Plant Service Engineer (Hydro) - Western & Eastern Africa at GE - General Electric

Ref Id: 3205332
Locations: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda
Job Function: Services
Business Segment: Renewable Energy Hydro

Role Summary

• The Hydro Plant Support Engineer will lead the site service activities for hydropower plants in nominated SSA countries.
• He/she is the primary liaison / point of contact between GE Hydro/Service Leadership, GE Hydro/Engineering, project management, supply chain, the site team, sale team and customers.
• Scope includes ensuring the completeness of the deliverable solutions of GE Hydro services.

Essential Responsibilities

• Obtain information on hydro power plant assets & setup, mainly on E&M, for the designated areas such as hydro turbine & generator technologies, existing DCS, governing, excitation and other mechanical & electrical BoP systems including customer purchasing plans and Maintenance budget
• Actively visit customer’s plants (02 plants par month/per customer at least), participate in customer meetings and connect customer needs with our products’ available options and solutions
• Deliver timely / accurate responses to customer technical inquiries including quick quote proposal and execution (for transactional opportunities) leveraging GE Hydro COEs supports – Sales, Com Ops and COE engineers
• Provide hands on technical support to customers and field teams for general E&M services and specific upgrades
• Partner with GE Hydro/SSA sale team for technical discussion with customers
• Establish and maintain relationships with external and internal parties to ensure that customer requirements are ultimately understood and achieved
• Lead and manage cross-functional teams and coordinating with GE Hydro/Project Manager in executing contract at site
• Facilitate the configuration of control software and parameters based upon the site requirements / specific unit configurations (for control plant support)
• Liaise between customers and GE Hydro/Engineering regarding balance of plant equipment for configuring interfaces, safety protections and control (for control plant support).

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil or Industrial Engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 10 years in Hydropower Electro-mechanical field services i.e. maintenance, installation and commissioning or manufacturing
• Minimum of 03 years in engineering
• Strong knowledge and relationship with local customers at Plant level
• Ability and willingness to travel more than 50% of the time
• 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.

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical components of Hydropower,
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to do Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to understand and resolve problems
• A plus for knowledge of VBA, SQL, OPC, ODBC, MODBUS, networking, ALSPA and MarkVIe controls software
• Strong knowledge of / experience with MS Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, wiring schematics
• Power Generation, Renewable Energy and Hydro experience
• Comfortable providing technical presentations to peers, customers and leadership regarding the details of technical issues and project status
• Strong, self-directed, collaborative team player with interpersonal skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• English/local language fluency (French for West and Central African countries and Portuguese for Southern Africa countries).