Senior Combustion Turbine Engineer
BlueWave is hiring a Senior Combustion Turbine Engineer for a utilities and power generation client based in South Florida. As a Senior Combustion Turbine Engineer, you will provide technical support for combustion turbine assets, lead troubleshooting and reliability efforts, and support outage planning and execution. This role combines engineering analysis, field support, maintenance strategy, and collaboration with equipment manufacturers and plant operations teams.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical engineering support for assigned combustion turbine assets
- Lead equipment troubleshooting and root cause analyses
- Coordinate with equipment manufacturers on technical issues, repairs, and reliability initiatives
- Support outage planning, execution, and post-outage reviews
- Evaluate component reliability, durability, and maintenance strategies
- Recommend repairs and maintenance priorities to plant operations teams
- Support fleet reliability improvement initiatives
- Manage engineering requests, work orders, and technical documentation
- Travel to plant sites throughout Florida to support operations and outages
- Collaborate with senior engineers and technical leadership on strategic initiatives
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in engineering
- Five or more years of relevant engineering experience
- Hands-on combustion turbine experience
- Experience in gas turbine engineering, maintenance, or reliability
- Experience troubleshooting combustion turbine equipment and auxiliary systems
- Experience supporting root cause analyses and outage activities
- Knowledge of lube oil, hydraulic, gas fuel, and liquid fuel systems
- Experience working with plant operations teams and equipment manufacturers
- Strong communication and technical decision-making skills
- Ability to travel approximately 25% to 30% throughout Florida
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working for a turbine equipment manufacturer
- Utility or independent power producer experience
- Field engineering or combined-cycle plant experience
- Experience with turbine control systems
- Six Sigma certification
- Strong spreadsheet and data-analysis skills
- Experience with computerized maintenance management systems
Employment Type: Full-Time, direct hire in South Florida; onsite five days per week with approximately 25% to 30% travel. Relocation assistance may be available.
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