Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
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Role Definition
The incumbent in this position will be working extensively on Mechanical design and engineering involving Turbomachinery Packaging System design supporting industrial gas turbine packaging and associated gas compression and power generation systems engineering and design.
This includes:
- Designing packaging systems and equipment layouts.
- Selecting and integrating components into complete packages.
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives, new product development, and operational optimization to enhance system availability and reliability.
Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Independently investigate mechanical, hydro, shop, and field issues related to Solar Turbine products packaging systems.
- Develop and implement effective solutions to a wide range of shop and field problems.
- Design Hydraulics Systems / architecture / PID for New Product Development (NPD), Sustaining existing products (Current Product engineering), Cost Reduction, New Technology Introduction projects.
- Responsibilities to develop P&ID for Gas Fuel, Lube Oil, Liquid Fuel, Air Supply, Start, Compressor Seal, Water wash & Turbine systems being used in Gas turbines.
- Sizing the components like filters, regulators, Heaters, Coolers and Selection of Instruments, Valves and other components based on technical specifications.
- Perform hand calculations like pressure drop, Flow path, temperature etc
- Present and review your work in design review meetings to ensure alignment with engineering objectives.
- Provide innovative and creative solutions to complex design challenges.
- Lead and guide engineering teams in executing major projects.
- engage frequently with shop floor engineers, field engineers, suppliers, supply chain teams, and cross-functional groups including Controls, ELS, and HMI.
- Clearly communicate technical information related to your area of expertise.
- Apply standard engineering principles, concepts, and techniques in mechanical design and drafting/CAD.
- Interpret engineering drawings and apply analytical/scientific methods.
- Utilize engineering analysis techniques effectively.
- Demonstrate familiarity with gas turbine manufacturing processes, quality standards, design methodologies, and analysis practices.
- Coordinate with several functional teams to progress the design intent (Hydro/Electrical/HMI Groups)
- Good Presentation skill and demonstrate the capability through Design Review Meeting
- Strong knowledge on material properties and their performance considering offshore & Onshore loading conditions.
- Must apply practical design considerations and utilize technical knowledge to achieve design objectives relative to manufacturability, cost, quality, and durability.
- Support innovation by applying the most effective Design solution for new product development.
Qualification:
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent from an accredited college or university or equivalent relevant experience. 6-12 years’ experience (bachelor’s degree) or 5-8 years’ experience (Master’s degree) in Turbomachinery Packaging Systems Mechanical Design.
Knowledge on Gas Turbines and Packaging systems & components are added advantages.
Excellent communication, organizational and analytical skills are a must. Knowledge of gas turbine operations, and driven equipment
Excellent in modelling techniques using Creo parametric / Autodesk
Exposure to the use of Product Lifecycle Management tool – Windchill or Equivalent
Skill Descriptors
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
• Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
• Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
• Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
• Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
• Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
• Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.
• Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.
Team Management: Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Differentiates characteristics of effective and dysfunctional teams.
• Explains the importance of a cohesive team effort and the concept of synergy.
• Compares traditional teams to virtual teams.
• Identifies key factors and requisite activities for building an effective team.
Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Knowledge of design for manufacturability guidelines, methodologies, and use cases; ability to use this knowledge to optimize product designs and manufacturing operations.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Analyzes the implementation challenges of DFM methodologies and shares them with their supervisors.
• Documents each stage of the design process for audit and review purposes.
• Follows standard guidelines and best practices while carrying out DFM procedures.
• Implements DFM methodologies to standardize product designs, simplify operations, and reduce costs for certain types of manufacturing processes.
• Utilizes basic DFM tools and technologies to implement DFM methodologies.
Engineering - MFG: Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Assists in problem resolution, drafting and writing specifications for engineering practices.
• Works with basic, routine components of the engineering discipline in manufacturing.
• Performs basic installation, maintenance and repairs for a specific engineering function.
• Follows relevant standards, policies and practices in engineering operations.
• Reports unusual engineering issues and considerations regarding manufacturing operations to senior staff.
Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Documents test process and results; prepares and analyzes defect-tracking reports.
• Summarizes features of a specific product-testing process and associated procedures.
• Tests components for compliance with functional requirements and established conventions.
• Discusses and compares usability, safety and integration testing.
• Develops product-testing procedures; participates in selecting testing environment and tools.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Documents common hardware, software and communications problems and likely resolutions.
• Troubleshoots typical technical problems in a specific area.
• Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities to discover application problems.
• Adheres to standard troubleshooting procedures to ensure effectiveness of resolutions.
• Participates in setting evaluation standards and criterion for troubleshooting.
Relocation is available for this position.
Posting Dates:
December 9, 2025 - December 22, 2025
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