Aero Product Service Engineer - Sub Saharan Africa at GE - General Electric

Job Description Summary
All activities relating to enhancing services technology integrating customer data, or capturing engines/products reliability, availability, maintenance, safety and other performance parameters. Includes hourly, nonexempt and exempt employees as well as manager roles responsible solely for these activities. Impacts departmental operations and responsible for planning/execution. The role has some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Some judgment may be required but this is typically with guidance.

GE Gas Power

Access to affordable, reliable, flexible, and sustainable power is fundamental to modern life. As the world is shifting towards a lower carbon future, GE Gas Power is ready to be your partner in leveraging the role of natural gas for powering the world today and tomorrow. A corporate culture dating back 130 years: GE’s foundations were laid by Thomas Edison nearly 130 years ago, and the company continues to provide innovative solutions for a wide range of critical problems around the world. GE’s deep-rooted culture serves as the backbone for every step taken at GE Gas Power. With more than 300,000 employees and operations in over 170 countries, GE employees reflect both the local communities we serve and the people with whom we do business.

Diversity at GE

We believe diversity makes us more competitive and creates value for our customers, shareholders, and employees. We believe in the value of each person’s unique identity, background, and experiences and are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected, and that they belong. By embracing diverse teams and perspectives, we are better equipped to build a world that works

Our approach to diversity will be based on the following objectives:

Our employees – to continue to strive to ensure that our workforce is as diverse as the communities in which we operate, while always upholding the importance of merit.

Our workplace – to create an inclusive culture that recognizes employees’ unique needs, helps them reach their full potential, and nurtures their diverse talents.

Our community – to strive for diversity in suppliers and partners and engage with the communities in which we operate to support diversity

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support of installed Aeroderivative base including activities such as customer issue resolution, fleet issues, service bulletin implementation, Monitoring & Diagnostics, fleet configuration. Maintenance of fleet data, outage management.
• Capability to oversee Installation & Commissioning activities
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.
• In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills or an early people leader who can hire and develop talent. Provides informal guidance to new team members
• Candidates mechanical, electrical or controls skills will be all evaluated for this job. Refer to desired characteristics for further description
• Candidate should be located in Sub Saharan Africa

Required Qualifications

This role requires advanced experience in the Engineering/Technology & Fleet Management. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).

Desired Characteristics

• Knowledge of GE LM technology (LM2500, LM6000 & LMS100)
• Prior experience with GE or other packager packaged LM's
• It is desirable to have knowledge of control systems such as Woodward, GE MKVie and others used in Aeroderivative technology
• Generator and its protection and control systems knowledge would be a plus
• Knowledge of DLE system will be considered an advantage
• 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

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