Seasonal Generator Services Field Engineer-P

A Snapshot of Your Day

Seasonal Generator Field Services Engineer provides field engineering oversight on all types of generator work for a minimum of 1560 hours per year. The successful candidate performs inspection, testing, communicates to customers both internal and external, and provides crew supervision. Typical work weeks while in the field range from 60-91 hours per week.

This position offers 4 months of optional work time to help with the employee’s work-life balance

The Seasonal Generator Field Services Engineer will be accountable to perform crew supervision, inspection, testing, and communication to customers both internal and external. This position is part of Turbine and Generator Specialty Services based in Region North America but serves customers globally. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys traveling and is looking to begin their engineering career!

The Generator Field Services Engineer provides the same support but does not have optional working months.

These positions are part of the Turbine and Generator Specialty Services based in Region North America but serve customers globally.

These opportunities are great roles for someone who enjoys traveling, is a self starter who enjoys using all available resources and is able to build innovative solutions to challenging mechanical issues, and is looking to begin or continue their engineering career with a growing dynamic company!

How You’ll Make an Impact

• You will work directly with our leading staff of field service engineers to develop skills that include equipment operation, maintenance, job site safety, project management, leadership, and Siemens Energy’s business systems
• As a Field Service Engineer, you'll be supervising technicians working on generator equipment during power plant maintenance shutdowns (outages), both planned and unplanned system outages which can occur due to equipment performance issues.
• You will be responsible for visual inspections, electrical and mechanical testing, and collaborating with engineering to provide recommendations to the customer about potential unit repairs.
• You will be collaborating with our worldwide engineering staff to perform specialized mechanical and electrical testing
• You will serve as the primary customer contact during outages and ensure that repairs are made in a timely and accurate manner

What You Bring

• You have or are currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or related field.
• You enjoy using both your mind and your hands to seek sophisticated mechanical problems while working closely on a team and with our customers to provide outstanding service
• You are a self-starting leader, who enjoys using all available resources and leading others to build innovative solutions to challenging mechanical issues
• You enjoy travel – so much that you are okay with traveling for extended periods of time. Typically, Our Field Service Engineers will travel 200-250 days per year for anywhere from 2-15 weeks at a time.
• While deployed, you will work extended working hours of up to 12-14 hours per day including weekends/holidays, 6 – 7 days per week. A typical work week can be 60-84 hours.
• You can: ascend/descend ladders to examine equipment, position yourself to examine equipment including in confined spaces, move boxes weighing up to 40 pounds, work in outdoor weather conditions, walk long distances and share cramped office trailer with other employees.

Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

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