Gas Turbine Project Engineer II

Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. in Orlando, FL is looking for a Gas Turbine Project Engineer II.

Summary

The Gas turbine Project Engineer II is responsible for tracking and reporting progress of engineering support activities for all Aux, Gas, and Steam Turbines Service Engineering projects, and for monitoring open actions submitted to and accepted by the department.  Identify process improvements to make schedule performance and resource allocation visible, provide early identification of potential schedule deviations, when required deliverables cannot meet schedule expectations provide schedule impacts of potential modifications for those authorized to make assignment/schedule changes. 

The ideal candidate should have the ability to work with multiple discipline projects and demonstrate excellent project management and supervision skills. You should also have excellent organizational, time management, leadership, and decision-making skills and have a track record of success in projects or program management. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Create an organized schedule for each assigned project from tasks defined by Systems Engineer and Engineering Managers/Leads, accounting for resource workload levels, to meet commercial need dates.  
• Identify and create milestones within each project’s schedule that are required for reporting out to the business. 
• Utilize Primavera (P6), Power BI, and Windchill applications (or other tools as appropriate) for schedule creation, project reporting, and active task management. 
• Cultivate and disseminate technical knowledge and best practices while leading coordinated effort to standardize project management processes and training / on boarding documentation. 
• Oversee budgetary, scheduling, and project databases, and report regularly to project manager on progress as well as on problems that could significantly affect cost or schedule. 
• Host status meetings, distribute minutes, maintain the Action Item list, and provide outage level schedule risk reports (red, yellow, green). 
• Obtain a fundamental understanding of the purpose and role the engineering tasks have within the larger project’s success. 
• Engage with Systems Engineer and Engineering Managers/Leads to improve engineering schedule fidelity on a continuous basis. 
• Develop and maintain automated reporting on department performance related to on-time task completion. 
• Track schedule performance of department accepted projects by working with department managers/leads to verify assigned engineers are updating their time spent in Windchill and communicating risk on assigned tasks. 
• Work with management to provide routine reports that enable progress assessment on committed projects and engineering resource availability and make recommendations on improving these reports. 
• Follow the planning and implementation of new products to ensure that emergent engineering action items are addressed.  This interaction will involve communications with LTSA, Field Service, Manufacturing, Purchasing and other relevant organizations. 
• Maintain a forecast for proposals and work with System Engineer and Engineering Managers to define a preliminary schedule for proposed work.  Communicate deadline for starting work to the sales leads. 
• Identify and propose solutions for priority conflicts due to outage schedule shifts or new work requests. 
• Support each department as needed for creating purchase requests. 
• Perform other duties that may be assigned.

Other Duties & Responsibilities

• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures reporting all unsafe activities to Management and/or Human Resources.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Contribute to building a positive team spirit.
• Communicate effectively with subordinates and management at all levels.
• Protect confidential information by not communicating, disclosing to, or using for benefit of third parties.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Support nights and weekends to uphold customer needs and project/production schedules.
• Some overnight travel by land and/or air (up to 15%) by land and/or air.
• Always maintain the highest degree of honesty and integrity.
• Must be permanent resident of United States due to export control restrictions.

Knowledge, Skills, & Education

• Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in Mechanical Engineering or other relevant Engineering field; past practical experience in schedule and resource management of six (6) years or more. A minimum of 3 years engineering or project management experience is required. 
• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, engineering drawings, engineering specifications for material, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Computer Skills: Advanced personal computer skills including MS Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, and Project) and specialized scheduling applications with emphasis on Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and MS Power BI.  Experience with Windchill Project Link, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics preferred. 

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 product 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.