Customer Project Engineer - Gas Turbine

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Job Description Summary As a member of the Project Engineering team, you will provide input and make decisions that influence major technical and financial outcomes for GEV and/or the customer and customer representatives. Own the project control activity globally and drive consistent functional specifications and common global processes for projects implementation. Activities that are conducted to better understand or ultimately meet the expectations of the customer. Responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline. Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results. The job allows modification of procedures and practices covering work as long as the end results meet standards of acceptability (quality, volume, timeliness etc.). Job Description Roles and Responsibilities The Lead GT Project Engineer provides technical project management, technical direction, and drives coordination of engineering activities and critical issue resolution for OTR-related issues for all assigned GT projects. The Lead GT Project Engineer functions as the technical liaison for the Customer and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) representatives to ensure that the supplied design documentation and equipment fully complies with the contract requirements and drives continuous improvement in project execution. This position reports to the Project Engineering Leader (Asia) Essential Responsibilities: This position will require coordination with customers, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction firms (EPCs), Project Management, multiple engineering organizations, Centers of Excellence (COEs), Commercial Operations, Business Associates (BAs), Global Supply Chain (GSC), Power Service Engineering (PSE) and installation/field personnel by: • Providing continuous improvement and operational leadership as single point contact for all customer technical inquiries, change requests, and communications for all topics related to the GT and any associated auxiliaries (GT Project Engineer scope). • Driving lessons learned back into the design engineering organizations to avoid repeating issues via ERS, NCR, ERs etc. • Providing technical guidance to Project Management and Applications/Regional Customer Applications Engineering • Conducting Customer Kick-Off Meetings (CKOMs) and/or Design Liaison Meetings (DLMs) with customers and/or their design representatives (EPCs) • Reviewing contract documentation and communicating project requirements to all design functions, utilizing internal documentation systems and regular communication with internal engineering organizations • Evaluating the financial/schedule impacts of customer-requested scope changes via Cost & Cycle Estimates (CCEs) and implementing changes agreed to by Change Orders via the Change Management Process • Supporting resolution of cross-functional design complexities and working to resolve technical issues • Mitigating engineering schedule issues and taking preventative action to avoid delivery delays or late customer deliverables • Managing the Engineering Budget and providing quarterly Estimate at Completions (EACs) to Finance • Providing technical support to engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, suppliers, and installation personnel to ensure equipment meets all customer requirements and business objectives until handover to services / COD. • Help establish and execute new project engineering process for handing pre-COD site queries / issues via ER case in ServiceNow tool. • Presenting project issue resolutions periodically to upper management, highlighting risks, and creating action plans to remedy the risks • Taking robust handover from application teams (ITO), performing comprehensive handoff to design team in OTR and ensuring project closure with clean handoff to services team • Executing assigned projects with an ITR mindset. Required Qualifications This role requires advanced experience in the Engineering/Technology & Customer Project Engineering. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience). Substantial experience in engineering and/or project management, preferably within the Power Plant Industry in an international project environment, out of which 3 years of working with direct customer interface. Desired Characteristics Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills. Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided: No