Mechanical Design Engineer II

Mechanical Design Engineer II
Richmond, VA
12 Months

Working Hours: 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday


Job Description Summary:

As a member of the Steam Power Services Inquiry to Remittance (ITR) engineering team in Americas, you will be an active contributor to the service engineering activities such as outage planning and execution, technical guidance to field engineers and customers, technical lead for complex repairs at sites or shops, root cause analysis on product and process issues, design of steam turbine components and technical support to parts engineering and sourcing teams for the product designs form, fit and function.

This role will require you to partner with the rotating equipment steam turbine design engineering teams globally for the product designs and development to provide safe, reliable, and quality focused product solutions.


Roles and Responsibilities:

Technical guidance to field engineers and service managers during outage planning and execution of industrial, fossil, and nuclear steam turbines for both Client and oOEM units.
Lead service center complex repairs on rotors, diaphragms, casings, valves, etc.

• Be single point of contact and technical interface for complex repairs projects with repairs sales, customer service managers, project managers, sourcing, engineering, and quality team.

Responsible to meet project on time engineering deliverables and technical requirements.

• Establish yourself as Project Engineering Manger to successfully deliver steam turbine projects in execution for Own Fleet Capital Parts and complex Upgrades, Engineering Studies and valve solutions.

Be part of lean methodologies to ensure robust daily management, engineering deliverables, and continuous improvement, centered on Safety, Quality, Deliver & Cost in that order.
Provide inspection and test plan for site assembly/disassembly and for service center repair scope.
Lead and participate product qualification process first of a kind for service shops, design reviews and technical risks discussion both internally and externally with the customers.
Provide technical recommendations and guidance during outage planning phase to internal and external customers.
Provide technical guidance to parts engineering and sourcing teams for product design form, fit and function.
Disposition on product/process non-conformances and support implementation of corrective/preventative actions through RCA.
Collaborate and partner with sales/service directors, on site services, repairs centers, field engineers and parts engineering groups to provide technical direction and guidance.

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with low risks and resource requirements. Explains information, developing skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field.
• Domestic travel to visit customer sites, 5 - 10%.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or related field of study from an accredited college or university.
Minimum of 5+ years of experience in steam turbine service engineering.
Minimum of 2+ years of field execution experience, preferably within the power generation industry.
Catia CAD drafting experience will be added bonus.


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.
Good understanding of steam turbine and balance of plant systems and operations.
Steam turbine rotating and stationary components inspection methods and repairs.
Steam turbine disassembly, assembly, startups and operational exposure.
Respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn.