Engineering Jobs at GE Nigeria (Port Harcourt and Lagos)

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Job Title: Lead Field Engineer - Electrical/Excitation
Job Number: 2718240
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Business: GE Power
Business Segment: Power Gas Power Systems
Role Summary/Purpose

• The Lead Field Engineer will provide on-site direction on all customer products and facilities within a given territory as required by the company.

• Electrical/excitations
• Provide on-site technical direction on electrical/excitation systems, loop checks and system tests during installation, startup, commissioning and maintenance on customer owned power generation and industrial facilities.
• Prepare job-planning documents that define the electrical/excitation system scope of the installation.
• Utilize problem solving skills, engineering instructions, drawings, and process instructions for Steam/Gas turbine installation, commissioning and start-up.
• Provide input for Daily and Weekly Installation Reports.
• Communicate effectively with Installation Directors, Service Managers and Site Leads on job planning and execution and with Resource Directors regarding site arrivals, departures and job progression.
• Provide leadership and technical direction of installation to skilled labor performing work on customer sites.
• Maintain strong safety mindset to assure the executed work reflects the technical requirements within GE safety standards
• Possess technical capacity to troubleshoot and provide routine installation and maintenance checkout for a wide range of equipment/GE system vintages.
• Prepare timely and accurate technical reports for customer records and a reference for future outages.
• Troubleshoot electrical/excitation installation, operations and maintenance problems in the steam and/or gas turbine technologies

• Higher National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite, Project Management and Web-based applications
• Willingness and ability to travel significantly with no geographical restrictions
• Must have ability to perform night work as required to meet business needs
• Must have a valid driver’s license or ability to obtain one
• Willingness and ability to travel significantly with no geographical restrictions.
• Must have ability to perform night work as required to meet business needs
• Must have a valid driver’s license or ability to obtain one.
• Ability and willingness to travel 75% of the time, as required.
• A valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required (please indicate clearly on your resume)
• Must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in Nigeria

• Higher National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
• Extensive Field Engineering Services experience is required, on Gas and Steam turbines.
• Exciter experience - EX2100R, EX2100e, Elin, EX2100 are preferred.
• Generator specialist skills also preferred.
• Knowledge of wide range of protection relays.
• Ability to work effectively with minimum supervision.
• Strong customer service mindset.
• Field engineering experience.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

• The Lead Field Engineer will provide on-site direction on all customer products and facilities within a given territory as required by the company.

• Provide on-site technical direction and leadership during installation, startup, commissioning and maintenance to customer owned power generation and industrial facilities
• Prepare job-planning documents that define the scope of the outage and installation task to be performed through engineering instructions, drawings, and process instructions. Provide input for Daily Outage and Weekly Installation Reports.
• Communicate effectively with Installation Directors and Service Managers utilizing customers’ CTQ in job planning and execution and with Resource Directors regarding site arrivals, departures and job progression.
• Provides leadership and technical direction of installation to skilled labor performing work on customer sites.
• Maintain strong safety mindset to assure the executed work reflects the technical requirements within GE safety standards
• Possess technical capacity to troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance and installation checkout for a wide range of equipment vintages.
• Prepare timely and accurate technical reports for customer records and a reference for future outages
• Troubleshoot mechanical operations and maintenance problems in the steam and gas turbine technologies.
• Actively engage in business productivity and simplification initiatives.

• Higher National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering is preferred.
• Business acumen and ability to sell GE products to the customer.
• Ability to work effectively with minimum supervision.
• Customer service mindset.
• Strong organizational skills and project management skills (prior experience preferred).
• Requisite oral and written communication skills.
• Solid interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Prior field engineering experience (4 years minimum) is preferred.
• Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Office Suite, Project Management and Web-based applications
• Willingness and ability to travel significantly with no geographical restrictions.
• Must have ability to perform night work as required to meet business needs
• Must have a valid driver’s license or ability to obtain one.
• Ability and willingness to travel 75% of the time, as required.
• A valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required (please indicate clearly on your resume)
• Must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in Nigeria

• Higher National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science is preferred but not required.
• Extensive Field Engineering Services experience is required, on Gas and Steam turbines.
• Turbine experience - Steam and Gas Turbine experience is preferred, on General Electric, Siemens, Westinghouse, Alstom, or other OEM mechanical equipment.
• Ability to work effectively with minimum supervision.
• Strong customer service mindset.
• Field engineering experience.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Project management experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt certified or equivalent Quality certification.

• This position involves scope to cover both (Proposal) ITO and (Execution) OTR for legacy Alstom GT. The ITO scope includes preparing Standard inspection, Conversion, Modification & Uprate (CM&U) technical proposals mainly for legacy Alstom Gas turbines (including research, technical description, performance, emissions and cost definition

• In this role you will utilize conceptual thinking and the ability to quickly determine applicability of GE technology to support the growing market in the MEA region.
• Provide engineering leadership and have responsibility for all technical aspects of assessing each opportunity upfront for feasibility.
• Identify risk areas and address technical issues inherent with retrofitting GE gas equipment.
• Review customer specifications and ensure offering satisfies requirements and identify exceptions and/or clarifications.
• Coordinate with customers, GE regional and headquarters sales and operations support, EED components, and key Core Power Services organizations to ensure the CM&U proposal is compatible with the unit, the customer needs, GE design standards and established quoting limits.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations at customer meetings and conferences.
• Promote and contribute to business programs (cost reduction, continuous improvement, workout, business teams, etc.).
• Lead system level / fleet wide proposal activities.
• Review and own proposal related metrics.
• The engineering scope is well documented and defined for the execution team
• The plant as maintained is updated after outage

• BS degree or above in a Mechanical or equivalent technical discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience
• Minimum of 3 years of gas turbine, steam turbine and generator product knowledge
• Demonstrated ability to represent GE in customer communication & discussions
• Demonstrated ability to work with a crossfunctional team in a global environment
• Proven record of responsiveness in offering disposition to various stakeholders (regional/global) including customer, service managers, design/repair center of excellence
• Fluency in English, ability to communicate with local customers & suppliers
• A Minimum of 3 years of gas turbine, steam turbine and generator product knowledge discharge or exemption certificate will be required (please indicate clearly on your resume)
• Must have valid authorization to work fulltime without any restriction in Nigeria
•  A valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required (please indicate clearly on your resume)

• Extensive background with Gas and Steam Turbine, generator product line. Experience on Alstom Gas Turbine is preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Should be team player
• Experience and demonstrated success working in a crossfunctional environment
• Proven track record for delivering results and leading teams in a dynamic business environment
• Strong customer focus mindset
• Fluency in English ability to communicate with local customers & suppliers
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification (GE employees only)