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About the Role
Under the responsibility of the head of the Turbine team, the turbine design engineer participates in the design of hydraulic turbines in the different phases of a project from basic design to commissioning of the unit, including the basic and detail design examination and project follow up, support to manufacturing in GE’s shop and with our suppliers, commissioning and acceptance testing of the units on site for both existing as well as refurbishment of existing machines.
Responsibilities
Analyze technical information from Work Packages (Technical Specifications, Division of Work, ...) and participate in identifying the risks and technical opportunities of the project on technical matters.
Conduct site visits to make an assessment of the existing turbine and supervise signature tests on the unit before disassembly at site.
Plan and follow project engineering basic design phase and coordinate with Hydraulic design team (hydraulic test lab).
Perform designs and calculations of turbine components and validate critical ones with Principal/Consulting Engineers.
Direct and manage design reviews, perform design review actions follow-up.
Provide technical support to the customer in coordination with the project System Integrator.
Prepare information for the execution of technical drawings and supervise and validate the draftsman work.
Optimize designs with Supply Chain, Site Installation to get the lowest installed equipment costs.
Write reports and engineering documents, including test procedures, engineering calculation notes, operation and maintenance manuals.
Perform Supply Chain technical support and participate to Site Installation technical support (erection and commissioning) of sub-assemblies / components designed by the IB CoE (including NCR treatment) (as agreed with Fleet Support).
Follow up the performance testing of the prototype turbine on site.
Develop tools and design guides for Installed Base turbine engineering.