Technical Field Advisor

Job Responsibilities

• Have an extensive knowledge of all the technical processes and parts associated with the removal, repair and installation of all large turbine parts and be able to participate in and/ or supervise outages.
• Record all relevant data and communicate information to the engineering department in a timely manner, to ensure a seamless transition between phases of the job.
• Perform risk assessments for all activities onsite.
• Audit safety training required on individual sites for team members.
• Perform daily toolbox talks ensuring that every member of the team is fully aware of the hazards associated with any given task.
• Report accidents or near misses that occur on-site to the HSE team, and assist in any investigations that arise as a result of any accidents or near misses to constantly improve the health and safety performance of the team.
• Ensure team members are aware of their roles and responsibilities on-site including the completion of quality documentation.
• Ensure all site activities are carried out as per technical specifications or as advised by the technical team.
• Carry out checks to ensure that procedures are being followed and witness key stages of the job, including measurements, major lifting activities and torque procedures.
• Carry out inspections of removed parts recording any anomalies onto the relevant inspection sheet.
• Ensure that all necessary parts are available onsite, ordering any shortfalls in a timely manner to prevent any delays due to delivery times.
• Ensure the quality plan and work-pack documents are completed and signed by the relevant authorities.
• Attend customer site meetings to provide progress updates and discuss technical issues and solutions.
• Contribute to pre and post outage meetings.
• Record any extra works that may be involved during an outage, including timescales, equipment used and authorization from the customer.
• Complete crew performance feedback and contribute to performance evaluations.

Required Skills / Knowledge

• Must be efficient with Microsoft Projects, Outlook, Word, Excel, and internet navigation.
• Strong crew leadership skills.
• Proven customer communication skills.
• Reliable, High Energy self-starter o Committed to safety and quality.
• Other specialty skills – MHC / EHC Controls, Vibration, Generator, Complex alignment, etc.
• Fluency in Spanish preferred.

Experience

• 5 years experience in the implementation of gas and steam turbine generator overhauls. Mature frame experience a plus.
• 7+ years experience as Turbine Field Engineer / Technical Field Advisor / Utility Turbine Maintenance Engineer o OEM training and experience with GE, Siemens, Alstom, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, or other OEM turbine generators.

Education Requirements

• Engineering degree with OEM training certification. (Equivalent experience must be deep).

Physical Requirements

• 90% Travel and 100% availability when not on vacation.
• Must be able to travel out of country as the requirement to support other Ethos locations around the world as may be required.