**Job Description Summary**: With a team of around 4,000 employees present in more than 30 countries, GE Hydro Solutions helps customers accelerate the energy transition, by providing Hydropower Solutions to deliver more renewable energy to the world, in a reliable and sustainable way. From Services solutions to Pumped Storage, our portfolio includes the broadest range of hydro solutions and services. In the world, GE's Hydro turbines and generators represent more than 25% of the total installed capacity, and more than 30% of hydro storage plants are equipped with GE technology.
We are fully committed to full gender equality and diversity inclusion, aiming for the best professionals in an equal employment opportunity environment.
We strive to support work-life balance with flexible benefit programs and hybrid and remote work arrangements.
Under the responsibility of the head of the IB 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 analysis and project follow up, support to manufacturing in GE's shop and with our suppliers, commissioning and acceptance testing of the units on site.
**Essential Responsibilities**
- Analyze technical information from Work Packages (Technical Specifications, Division of Work,...) and participate in identify 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.
- Lead design reviews and 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) (based 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.
**Qualifications/Requirements**
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, including a minimum of 5-10 years of relevant experience or Masters degree in a relevant discipline.
- Demonstrated technical leadership.
- Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively.
- Must be willing to comply with pre-employment screening, including but not limited, reference verification and background check.
**Desired Characteristics**
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Ability influence others and lead small teams.
- Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
- Effective problem identification and solution skills.
- Proven analytical and organizational ability.
**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No