Steam Turbine Design PE-CTH

Job Description Summary

Principal Engineer Role Overview:
The Steam Turbine Design & Integration Principal Engineer serves as a recognized subject matter expert and provides advanced technical leadership to the Engineering team. This role is responsible for driving engineering excellence, supporting mid-level complexity projects, and mentoring next generation engineers. The Principal Engineer collaborates cross-functionally to drive risk management while fostering innovative solutions to meet business and customer solutions

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• The Principal Engineer holds significant technical authority within their domain, setting standards and making decisions that influence project outcomes
• Lead end-to-end design, analysis, and implementation of engineering solutions for moderate-to-high complexity projects
• Own crucial projects for the success of Steam Turbine Engineering
• Act as a technical resource and subject matter expert within Steam Turbine Design & Integration, providing global guidance to project teams and stakeholders
• Drive Technical rigor to develop safe, high-quality products while being actively Engaged during design process
• Review and approve engineering documentation and deliverables to ensure compliance with internal and external standards
• Serve as a single point authoritative technical contact in Steam Turbine engineering throughout the business including suppliers, sub-suppliers and field support
• Drive innovation & stay current with relevant technologies, regulations, and industry trends by attending conferences and interfacing with academia
• Maintain an active role in developing and defining the state of the art in Steam Turbine design in order to anticipate, apply, adapt or develop technologies for introduction
• Interface with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to resolve technical issues and ensure successful project execution
• Drive problem resolution across disciplines, identifying risks & mitigations to the system level
• Identify and implement process improvements thru Lean and Artificial Intelligence to improve safety, quality and cost of products
• Assist identifying skill gaps within Steam Turbine design and recommend training sessions to address these gaps.
• Develop breadth by interfacing directly with adjacent functional teams to drive system level understanding and solutions
• Mentor and coach next generation engineers; facilitate knowledge sharing across teams
• Lead the development of technical standards, best practices, design practices and process improvements
• Exercise Curiosity by striving for improved products & processes to support customers
• Be a Helpful resource to all levels of the global engineering team and encourage dialogue between all groups
• Own and shape Steam Turbine engineering team culture and identity, establishing values, norms, and ways of working that promote inclusion, psychological safety, accountability, and high performance

• This role requires major experience in Engineering/Technology & Services Engineering. Knowledge level is comparable to a Master's degree from an accredited university or college
• Demonstrated expertise in subject matter area applying fundamentals of Mechanical Design, including: material properties, statics/dynamics, strength of materials, fluid dynamics, lifing methods related to fatigue (LCF & HCF), Stress/Strain, Creep, Heat Transfer.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• At least 8 additional years of experience in an engineering capacity

• Proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver results.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated ability to provide clear communications and solid leadership on challenging technical issues
• Experience interfacing with customers, conferences, user groups
• Customer-focused with clear, concise written and oral communications at the appropriate level
• Experience and demonstrated success working in a complex cross-functional global environment
• Servant leadership mindset
• Restless dissatisfaction with "the way things are done" ... focused on continuous improvement
• Data-driven but decisive despite ambiguity
• Humble, open, collaborative, and continuously learning
• Able to travel globally as needed
• Leadership to pursue correct engineering process in adverse conditions