Technical Field Advisor
Job Summary
The Technical Field Advisor provides on-site technical direction for Steam Turbine Generator Systems at utility and industrial power plants. The role involves troubleshooting equipment, planning maintenance, and overseeing on-site repairs to ensure optimal plant performance. This position requires up to 80% travel and involves continuous technical training.
Responsibilities
- Manage and coordinate site steam power activities
- Perform installation, calibration, and preventive maintenance
- Troubleshoot equipment and handle emergency repairs
- Write technical reports and maintain customer documentation
- Supervise third-party critical tasks
Required Skills
- Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or 4+ years field experience
- Steam Turbine or Boiler operational knowledge
- Ability to interpret electrical/mechanical diagrams
- Proficiency with laser alignment and thermal growth equipment
- Available for 80% travel
Job Details
Your Role:
- Manage, perform, coordinate, and/or monitor Steam Power site activities.
- Perform on-site installation of systems and equipment and ongoing preventive maintenance, repair, and calibration after installation.
- Respond to requests for emergency repairs and services to troublesome equipment.
- Provide technical instruction and assistance to customer representatives regarding installation, operation, calibration, repair, and maintenance at customer's sites.
- Perform administrative functions such as: writing technical reports, ordering materials, securing quotations, preparing job status reports, reports to customers, time sheet and expense sheets on a complete timely, and thorough basis.
- Signs off on all changes implemented.
- Knowledge to troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance checkout for wide range of equipment vintage.
- Prepare timely and accurate technical reports for customer records and a reference for future outages.
- Ensure all parts needed for the job are shipped to the site.
- Perform aftermarket upgrades that need to be performed at the site level.
- Supervise critical tasks when these activities are performed by third parties (as measuring, dimensional checks, other considered by the management).
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited university with a 3.0 or higher GPA; or a High School Diploma / GED with 4+ years of experience in a Field Services or power generation equipment maintenance role.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 80% of the time.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience working on customer sites.
- Technically oriented, fast-learner, self-starter.
- Solid understanding of Steam Turbine Operation and Controlling Parameters OR Steam Boiler Operational Principals.
- Strong technical skill in reading and interpreting electrical/mechanical flow and instrument diagrams dial and laser alignment and thermal growth equipment.