Outage Cost Optimization Lead, Senior Technical Expert

Siemens Energy, Inc.; Mount Pleasant (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness benefits

Paid time off

401K with company match

Parental leave

Job summary

Siemens Energy, Inc. is seeking an Operational Improvement Senior Technical Expert to optimize outage costs across planning, execution and closeout. You will serve as a senior technical authority and lead cost-reduction initiatives.

Travel up to 35% domestically and internationally; collaborate with field teams to ensure safety, quality and schedule performance while deploying standardized, repeatable cost-optimization solutions across outage lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant technical experience, with substantial direct involvement in power-generation field service, outage execution, or a comparable complex service environment, complemented by a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related technical discipline (or equivalent relevant experience).
• Demonstrate expertise in Operational Improvement, Continuous Improvement, or Project Controls, with a focus on outage estimating, labor productivity, tooling strategy, staffing, logistics, work-scope optimization, or rework reduction, along with Lean/Six Sigma or similar improvement training.
• Proven experience in reducing operational costs in complex field environments.
• Advanced understanding of outage planning, mobilization, execution, demobilization, and closeout workflows.
• Exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to effectively present complex technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences while fostering excellent cross-functional collaboration.
• Willing to travel 35% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead the identification and prioritization of structural outage-cost drivers and sources of cost variability throughout planning, execution, and closeout phases.
• Perform root cause analysis on cost overruns and recurring execution inefficiencies, translating findings into scalable corrective actions.
• Define and support standardized outage practices, including tooling, staffing models, sequencing, and work scopes.
• Translate field experience and data insights into operational improvements with clearly quantified savings and performance impacts.
• Engage directly with field teams to capture practical improvement opportunities and support the implementation of cost reduction initiatives.

Skills

Operational Improvement

Continuous Improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Project Controls

Cost Reduction

Communication Skills

Outage Planning

Power-Generation Field Service

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Equivalent relevant experience

Job description

Siemens Energy, Inc. is seeking an Operational Improvement Senior Technical Expert to optimize outage costs across planning, execution and closeout. You will serve as a senior technical authority and lead cost-reduction initiatives.

Travel up to 35% domestically and internationally; collaborate with field teams to ensure safety, quality and schedule performance while deploying standardized, repeatable cost-optimization solutions across outage lifecycle.