Senior Engineer – Change Control Board Chair

Employer description

Job Description SummaryThe Configuration Management (CM) organization is responsible for transforming product requirements as well as engineering design intent into actionable product definition.

Through utilization of our Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) GTCC tool and Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) space, we are able to deliver on-time and quality product definition to supply chain functions globally. Gas Power (GP) organization’s customers are also partners and consumers of CM output.

The Senior Engineer – CCB Chair is a leadership board member of the Change Management team and responsible for evaluating high complexity change requests for and across Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Generator, Heat Recovery Steam Generation (HRSG), Balance of Plant (BOP) and Aeroderivative products. The objects subject to initial release and change consist of CAD models, parts, hardware & Unit BOMs, drawings and documents. Changes occur throughout the lifecycle of the products and projects that span across NPIs, New Unit and Services requisitions, and maintenance of As-Running configurations.

We are the Subject Matter and Systems Engineering Experts of the Change Control Process. We leverage our expertise in the review of change requests to ensure they are correctly explained, defined at the source, scoped and implemented in downstream tools and processes, while following official procedures and work instructions to help ensure quality in our Master Data.

We conduct impact analysis (cost, schedule, units, other organization, …) and mitigate potential risks in the change execution and implementation. We also facilitate collaboration with stakeholders to drive upfront involvement and acceptance of the change results.

Job DescriptionRoles and Responsibilities

CCB Chair for high complexity changes – Review/approve Change Issues (CHGIs) from the PLM GTCC queue across a minimum of three technologies (GT, ST, GEN, HRSG, Aero, BOP) according to SW, conduct impact analysis to help ensure all affected items are considered, and the change is thoroughly implementedServe as CCB Chair focal for Aeroderivative segment of the Systems Engineering Architecture, coordinate resources in the execution of daily change management tasks aligned to the work scope, train and coach team members aligned to the segmentLead Daily Management for quality and on-time execution of PLM GTCC Change Issues (CHGIs) and Change Actions (CAs), which involves conducting daily meetings, utilizing dashboards to assess and present wing-to-wing status, assigning tasks to CCB team members, notifying and driving task completion by pending approvers, resolving issues and implementing actions to mitigate risksOwner of OTD and quality Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for change executionSupport Change Management Principal Engineer towards improving operational KPIs, process enhancement/harmonization and breakthrough objectivesOwnership of Aero Industrialization scopeEngage in change process development and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in PALM toolLead Technical Change Forum (TCF) meetings in reviewing proposed changes and analyzing impact, engage in Helpchat to provide guidance and answer questions raised by change requestersLead/support change management training sessions for stakeholders and customers, develop training materialsDefine and lead ideas to simplify, improve and harmonize processes, always with global perspectiveLead/support cross-functional business initiatives to increase productivity and eliminate escaping defects, engage in the development and testing of AI and automation toolsActively participates in continuous improvement (Lean) events when required, develop Standard Work, create and maintain quality documents, procedures and work instructionsDrive upfront collaboration with stakeholders for P2V, NCR, NPI, RCA projects
Required Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or Computer ScienceMinimum 10 years’ experience as Design Engineer and/or Systems EngineerStrong organizational, facilitation and leadership skillsProven record of concurrently managing projects, monitoring progress and qualityClear thinking, open to innovative ideas and demonstrated experience in the implementation of new tools and processes
Desired Characteristics

Demonstrated change management experience within Gas Power organization, proficient in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) GTCC toolDemonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with Design Engineering, Project Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain and Services Parts teams

Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: Yes