Project Engineer - Gas Turbine

Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. in Lake Mary, Florida is looking for a Gas Turbine Project Engineer. Hybrid Schedule (3 days a week in the office).

SUMMARY

Mitsubishi Power Americas is a major power generation equipment and storage solutions provider for the energy industry. Our goal is to empower our customers to affordably and reliably combat climate change and advance human prosperity using our technologies. Our products include advanced class gas turbines, hydrogen gas turbines, lithium ion and flow battery technologies, digital solutions, and renewable energy project development. 

The GT Project Engineer leads the engineering and design team, assuming overall responsibility for successful technical project execution. The GT Project Engineer acts as a liaison between the engineering team, project management and the customer with the responsibility for integrating the various engineering, scheduling, and purchasing aspect of the project in accordance with contract obligations. Familiarity with gas turbine and gas turbine auxiliaries design and construction is required (mechanical, electrical, and I&C). Familiarity with Steam turbine, Generator, and BOP design and construction is desirable.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as single point of contact for EPC, Owner’s Engineer, and Customer on all technical issues related to execution of power projects. Interpret and integrate design requirements from parent company or customer (per contract specifications).
• Leads the planning, setup, and monitoring of the project systems (e.g. kick-offs, MDL, DOR, contract deviation list), inter-discipline workflows and coordination of design activities through engineering disciplines as well as resolution of inter-disciplinary issues. 
• Understands the Contract requirements and supports the translation of the scope of work to the discipline engineering teams.  
• Monitors schedules, budgets, and estimates through completion to ensure the project finishes on time and within budget. Leads periodic reviews of engineering execution schedule and budget, expediting of engineering teams (e.g. two-week deliverables look-ahead), escalation of needs (e.g. action items and hot lists) and reporting of project technical delivery status (e.g. monthly reports). 
• Supports Project Managers and Lead Project Engineer in tracking and compiling any design or specification changes and their resultant impacts (e.g. ECNs and contract deviations). 
• Conducts regular meetings with international affiliated companies to ensure successful project implementation.   
• Ability to perform multi-tasks and multidisciplinary communication. 
• Reviews and comments, as required, on project documents and drawings to meet contractual obligations for document flow. 
• Assists in the specification, bid analysis, vendor selection, and capacity assessment for MPWA sourced equipment for Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Projects. 
• Maintains familiarity with engineering codes as they apply to Combustion Turbines and Auxiliary equipment, including but not limited to, ASME, ANSI, AWS, API, ASTM, NFPA and NEC. 

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.  
• Strive for excellence through developing concepts to improve processes and reduce costs. 
• Follow up and resolve any pending items that are found during or remain after completion of Project execution up to the expiration of Warranty period. 
• Collaborates with Global Sourcing, Quality Assurance, and Project Managers in the coordination of vendors/subcontractors. 
• Assist Application Engineering Group in reviewing, and evaluating Customer Specification together with parent company, as necessary. 
• Protect Company confidential information by not communicating, disclosing, or using for benefit of third parties and maintain the highest degree of honesty and integrity at all times. 
• Comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures, reporting all unsafe activities to Management and/or Human Resources. 
• Contribute to building a positive team spirit. 
• Communicate effectively with all levels of employees. 
• Perform other duties that may be assigned from time to time. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EDUCATION

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Engineering required. Six to eight (6 – 8) years of directly related technical experience.Experience with power plants, project management and gas turbines is required.

• Desirable But Not Required Master’s Degree in Engineering. P.E. license. Knowledge of SP3D software. Experience with ISO procedures and OSHA safety requirements.  International business experience.  Japanese language fluency and/or Spanish language fluency. 

• Language Skills: Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers. 

• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 

• Computer Skills: Knowledge of project management (e.g. MS Projects), spreadsheet (e.g. MS Excel), word processing (e.g. MS Words), electronic mail (e.g. MS Outlook), 3D graphics (e.g. SmartPlant/PDMS), and technical diagrams/flow charts (e.g. MS Visio). 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Possible travel of 5% Domestic and International to customer offices and construction sites is required.

WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?

• Excellent Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision & 401K Matching).
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities.
• Tuition reimbursement and on-the-job training.
• Paid vacation, sick time and holidays.
• Committed to quality products and services.
• Great working environment and culture.
• Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.

Mitsubishi is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer actively seeking to diversify the workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. Therefore, all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally recognized protected basis under applicable law, are strongly encouraged to apply.

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