Shift Engineer

Power Systems Hanwha; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Power Systems Hanwha in Houston, TX, seeks a Senior Shift Engineer, Monitoring & Diagnostics to analyze gas turbine performance and diagnose issues. You will use PI tools to monitor stations and collaborate with aerothermal and performance engineers to improve diagnostics and health monitoring models.

The role requires 5+ years in start-up/commissioning of industrial gas turbines, strong GT control systems knowledge, and willingness to travel. OT eligibility and on-site work are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent with relevant diagnostic experience.
• 5+ years as start-up/commissioning engineer on F/G/H/J class gas turbines and auxiliaries.
• Experience with GT control systems (GE MKVi/MKVie, Siemens T3K, MHI Netmation or ABB Symphony/Composer).
• Knowledge of PI tools for monitoring/analysis and data handling (OSI PI).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and multitasking abilities; capable of coordinating a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Analyze engine supervisory and thermal performance data to determine root causes and corrective actions for operational issues.
• Utilize PI tools for monitoring, analysis and graphical representation of gas turbine and LNG compressor stations.
• Build databases of known field issues for reference during troubleshooting.
• Communicate corrective actions to customers via email or phone.
• Support quality documentation, and contribute to tool/template improvements.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally; may include overtime and shifts.

Skills

Gas Turbine commissioning

GT control systems

OSI PI

Excel

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Travel readiness

Project management

Multilingual (plus)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Engineering degree with Thermal Performance/diagnostic experience

Tools

GE MKVi/MKVie

Siemens T3K

MHI Netmation

ABB Symphony/Composer

OSI PI Soft

Job description

POSITION: Senior Shift Engineer, Monitoring & Diagnostics

LOCATION: Houston, Texas

STATUS: Salaried (OT Eligible)

JOB SUMMARY

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential functions of the job include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Analyze engine supervisory and thermal performance data of F-Class Gas Turbines to determine root causes and corrective actions for a variety of operational issues. It would be exceptionally beneficial to have 7EA experience.
• Utilize Process Information (PI) tools for monitoring, analysis and graphical representation of Gas Turbine and LNG Compressor stations
• Build databases of known field issues and their indicators for reference during troubleshooting.
• Willing to share current knowledge of systems and expand to other engine types and technologies.
• Interact with team of aerothermal and performance engineers to define and develop best approaches and architecture philosophies for GT performance, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and health monitoring models.
• Clearly communicate corrective actions to customers via e-mails and/or phone calls.
• Help refine automated tools and templates as necessary for recurring tasks to improve team responsiveness and productivity.
• U.S. and international travel may be required.
• Respond during working and non-working hours.
• Includes overtime and rotational shifts
• Facilitate and actively work to ensure all quality documentation is correct, complete, timely, and recorded as appropriate.
• Individuals with LNG compressor experience is a plus.
• Looking particularly for individuals who have GE7EA experience used for LNG compressor stations. Should be highly component with at least 1 of the 2 above mentioned components.
• Need individuals with more maintenance and controls troubleshooting experience verse operators of Gas Turbines where little hands on experience has been acquired.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education & Training

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering; another Engineering degree combined with applicable Thermal Performance or Gas Turbine commissioning operations/diagnostic experience will be considered as well in lieu of College degrees.
• Plant Engineers with applicable Gas Turbine and other BOP troubleshooting experience will be equally considered.
• Must complete EHS assigned regulatory training for work area as described by PSM’s EHS Training Matrix
• Must have knowledge of typical Gas Turbine Instrumentation and controls.

Skills/Experience

• 5+ years of experience (minimum) as a start-up/commissioning engineer working on F/G/H/J class combined cycle industrial gas Turbines and associated auxiliaries and systems.
• Experience with Industrial Gas Turbine general architecture and design, knowledge of Gas Turbine support systems and associated supervisory instrument limits and alarm levels.
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers consisting of controls, IC&E aerothermal, structural, and mechanical design engineers as well as startup and commissioning engineers.
• Working knowledge and experience with GT control systems (GE- MKVi, MKVie, Siemens – T3K, MHI- Netmation and or ABB – Symphony or Composer) and OSI PI Soft.
• Candidate should have strong analytical and problem solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities, and deadlines.
• Utilize appropriate design/analysis tools as necessary, data gathering and reduction (PI, MS Excel) along with MS office suite of tools for scheduling, reporting, presentations, and others.
• Candidate should have cross functionality knowledge in order to be able to work and coordinate the efforts of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Multilingual candidates are a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled