Senior Controls Engineer, Service Engineering

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Employee Full-Time Indirect US

30+ days ago Requisition

LOCATION:

Remote, Houston TX Preferred

STATUS:
Salary OT Eligible

Provide controls, tuning and commissioning support to PSM’s Service Engineering group with specific focus on General Electric large industrial frame gas turbines (7FA.03, 7B/7EA, 6B).

The essential functions of the job include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Perform controls commissioning tasks such as regular system maintenance, IGV & fuel valve calibration, repair and/or replacement of controls software, hardware and instruments
• Perform control software upgrades, includes development support to PSM product engineering
• Perform combustion tuning
• Training can be provided on most GE, Siemens and Mitsubishi platforms
• Assist in controls-related diagnosis & trouble‑shooting
• Generate specifications for the modification of existing control logic or the creation of new control logic to meet certain design criteria
• Work directly with external vendors, perform Factory Acceptance Tests and support field validation of control logic
• Write standard procedures and Work Instructions allowing non‑controls engineers to perform basic and limited control systems operation
• Provide technical support to the sales and tendering teams
• Mentor and assist other less experienced engineers
• Must be able to travel up to 75% of time on very short notice, including international travel
• Average annual travel ~ 50%
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering plus seven (7) years of progressive experience in commissioning of industrial gas turbine engines.
• Must complete EHS assigned regulatory training for work area as described by PSM’s EHS Training Matrix

Skills/Experience

• 7+ years of experience creating, modifying, simulating, implementing, field testing and troubleshooting logic sequences as well as HMI screens and interfaces on General Electric Mark controllers (Mark Ve, MarkVI, MarkVIe). Workload knowledge of MarkV‑HMI systems also required. Knowledge of MarkV‑IDOS, Ovation or Siemens Control Systems (T3000, TXP) a plus
• 7+ years of experience utilizing appropriate design/analysis tools as necessary, such as control systems sequence builders and compilers, control system simulators, Human Machine Interface (HMI) screen editors, HMI consoles and controls, data gathering and reduction (HMI historian, PI, MS Excel, Matlab, etc.), scheduling (MS Project and Visio), reporting (MS PowerPoint) and others.
• 5+ years of experience with GT general architecture and design, working knowledge of GT support and ancillary systems such as fuel delivery, purge, instrument air and hydraulic supplies, understanding of associated limits and alarms and ability to troubleshoot and correct issues
• 5+ years of experience with instrument calibration procedures and typical tasks associated with recommissioning of GT after inspection, ability to perform associated hands‑on fieldwork.
• Multilingual candidate is a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Climbing:
  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping/Crouching:
  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crawling:
  Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing:
  Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing & Pulling.
• Lifting up to 50 lbs. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Repetitive…