Senior Application Engineer

Job Description SummaryOwn the project control activity globally and drive consistent functional specifications and common global processes for projects implementation. Activities that are conducted to better understand or ultimately meet the expectations of the customer Responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline. Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results.
The job allows modification of procedures and practices covering work as long as the end results meet standards of acceptability (quality volume timeliness etc.)

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technological point person for the business for the entire Inquiry to Order (ITO) phase. Provides technical expertise and develops technical solutions (configuration performance estimation economics etc.) as part of the pre-ITO (requisition) process while interfacing with the commercial team.
• Deliver high technical quality of GEs proposals including processes & programs that make the proposals more accepted (compliant or clarified) effective and cost competitive to the customer with reduced overall-performance risk. Proposal must be clear provide customer value and demonstrate how GE meets their specification requirement.
• Responsible for technical proposal accuracy including technical specifications & clarifications/ assumptions/ exceptions quantifying design and deliverables installation work scope definition cost allocation bill of materials and estimation of engineering installation and testing/commissioning based on customer specifications and/or industry standards (IEEE NESC ANSI NEMA IEC etc.) sourcing and historical data.
• Perform basic studies necessary to verify proper specification and design of proposed solutions
• Provide technical support to create subcontractors and power equipment bid packages
• Augment the commercial team for customer presentations of technical capabilities and proposals
• Design and implement methodologies templates and libraries that provide the most accurate cost estimates with the least amount of engineering effort for a given customer scope.
• Write technical specifications for equipment and services working with PMs & Sourcing to manage quotes and vendor responses.
• Work with the Proposal Manager AE team and assigned multi-discipline engineers to provide up to full Engineer Procure & Construct estimates for conventional utility industrial & renewable substations P&C and equipment programs Systems & Communications projects and BOP projects including FACTS HVDC Segments
• Possesses a basic understanding of relevant markets and customer economic value that aid winning bid strategies.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management manufacturing technology or engineering.
• Works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent technical degree.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with design studies specifications estimating and construction experience in substation transmission or power generation projects for the power generation/distribution/transmission industry.
• Minimum 3 year of technical proposal writing and proposal management experience.
• Up to 20% travel (may include international travel) and must comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies.

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with large and complex Project proposal development.
• Experience with Full turnkey solutions EPC EPCI including Civil works.
• Passion to win--constantly providing ways to improve hit rate. Ability to develop the technical strategy after ensuring customers CTQs are understood and the outcome desired by the customer is defined.
• Basic expertise in the design of Power Transmission and Distribution equipment & systems electrical substation and protection devices. Knowledge of equipment installation construction and field operations.
• Experience with (and estimating the effort for) engineering design packages including drawings calculations studies and bills of materials.
• Experience with power system studies and the application of MV/HV/EHV/UHV gear.
• Knowledge of project estimating methods and cost engineering theory.
• Knowledge of HV/EHV substation physical/outdoor design and construction including foundation design and site preparation.
• Knowledge of substation protection & control schemes SCADA communication systems factory and site testing commissioning methods and maintenance.
• Construction field testing and commissioning experience.
• Knowledge of and experience using Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) & American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards and codes such as the National Electric Code (NEC) and NESC.
• Knowledge of the American Association of Cost Engineer (AACE) principles.
• Experience in computer aided estimating programs (Success Timberline MC2 HardDollar etc.).
• Working knowledge of power systems automation equipment SCADA applications and communication applications.
• PE license in the United States/Canada
• Working knowledge of professional estimating software. Experience in using national databases as estimating guides such as R. S. Means and Richardson.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1