punch-list closure, and final technical documentation.

• Support the review and interpretation of condition monitoring data, vibration trends, borescope findings, oil analysis, inspection results, and failure history to assess majorcomponentcondition and helpdeterminewhether and when replacement isrequired; capture lessons learned for future MCE projects.

WhatYou’llNeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineeringor a related technical field; an equivalent combination of technical education and extensive wind turbine MCE experience may be considered.

• Five or more years of wind industry experience, including at least three years of direct experience planning, supervising, engineering,