Job Description Summary

Job Description

Do you want to help shape the next generation of steam turbine upgrades and retrofits for major fossil and nuclear projects?

GE Vernova is looking for an exceptional Sr Principal Engineer CTH - Steam Turbine Upgrades & Retrofits Integration to join our Power team based in Rugby, UK, Querétaro, Mexico and Baden, Switzerland.

GE Vernova - The Energy to Change the World

With over 130 years of experience and proven innovation, GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy. We are electrifying the world while working to decarbonize it. Our name reflects our mission. “GE” carries a legacy of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” signals Earth’s lush ecosystems, while “Nova” nods to a new era of lower-carbon energy we are helping to deliver.

Focused on the future, GE Vernova is accelerating the shift to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. We help customers power economies and deliver electricity vital to health, safety, and quality of life.

Power

Our Power portfolio provides sustainable, more efficient energy solutions. With expertise across Gas, Hydro, Nuclear, and Steam Power, we help customers deliver electricity to homes, industries, and communities worldwide.

Let’s Talk about the Role

As Sr Principal Engineer CTH - Steam Turbine Upgrades & Retrofits Integration, you serve as a technical authority for steam turbine upgrade and retrofit integration across fossil and nuclear projects, guiding work from tendering through to project execution.

You lead technical reviews, support tenders and projects, shape design rules and technology roadmaps, and help ensure upgrade solutions are rigorous, consistent, and aligned to best practice. You work closely with engineering teams, customers, and suppliers to resolve complex technical issues, reduce risk, improve customer value, and strengthen engineering productivity. You also support knowledge sharing, mentoring, and the development of technical capability across global teams.

How You Will Make a Difference

• Technical authority for Fossil and Nuclear Steam Turbine retrofits including oOEM
• Serve as Lead Reviewer to tenders and projects in execution for the Fossil and Nuclear Steam Turbine retrofits to ensure its rigorous, consistent, and challenging application across projects. This will involve close liaison and cooperation with the PEM community
• Guide and review NPIs for the Nuclear upgrade design (e.g. HP mixing chamber design)
• Defining technology and tools roadmap with the goal to drive customer value and engineering productivity.
• Authority and technical competence for ITB technology being applied in large upgrades
• Represent GEV technical expertise and technology in front of customers
• Provide technical consultancy to the global engineering teams to assist the resolution of specific technical issues encountered on projects.
• Actively participate in special (non-routine) technical investigations, including RCAs initiated in response to NCRs, engineering issues, operational incidents, etc.
• Ensure that the available design rules (design practices, methods & standards) meet the requirements of the ITR SPS business for project execution, consistent with current best practice and experience feedback. This includes liaison to initiate and drive the preparation or modification of ‘standard’ design rules for new / existing products, as well as new NPI projects to support future market development and competitive positioning of products.
• Actively participate in Tender kick-off meetings to provide technical consultancy that complements the formal experience feedback process into Tendering, thereby minimizing technical risks from the outset.
• Promote the development, capture and sharing of best practice knowledge and ensure consistent application across SP Operations Engineering.
• Assist in the development of technical resources through mentoring, advising, and supporting the global engineering teams during the design review process & associated specific technical reviews.

Skills for Success

You are a technically strong, collaborative engineering leader who brings deep steam turbine knowledge, sound judgement, and a pragmatic approach to complex retrofit and upgrade challenges.

• Deep technical expertise in design principals, proprietarily design tools and operational experience of the Rugby-ITB technology being todays standard for Fossil and Nuclear upgrades
• Significant experience in steam turbine design with technical responsibility
• Effectively communicate and provide recommendations through the analysis, preparation and presentation of technical data.
• Able to interface effectively with all levels of the organization as well as represent the business externally with customers/suppliers.
• Lead with uncompromising standards for integrity, compliance, and safety.
• Focused, continual improvement mindset.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Collaborative, inclusive, and supportive behaviors.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Pragmatic outlook.
• Problem solving skills.

A formal education and subsequent University Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field are nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position based in our Rugby, UK, Querétaro, Mexico and Baden, Switzerland offices.

Our Culture

Every action shapes our future. That’s why our north star is a culture of impact, where everyone is empowered to thrive and achieve.

Addressing the urgent need to build a more sustainable electric power system while improving the trajectory of climate change emissions are global priorities, and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world. We play a significant role in leading a new era of energy.

Our technology helps generate approximately twenty-five percent of the world’s electricity today, and we are working to power the rest. If we want the future of energy to be different, then join us and be the difference. Together, we are the Energy of Change!

We're determined to be the best place to grow

We believe that strong careers are built on a variety of experiences, strong connections, and continuous development. We’re committed to providing you the tools to navigate and shape a strong career journey that aligns with a healthy work-life balance. No two careers are the same, and yours should reflect your personal and professional goals. Your people leader and trusted mentors will support you through navigating your journey.

We also prioritize fair pay, performance-based rewards, and wellbeing programs for you and your family. With opportunities to move across teams and functions, your career can keep evolving while sustainability stays at the core of everything we do.

Inclusion & Diversity

We are passionate about creating an inclusive work environment. By valuing the ideas and contributions of a diverse workforce we help inspire others to grow, succeed, and raise the bar for everyone.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, GE Vernova is committed to support disadvantaged groups whilst providing equal opportunities for both GE Vernova associates and applicants alike.

Join us at GE Vernova where results can be achieved by embracing a community of belonging.

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