About the role
The Senior Engineer – Steam Turbine Application Engineering will lead critical and complex customer proposals, shape winning solutions, and provide technical leadership across global teams. This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who combines strong steam turbine knowledge with commercial awareness, customer focus, and cross-functional leadership.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Own the technical content of proposals for GE Vernova Steam Turbine configurations in partnership with the Commercial Operations and Design Engineering teams to help secure new orders.
- Review customer and EPC requests for proposal (RFPs) to evaluate technical requirements and define the appropriate steam turbine scope of supply.
- Develop technical comments, clarifications, and exceptions to customer specifications, clearly identifying areas of compliance and deviation.
- Identify special customer requirements and work with engineering and sourcing teams to develop competitive, executable solutions.
- Define proposal strategies for steam turbine and associated equipment on large, complex projects.
- Partner with Engineering, Commercial Operations, Product Finance, and Product Line teams to align technical scope, cost, schedule, and bid strategy.
- Lead technical discussions with regional application engineering teams, product engineering, execution engineering, and subject matter experts to deliver high-quality proposals.
- Support early-stage customer engagement by helping guide customers toward preferred configurations and standard offerings where appropriate.
- Lead technical scope and cost reviews for key opportunities, with support from the costing team as needed.
- Mentor less experienced engineers and help build technical capability across the global application engineering team.
- Drive continuous improvement in tools, methods, standard work, quality, productivity, and cycle time.
- Support the introduction of new products and features to improve steam turbine competitiveness in the market.
- Stay current on product developments, industry trends, and internal processes, and promote their effective adoption within the team.
- Be available for occasional international travel to support customer meetings and technical clarifications.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent knowledge/experience.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in design engineering, application engineering or project execution within the power generation industry.
- Significant experience working with customers on combined cycle power projects.
Desired Characteristics
- Strong knowledge of steam turbine product portfolios, performance, and associated balance-of-plant equipment.
- Experience in tendering, proposal development, and deal strategy for new units or steam power services.
- Understanding of combined cycle plant requirements and the ability to evaluate technical and commercial trade-offs.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical reviews across global teams.
- Demonstrated success driving Lean or continuous improvement initiatives.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes