Location
Schenectady, NY | United States
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Job Description Summary
The Repair Technology team is responsible for the creation of methods, processes and tools that are utilized for unplanned maintenance such as Major Component Exchanges and Uptower Repairs to Service Onshore Wind Turbines. The Lead Emergent Repair Engineer will be responsible for owning and developing repair procedures and tooling required for issues not currently planned by services NPI that could require urgent resolution and Repair Technology’s expertise. These could include but not limited to Safety critical one-off procedures, RCA support and tool design when no viable alternatives exist. They will increase team capability by documenting lessons learned and updating standard work. They will develop the capability and prove out safety by working closely with various cross functional teams - Repair Technology team, Deployment Leaders, PMs, SVC Unplanned Failures Team, ENG Segments, Regional FRO and Control Title Holders. The role is essentially 70% documentation and 30% testing/validation.
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About us
GE’s Onshore Wind business has a total installed base of more than 50,000 wind turbines in more than 35 counties, with 100+ GW of global installed capacity. We harness increased onshore wind energy potential through a broad family of turbines that are uniquely suited for a variety of wind environments, including Cypress, GE’s most powerful onshore wind turbine, and GE’s 2MW platform, which has more than 20GW installed and in operation today. We are committed to our customers’ success in wind, offering a broad portfolio of products and services that make renewables the energy of choice for a cleaner future
Essential Responsibilities
- Design, develop and validate repair procedures meeting customer and business requirements. Prove out safety and functionality.
- Drive design decisions by clearly communicating the “unknowns”, associated risks and tradeoffs that are required to properly execute a safe and effective repair procedure.
- Develop, test and validate repair/replacement procedures through: model walk throughs, prototyping, freestanding components and complete wind turbine machine heads.
- Identify and clearly communicate requirements for process specific tooling. Ensure the design allows for installation, operation, and disassembly of the tool in a safe and effective manner.
- Own the design of innovative repair solutions and ensure adherence to engineering standards.
- Follow and use the team’s Design Review Process, quality standards, best practices and systems to fully review and document repair procedures: eDRB, PLM, FMEAs, WDIs, Handoff Packages, etc.
- Maintain broad awareness of efforts within the group to assure lessons learned and responsiveness to customer/program needs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Civil or equivalent)
- Minimum of 5 years engineering experience
Eligibility Requirements
- Ability and willingness to travel globally up to 25% of the time
- Ability and willingness to climb wind turbines and work at heights
- Proficiency with English both written and oral communication
Desired Characteristics
- Ability and willingness to challenge status quo, without allegiance to past or current practices and technology, to get to the best GE products
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills. Ability to intact with both senior management and hourly technicians
- Creative and open mindset
- Wind Turbine Product/Services knowledge
- Familiarity with industrial tooling
- Familiarity with empathic design
- Hands on service/repair experience
- Proven record of being team oriented and results driven
- Desire to experiment and prototype new solutions
- Technical project management experience
- Ability and willingness to support physical necessity of shop/field work (i.e., handling rigging, tooling, etc.) when required
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Familiarity with CAD design and analysis
- PC proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access)
- Demonstrated technical, analytical and problem-solving skills with simple, creative solutions
- Ability and willingness to climb wind turbines and work at heights
- Ability and willingness to travel globally up to 25% of the time when required
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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