Description :
Business Unit: GE Infrastructure, Energy
Function: Engineering/Technology
Location: Houston, TX
Job #: 811352
Posted: Jun 12, 2008 Responsibilities
*Predict and own total plant performance.
*Coordinate HMBs between process and power island.
*Review PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, and operating guidelines to ensure plant integration.
*Evaluate system integration during all modes of operation.
*Coordinate information from multiple organizations including external customer, vendors, contractors, consultants and various groups within GE.
*Leads projects and initiatives with broad scope and high impact to the business or is a recognized expert in a specialized field.
*Responsible for major and complex assignments with long-term business implications.
*This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional area of expertise.
*Provide consultation and technical direction to the engineering community on near term and longer-range projects with substantial business impact.
*Remain current in the state of the art within own technical specialty for new products introduction activity, performance improvements, cost reductions and problem resolutions.
*Assess the competition and propose alternatives to stay ahead in the industry.
*Support other GE businesses, supplier, and internal/external customers.
*Be a recognized leader in defining the state of the art in own technical specialty in order to anticipate, develop and apply technology to current and future business opportunities.
*Provide engineering support, within one's specialty, to teams working on performance, cost reduction and quality initiatives.
*Leverage expertise to resolve problems in the field or during the manufacturing processes.
*Make recommendations after analysis of the data using quality tools.
*Protect the Intellectual Property rights of the Company by driving creativity throughout the team.
*Function as program manager when appropriate.
*Provide technical guidance and mentoring to less experienced engineers.
*Develop and implement training modules as necessary.
Qualifications
*Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
*At least 5 additional years of experience in an engineering position.
Additional Requirements:
*You must submit your application for employment through gecareers.com to be considered.
*Must be 18 years or older.
*Must be willing to take a drug test as part of the selection process.
*Must be willing to submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process.
Desired
*Strong oral and written communication skills.
*Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
*Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
*Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
*Demonstrated leadership in advancing the state of the art in a technical specialty.
*Minimum 1 year experience in the Gasification Industry.
*Minimum 1 year experience with process and/or polygen plants.
General
*GE Energy's gasification business ( [link removed] ), based in Houston, Texas, is changing the way the world looks at coal-fired power generation with it's cleaner coal technology. For more than 50 years, GE has been helping customers convert coal to chemicals and other high value products in the power, industrial/chemicals and refinery/polygeneration industries. Today, we're using that experience to enable customers to use low cost coal resources in a cleaner way through our IGCC technology, an Imagination Breakthrough product. IGCC is certified under ecomagination, GE's corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges. Be part of our dynamic, innovative team and help change how the world utilizes its coal resources.
GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.
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