Electrical and Controls Engineer - FPM

Job Description Summary

The Lead Wind Fleet Performance Engineer will play a key role in enhancing safety and quality of the onshore wind fleet. You will assess fleet issues and provide technical engineering solutions to field technicians, internal functions including engineering, supply chain, and customers. You will analyze and improve the availability and power performance of the Americas installed fleet.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide Technical Engineering Solutions / Repairs / Escalation for issues that have been problematic and escalated from Services team
• Work with first level support to proactively identify failure trend in an early phase and to initiate corrective actions
• Lead the Functional Technical Support during Root Cause Analysis (RCA) programs
• Lead productivity improvements within Customer Solutions and across the Wind business
• Lead development of proactive technical solutions to prevent issues prior to becoming large business cost drivers
• Lead executive-level internal and external stakeholder reviews and technical discussions
• Provide technical supervision for retrofits and validation of performance increase.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s)).
• Minimum of 3 years of advanced experience in the Engineering/Technology & Fleet Management.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability and willingness to travel 15% of the time
• Ability and willingness to climb a wind turbine.

Desired Characteristics:

• Wind turbine industry experience
• Experience with generator, electrical, and/or controls functions of a turbine
• Strong Communications skills
• Ability to present technical data in a succinct and clear manner
• Technical Versatility, experience with wind turbine production and performance
• Ability to learn technology outside of one's specialty
• Strong Project Management Skills
• Distinctive ability to analyze technical processes, experience with working turbine parameter variances
• Green Belt certification or equivalent Quality certification
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to make decisions and to adopt responsibility
• Strong quality awareness and ability to identify future failures, defects and problems
• Ability to work with multicultural teams, strong team player
• Ability to work within structured work methods
• High flexibility and motivation
• Willingness to climb turbines when necessary, ability to work at heights
• Ability to drive complex projects / issues to completion / elimination

The base pay range for this position is $98,400 - $164,000 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for sales incentive compensation of 10%. This posting is expected to close no earlier than October 7, 2024.

*The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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