Generator Field Service Repair Technician

Generator Field Service Repair Technician

We are seeking a Field Service Repair Technician to work out of our Milwaukee Service Center. The FS Repair Technician will troubleshoot and repair turbines, stators, and rotors in generators at customer locations. The candidate will learn to operate test equipment, diagnose issues, and determine necessary repairs. Responsibilities include assisting in testing components, using precision measuring instruments, coordinating field service tooling, and maintaining a professional image at job sites.

The role also involves learning advanced turbine and stator repair techniques, handling various resins and solvents, operating portable milling machines, and using overhead cranes and lift trucks.

• Help construct and operate testing equipment to identify problems and determine necessary field service.
• Assist with paperwork, including test data, daily logs, job information, timesheets, and final reports.
• Learn procedures for rewinding, rewelding, re blocking, rebuilding stator bars/coils or cores, and repairing turbines and related components.
• Gain knowledge in winding insulation, curing, cooling stator bars/coils, and blocking bars/coils.
• Build and assemble slot wedges into stator core grooves.
• Acquire skills in stator core construction methods, including flooding, end winding, side bar packing, top and bottom filler, and resistance temperature detectors.
• Work with various resins and solvents.
• Become proficient with various hand and power tools.
• Learn to operate a portable milling machine and wire welding procedures.
• Help inventory and ensure supplies and equipment are in good working order before and after job site visits.
• Operate overhead cranes and lift trucks properly.
• Maintain a simplified tooling process by ensuring all responsible parties for a field project are aware of all tools sent out.
• Prepare purchase requisitions for tooling, materials, and chemicals, coordinating with various suppliers.
• Customize tooling designs or fabrication with various departments.
• Coordinate shipping and receiving of field service tooling to job sites.
• Inspect tools, including calibration and restocking, and follow procedures for testing electrical equipment.
• Coordinate the calibration of tooling and fabricate or modify as needed.
• Develop a mindset for service and courtesy.
• Perform other tasks requiring similar or lesser skills, usually of short duration to meet field service requirements.

• Up to 90%

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Trade or Technical Degree in a related field preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience with working knowledge of shop practices and basic electrical and mechanical fundamentals, gained through vocational training.
• Minimum 3 years previous experience in a similar or related role or 1-3 years’ experience in power generation field service, in lieu of vocational training.
• Cooperative work crew skills, as work is performed at field locations.
• Proficient in basic arithmetic operations, including decimals and fractions, and able to use formulas, blueprints, specifications, and tables.
• Skilled in using various precision measuring instruments. Familiarity with hand tools.
• Capable of operating overhead cranes and fork trucks.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and able to learn new software programs, such as Oracle for purchase requisitions.
• Previous experience in millwright, carpentry, welding, electrical, or HVAC roles preferred.
• Knowledgeable in Asbestos abatement and lead awareness training preferred.
• Possess a valid driver’s license for travel to customer sites.
• Must be able to pass requirements to gain unescorted access to a nuclear facility.
• Must be able to work without restriction throughout U.S. Canada, and Mexico.

The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision and Ability to adjust focus. While…