Summary
GE Vernova's Gas Power business provides natural gas-powered technologies, services, and decarbonization solutions, while FieldCore supports the installation, maintenance, and upgrading of power generation equipment. The Mechanical Field Engineer FEP is an entry-level role that develops technical and leadership expertise through training before progressing to a Technical Field Advisor position supporting industrial gas and steam turbine projects. The role involves installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, customer support, safety compliance, reporting, and extensive travel to field assignments.
Responsibilities
- Manage, perform, coordinate the management of site activities
- Perform on-site installation of systems and equipment and ongoing preventive maintenance, repair, and calibration after installation
- Respond to requests for emergency repairs and services to troublesome equipment
- Provide technical instruction and assistance to customer representatives regarding installation, operation, calibration, repair, and maintenance at customer's sites
- Perform administrative functions such as: writing technical reports, ordering materials, securing quotations, preparing job status reports, reports to customers, time sheet and expense sheets on a complete timely, and thorough basis
- Signs off on all changes implemented
- Drive customer satisfaction through commitment to quality
- Maintain strong safety mindset to assure the executed work reflects the technical requirements within GE safety standards
- Knowledge to troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance checkout for wide range of equipment vintage
- Coach, mentor, and train other team members as required, to impart and perpetuate field engineering and/or product knowledge
- Prepare timely and accurate technical reports for customer records and a reference for future outages
- Ensure all parts needed for the job are shipped to the site
- Perform walk-downs during installation to ensure that the customer’s contractors are working properly
- Perform aftermarket upgrades that need to be performed at the site level
- Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments
- Extensive travel to and from projects and various field assignments will be required
- May be assigned other duties to help proactively drive our FieldCore vision and align with our organization’s
- Core values
- Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments
- Manage and develop employees
Skills
- Technical/University degree or qualifying experience OR a High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of experience in a Field Services role
- 3+ years of experience in a field services or power generation equipment maintenance position
- Strong technical competence in reading and interpreting electrical/mechanical flow and instrument diagrams dial and laser alignment and thermal growth equipment
- Extensive travel to and from projects and various field assignments will be required
- English proficiency required
- Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments
- Experience and training on Alstom, Siemens, or other OEM equipment
- Extensive Field Engineering Services experience
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Strong oral and written interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
- Strong business acumen and ability to sell GE products to the customer
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Technical/University degree or qualifying experience OR a High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of experience in a Field Services role
- 3+ years of experience in a field services or power generation equipment maintenance position
- Strong technical competence in reading and interpreting electrical/mechanical flow and instrument diagrams dial and laser alignment and thermal growth equipment
- Extensive travel to and from projects and various field assignments will be required
- English proficiency required
- Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments
Nice to Haves
- Experience and training on Alstom, Siemens, or other OEM equipment
- Extensive Field Engineering Services experience
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Strong oral and written interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
- Strong business acumen and ability to sell GE products to the customer
Benefits
- This is an exempt from overtime position.
- Insurance (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life)
- Retirement savings
- Health and Wellness reimbursement
- A bonus or incentive program
- In-person and Online training Curriculum
- On-the-job trainings
- Learning from experienced Technical Field Advisors (TFA’s)