Engineer - Performance Engineering

Job description / Role

Role Summary:
A gas turbine thermal performance engineer will be executing highly technical services on various gas turbine models. The successful execution of these global services will require that the engineer adhere to internal processes while being open to challenges that may arise.

Essential Responsibilities:
- Compliance with company policies and adherence to operating procedures
- Review commercial guarantees, test expectations/requirements, and develop performance test procedures.
- Prepare, plan, and execute thermal performance tests on gas turbines
- Analyze data, calculate test results, diagnose and evaluate testing issues and lead development of corrective actions as needed
- Prepare test reports for internal and external distribution
- Lead performance risk mitigating activities during various phases of project execution
- Communicate and coordinate with internal and external customers regarding testing activities, schedules, and technical issues
- Identify and report in-field sales opportunities
- Lead continued development and improve
- Conduct peer reviews on field test data and customer deliverables
- The position requires approximately 50% travel in 1 to 4 week intervals, to destinations around the world. **This is an estimate; travel requirements vary, with peak outage seasons seeing higher percentages and peak demand seasons seeing less travel.

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:
- A four-year degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- Strong understanding of thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles and applied fluid mechanics
- Ability to travel extensively in support of global assignments.
- Proficient in the use of computers and PC software
- Fluent in English language.

Desired Characteristics:
- Advanced degree in Engineering
- Familiar with testing and measurement systems and with data interpretation
- Familiar with thermodynamic modelling and analysis programs
- Self-starter, driving continuous self-improvement and development
- Team and customer focus
- Strong technical aptitude, including applicable engineering tools and systems
- Experience processing large amounts of data
- Prior testing experience following industry standards
- Communicates messages clearly and concisely
- Strong analytical skills working independently and in a team
- Knowledge of thermal performance and operation of power plants and power plant equipment
- Programming skills

About Us:
GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE's mission and deliver for our customers.

About the Company

GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company, dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and oil and gas, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 300,000 people worldwide.

GE's Oil & Gas business is a leader in the development and delivery of advanced product and service offerings for the global oil and gas industry. As a consequence of the rapid expansion of its technology base, GE's Oil & Gas is capable of addressing the largest and most complex engineering and application challenges entirely from its own worldwide resources. So whether it's the world's largest LNG compression trains, re-injection of high sulfur gas, enhancing the safety and productivity of the world's oil and gas pipelines, or equipment for the production of oil and gas from harsh environments, GE is leading the charge.