Siemens Gamesa

About the role

Location: Port Harcourt

Mode of Employment: Full-time

Position Title: Technical Field Advisor

A Snapshot of Your Day

Technical Field Advisor at Siemens Energy

This role serves as a company's technical Field Advisor (TFA) and administrative representative, resident engineer, and handles customer service assignments. It involves on-site preventive and scheduled maintenance, call-out services, and new unit commissioning activities on gas turbine product lines and packages. Mission: Under applicable direction and instructions, independently determine and develop solutions to customer requirements and problems.

How You’ll Make an Impact  

• Understand and comply with company and customer safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure adherence to the work permit system.
• Maintain safe practices and sites.
• Participate in general safety and toolbox safety meetings. Suggest safety improvements. Quality: Ensure customer expectations are met or exceeded.
• Conduct all maintenance activities in accordance with company policy, manufacturer's recommendations, and good practices.
• Possess basic knowledge of maintenance methods and experience with products and equipment associated with primary packages.
• Recognize abnormal sounds, vibrations, and potential safety issues early and take action to prevent serious hazards that could lead to equipment damage or production loss.
• Provide timely and daily reports to relevant managers on ongoing projects or daily work.
• Stay updated on pending work and personnel required to complete projects.
• Ensure necessary parts are available and submit materials requisitions when needed.
• Provide accurate feedback and communication in pre-planned report formats. Maintain and update equipment histories to forecast equipment utilization and efficiency effectively.
• Coordinate necessary changes to ensure efficient operations with minimal downtime.
• Communicate and report effectively to immediate supervision and, if applicable, to customer representatives.
• Utilize sound judgment when analysing problems.
• Resolve issues with minimal supervision promptly and cost-effectively.
• Master all procedures and options for identifying information sources and technical advice.
• Possess sufficient product knowledge to repair, remove, and install gas turbine engines, including components/systems, and interpret applicable drawings and technical manuals. Scheduling: Provide short- to medium-term scheduling of personnel and materials required for routine maintenance and plant commissioning.
• Engage operations strategically in releasing equipment timely for maintenance. Assist technically with operations and maintenance crew if workload exceeds available personnel.
• Monitor maintenance services or installation support to ensure compliance with company policy, manufacturer recommendations, and safety standards.

What You Bring 

• Verifiable over over 5 years of working experience with gas turbines and rotating equipment in a related industry.
• Computer literacy with MS Windows Suite, software applications, and basic electronic hardware handling.
• Experience with recognized gas turbine product lines and/or extensive continuous occupation as a gas turbine engineer.
• Technical qualification in University Engineering Degrees, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, or extensive years of experience with equivalent certificates. Experience in an onshore/offshore environment is essential.
• Deep knowledge of rotating equipment packages is an asset. Familiarity with Gas Turbine engine theory, package systems theory, and operational knowledge will be advantageous.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Rewards

• Working with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Possibility to take over further tasks within the company
• Supportive work culture
• Medical benefits
• Remote/Flexible work
• Time off/Paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform

• e-Learning
• Mentorship
• Coaching

·       Open feedback culture

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.