Job Description Summary
The turbine lead Engineer should be the technical person responsible for turbine mechanical design coordination in a project execution . He will be responsible to give ll all the need technical support not only to the engineering team but also to the other cross functional areas.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Be the technical person in charge of hydro turbine mechanical design on a new or refurbishment project, supported by Principal/Consulting Engineers.
- Analyze technical information from Work Packages (Technical Specifications, Division of Work) and participate in identifying the risks and opportunities of the project on technical matters.
- Plan and follow project engineering basic design phase and coordinate with Hydraulic design team (hydraulic test lab) and Special Calculation team.
- Perform designs and calculations of turbine components and validate critical ones with Principal/Consulting Engineers.
- Direct and manage design reviews, 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.
- Occasionally conduct site visits to assess the existing turbine and participate to signature tests on the unit before disassembly at site.
- Provide technical support to Supply Chain and to Site Installation team (erection and commissioning) of sub-assemblies / components under your responsibility.
- Follow up the performance testing of the prototype turbine on site.
- Develop tools and design guides for turbine engineering.
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering including a minimum of 5-10 years of relevant experience in mechanical design.
- Experience with NX, AutoCad and/or SolidWorks .
- Demonstrate 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.
- Availability for occasional travel, in Brazil, Canada and USA.
- Willingness to develop in-depth knowledge of hydro technical discipline using prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.
- Strong oral and written communication skills in both Portuguese and English (French is a plus).
- Interact fluidly with colleagues in our other facilities across and/or outside Brazil, and who are generally unable to communicate in Portuguese and whose language at work is predominantly English.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Ability to influence others and lead small teams.
- Ability to coordinate several mandates simultaneously.
- Effective problem identification and solution skills.
- Proven analytical and organizational ability.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No