Job Openings at General Electric (GE) Nigeria

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).

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Job ID: 3259081
Location: Lagos
Job Function: Digital Technology
Business Segment: Power Headquarters

Role Summary

• The Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, reporting to Sr/Director of IT Business Transformation, will serve as the IT lead for Sub Saharan Africa Power Services and Gas Power Systems (GPS).
• He/She will be responsible for program management, change management, last-mile deployment, and region local solutioning.
• The program manager will partner with regions’ technology pillars (analytics/data and IT Ops) to ensure local solutioning meeting business outcome and operating needs.

Essential Responsibilities

• The program manager will partner closely with regions functions, including sales, project installations, Quality, ITO & OTR, FieldCore, etc, to ensure SSA IT programs are aligned to region’s growth plan and cost-out/cost-avoidance targets
• The program manager will also act as SSA region’s process SME to global IT vertical COEs for both GPS and Power Services

The key responsibilities are:

• Responsible for all last-mile programs IT success & executions for SSA, including ERP and enterprise systems, and local solutioning
• Ensure all IT system and data/analytics are rolled out sustainably for both long terms and short terms
• Region’s SME expert for Power Services and GPS regional process and local configurations
• Be familiar with SSA GPS and Power Services business models and country dynamics, to lay out IT programs aligned to P&L business outcome (growth, costs, etc)
• Responsible for simplification outcome, from process, systems and data perspectives, across all SSA region functions
• Define programs (either leverage global platforms or region’s innovated platforms), to drive CoPQ along with Quality and functions

Qualifications/Requirements

• BS, BA, MS and/or MBA in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology, with 7+ years of experience in the relevant field, 4+ years of program management and software management, and 2+ years of managing executive stakeholders and client management or equivalent knowledge or experience
• Proven track record of leading programs, facilitating workouts, and managing program outcome success and executions
• Ability to work across matrixed structure, and influence stakeholders and key users, across ITO and OTR functions
• Strong communication skills and inclusiveness with functions and IT
• Proven as a change agent & have ability to think outside of BOX
• Cultural awareness & sensitivity:
• Ability to flex style to suit differing cultural norms
• Demonstrated organizational skills, high standard of accuracy, attention to detail, and excellent follow-up skills
• Ability to work effectively with all levels in the organizations, including senior leadership
• Ability to propose solutions that solve business challenges and IT roadblocks. Not Afraid of raising voices, when needed
• Effective interpersonal & strong influencing skills
• In Nigeria: a valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required (please indicate clearly on your resume)
• In Nigeria: must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in Nigeria
• In countries other than Nigeria: must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in the role’s location

Desired Characteristics:

• GE Power Services or Gas experience preferred

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Job ID: 3266495
Location: Onne
Job Function: Services
Business Segment: Oil & Gas Oilfield Equipment

Role Summary

• The Subsea Controls Technician will be responsible for rendering operation services on a variety of different Subsea Equipment and provide technical advice into customer activities for deep water operation.
• The focus area are execution of engineering/operational task and integrity for Subsea Controls Systems (Software, hydraulic power unit (HPU), Master control system (MCS), subsea control unit (SCU) umbilical, subsea control module (SCM), hardware, etc.)

Essential Responsibilities

• Need to have extensive knowledge of subsea controls equipment and system, proven track record in ability to interface with other functional team and ensure delivery of a reliable subsea controls system.
• Provide technical engineering and operation support to offshore operation and onshore operating function.
• He/She will be responsible for:
• Delivery of subsea control and distribution systems within BHGE subsea projects, including safety, schedule and quality from definition through to operation.
• Ensure all activity is carried out in line with company quality, HSE systems including Toolbox talks, risk assessment, Stop work system, incident reporting and risk control plan.
• Install, commission, maintain, repair, fault find company supplied production controls system in line with company procedure and O&M’s
• Demonstrate ability to problem solve and fault finding on systems that are currently installed.
• Train new workshop technicians/engineer and report to manager were appropriate.
• Maintain, produce procedure, report and provide technical support.
• Able to deliver subsea controls system based on requirements for:- Subsea systems, equipment and their interface - Subsea Control Module- Hydraulic Power Unit.- Master Control System- Umbilical’s and distribution systems- Subsea power, instrumentation and control distribution.- Subsea peripheral equipment / instruments.

Qualifications/Requirements

• B.Sc degree or HND in Controls or Electrical &Electronic or Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years hands-on working experience in the oil and gas industry specifically in Subsea Controls area.
• A valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate is required (please indicate clearly on your resume)Good interpersonal skills
• Must exhibit effective written and oral communication skills
• Must be able to work independently and within a team environment
• Should be self-starter and able to take initiative as required.
• Demonstrate the ability to problem solve and fault finding on systems.

Desired Characteristics:

• GE subsea Controls knowledge would be highly advantageous
• Demonstrate ability to establish and maintain good customer relationship
• Good working knowledge of subsea controls system
• Demonstrable commitment to HSE and Quality
• Must have excellent organisation and interpersonal skills
• Must be capable of simultaneously managing multiple task
• Must exhibit effective written and oral communication skills