Remote Manager, Gas Turbine Controls Engineering

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; Texas; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. seeks a Manager of Controls Engineering – Gas Turbines to lead controls engineering activities supporting turbine refurbishment, modernization, and redeployment for data center, industrial power, and other mission-critical applications.

This leadership role emphasizes establishing engineering direction, developing standards, and overseeing project execution with OEMs and contractors. Travel up to 50% is required; remote work for US-based projects is supported.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in controls engineering within gas turbine, power generation, or related industrial energy sectors.
• Strong understanding of gas turbine control systems and instrumentation.
• Experience with turbine control platforms such as GE Mark IV, V, VI, Mark VIe or Siemens systems.
• Familiarity with PLC, DCS, HMI, instrumentation, and plant control interfaces is preferred.
• Experience leading controls engineering teams and coordinating multi-disciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and provide technical direction for controls engineering activities involving gas turbine refurbishment, upgrades, modernization, and redeployment.
• Develop and establish engineering scopes, technical specifications, design standards, and controls requirements for gas turbine projects.
• Provide technical oversight of turbine control system assessments, upgrades, modifications, and integration activities.
• Review engineering designs, drawings, submittals, and vendor documentation for compliance with standards.
• Direct and coordinate internal resources, OEMs, subcontractors, and external technical partners.
• Provide technical dispositions to resolve controls-related issues and project challenges.
• Establish testing, commissioning, and acceptance criteria for turbine controls systems and instrumentation.
• Support modernization of legacy turbine control platforms and plant control systems.
• Coordinate controls engineering with electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, and power generation teams.
• Provide technical guidance throughout planning, execution, and startup phases.

Skills

Controls engineering leadership

Gas turbine control systems

Project coordination

Technical direction

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Process standards

Tools

GE Mark IV

GE Mark V

GE Mark VI

GE Mark VIe

Siemens turbine controls

GE ToolboxST

Job description

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. seeks a Manager of Controls Engineering – Gas Turbines to lead controls engineering activities supporting turbine refurbishment, modernization, and redeployment for data center, industrial power, and other mission-critical applications.

This leadership role emphasizes establishing engineering direction, developing standards, and overseeing project execution with OEMs and contractors. Travel up to 50% is required; remote work for US-based projects is supported.