GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world?
What impact you’ll make
As a Lead Operations Technical Support Engineer within the Offshore Operations team, you will be an active contributor to safe and efficient turbine commissioning and operational performance optimization across Offshore Wind Turbine projects. You will play a key role in supporting offshore execution teams and Remote Operation Centers (ROC), ensuring technical excellence, system reliability, and timely project delivery during commissioning and service phases.Job Description
What you’ll do
- Provide first-level remote and onsite technical troubleshooting for wind turbine control and operation issues during commissioning and service.
- Manage and follow up technical cases, Work Orders, and Non-Conformities in accordance with project and quality processes.
- Support Work Order readiness by defining priorities and ensuring availability of parts, tools, instructions, and required competencies.
- Coordinate daily planning calls with offshore vessels and Remote Operation Centers to optimize execution activities.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Controls teams to develop test plans, self-tests, and commissioning protocols.
- Lead technical improvements related to main controller, HMI, SCADA, and turbine operational functions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on digitalization, automation, and EHS compliance.
What you’ll bring (Basic Qualifications)
- Degree or Diploma in Electrical, Mechatronics, or Industrial Engineering, with extensive experience in wind turbine operation, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
- Proven experience with wind turbine main controllers, including hardware, software, and HMI operation.
- Extensive experience in offshore wind farm operations, with ability to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to complex operational environments.
- Strong technical knowledge of wind turbine systems: electrical, mechanical, control systems, and network/communication systems.
- Travel to multiple sites across the UK, US, and Spain (approximately 30% of the time).
- Professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).
What will make you stand out
- Knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink and TwinCAT.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and goal-driven mindset.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing operational demands.
- Fluency in Spanish
Benefits Available to You
GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce: Our Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)
- Our compensation & benefits are designed to reward high performers and help you manage your personal and family needs. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements.
- A healthy, balanced lifestyle can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today.
- GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to grow your career by providing a path for continued on-the-job learning and development.
Inclusion
At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong. Click here to learn more: https://jobs.gecareers.com/vernova/global/en/i-d-e
Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: No
Skills Required
- Degree or Diploma in Electrical, Mechatronics, or Industrial Engineering
- Extensive experience in wind turbine operation and troubleshooting
- Proven experience with wind turbine main controllers
- Strong technical knowledge of wind turbine systems
- Professional proficiency in English
- Travel to multiple sites across the UK, US, and Spain approximately 30% of the time
GE Vernova Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Vernova and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Vernova.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.
GE Vernova Insights
What We Do
GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.
Why Work With Us
Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.
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