Gas Specialist - On Site Services at GE - General Electric

Job Description 

The Gas Specialist will have technical knowledge and experience working with GE/Alstom and oOEM turbines. He/she is responsible for the leading and performing on-site machining of major rotating equipment components. In addition, you will set up and operate a variety of manual and numerically controlled machine tools

Responsibilities

The general tasks and responsibilities of a Gas Specialist includes, but not limited to the following:

• Lead ST Bladers and Machinists on on-site machining and ST blading activities.
• Liaison with Engineering on findings and reports.
• Operate Faro Laser Tracker and interpret its readings.
• Operate a Boring Bar, CNC, Lathe and Milling Machine.
• Perform and Lead , GT Casing alignments, ST TOTO alignments, Coupling honing, ST Bucket replacement and Feathering, Bore Plug repair and more related GT/ST machining and repairing scopes.
• Perform maintenance of clean work areas, tooling and equipment.
• Respond to requests for emergency repairs and services to troublesome equipment.
• Drive customer satisfaction through commitment to quality.
• Maintain strong safety mindset to assure the executed work reflects the technical requirements within GE safety standards.
• Deliver expectations on EHS (Environmental, Health and Safety), Quality, On-Time Delivery, Productivity and Cost Reduction.
• Completes mandatory trainings.
• Ensures proper documentation as specified on Test & Inspection Plans and Work instructions.
• Notifies non-conformances and tags/segregates non-conforming items.
• Ensures equipment calibration, proper usage of equipment and right material incorporated.
• Plan and prepare erection work including necessary tools and consumables.
• System walk downs, inspection of carried out work and handover within requirements.
• Coordinates with the SM, Lead FE or customer on status of work.
• Plans, prepares and records additional work as requested.
• Attends meeting as required.
• Maintains daily turnover report with all relevant information regarding non-compliances, work tasks, improvements, contractual issues, delays, working time, etc.
• Must be willing to travel globally on short notice, and for extended periods of time during outage seasons; and the willingness to work weekly schedules that are not uniform on a day-to-day basis.
• Can demonstrate the ability to evaluate and mitigate safety risks before beginning task/work.
• To understand the importance of quality and error prevention when planning and executing work tasks
• Stay abreast of new technologies and test procedures within the organization and continually expand certifications and competencies.
• Knows how to properly fill out required inspection and repair documentation.
• Create and maintain a personal commitment to EHS (safety) compliance, quality, and outage schedule.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Senior experience on power generation equipment, out of which include extended experience on GE/Alstom and oOEM Turbines machining and repair.
• Ability to work according to a time schedule and meet deadlines accordingly.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to handle complex work-packages.
• Ability to work in different countries and cultures.
• Able to understand/read technical work instructions in English.
• Able to communicate in English.
• Good negotiation and communications skills.
• Willing to train other persons according to the requirements (OJT).
• Demonstrate ability to plan, organize, and work in a team of Onsite Service Crew.
• Work effectively with minimal direction and supervision.
• Willingness and ability to travel for work globally on short notice and for extended periods of time, including weekends and holidays.  This position requires 70 – 80% travel.

Desired qualifications/experience:

• A team player with leadership attributes.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Desire to learn and adapt.
• Able to cope with emergent request and respond fast.
• Knowledge in different GT/ST Machining Scopes.
• Willingness to coach others.
• Constantly being agile and flexible on assignment requirements.
• Willingness for additional responsibilities.