Lead services Specialist-Commissioning

The Lead Controls Field Engineer is responsible for the installation, commissioning, maintenance and troubleshooting for the full range of hardware and software products in the Controls Services Business portfolio. In addition, the Lead Controls Field Engineer may report to the client, plant/utility owner, or construction firm, giving daily or weekly updates on job progress as needed. The role involves reviewing plant engineering documents and P&’s, troubleshooting plant systems and equipment, and planning, organizing, integrating, and directing resources such as labor, tools and materials to complete the work scope according to contractual requirements.

You may be assigned other duties to help proactively drive our GE Gas Power Controls vision and align with our organization’s core values.

• Actively manage controls and instrumentation activities on-site during installation, commissioning and maintenance of upgrade projects or new installations, including oversight of installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and diagnostics for controls systems such as Mark V, Mark Vi, Mark Vie, Cimplicity and HMIs.
• Provide customers with technical direction and support on OEM packaged products.
• Understand PLC ladder logic and navigate ladder rungs while troubleshooting.
• Trace through software documentation.
• Implement control constant modifications.
• Read and modify software sequencing.
• Set up and modify hardware/software associated with gas and steam turbine systems.
• Troubleshoot existing control solutions hardware and software installations on-site.
• Prepare field services jobs and coordinate with project/service managers.
• Provide training to customer employees as needed.
• Supervise cable laying, meggering and connection.
• Maintain accurate timesheets and obtain customer signatures before leaving the job site.
• Understand terms and conditions commitments.
• Provide timely and accurate internal and external reports.
• Ensure contractual obligations are met and attend technical meetings with customers.
• Ensure all in‑field activities are carried out safely, complying with company environmental, health, and safety guidelines and procedures.
• Provide expert consultation on complex projects.
• Timely and accurately input hours, expenses and timesheets in internal systems.
• Pre‑outage and installation planning; possibly recommending and administering policies and procedures.
• Availability to frequently travel (>75%), work offshore and in restricted countries.
• Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments.
• Drive customer satisfaction through commitment to quality.
• Support the business growth initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and five years of experience, or ten years of experience without a formal degree, in power plant maintenance, turbine generator maintenance, or power plant electrical equipment installation/commissioning.
• Experience working on GEV Controls systems such as Mark V, Mark Vi, Mark Vie, etc.
• Proven working experience in oil & gas and power plant industry field activities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills to convey technical concepts to business and technical personnel.
• Strong knowledge of rotating equipment control philosophy (gas turbine, steam turbine, centrifugal compressor, reciprocating compressor) and their auxiliaries.
• Strong knowledge of unit control panel (UCP), motor control centre (MCC), direct current panel (DCP), distributed control system (DCS) and firefighting system installation and commissioning.
• Strong knowledge of field devices, instruments and actuators (servo‑valves, thermos elements, transmitters, etc.).
• Ability to handle special tools like pressure pump, multimeter, frequency generator, oscilloscope and field generator.
• Ability to understand and implement technical drawings (wiring diagram, P&, general arrangement, etc.).
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Willingness to travel, in country and worldwide, and to work overtime.
• Fluent English and Arabic.
• Valid driver’s license and passport (or ability to obtain a passport).
• Strong computer skills using MS Office software.

• Qualified level: knowledgeable and skilled to actively support an outage and be aware of where to seek answers to questions as they arise; has experienced successful installations and outages.
• Experience with gas/steam turbine driver control systems and auxiliary systems and their integration with Mark Controls systems.
• Familiarity with instruments and controls and PLCs for controls training.
• Familiarity with computer network systems and switches.
• Wide degree of creativity and latitude expected.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Strong computer skills.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Ability to manage turnkey.

• Relocation assistance provided:
  No.
• This is a remote position.