Advisory Engineer
Babcock & Wilcox · Akron, OH · 4 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
Duties
- Performs site inspections and technical assistance during plant outages, which may extend for prolonged durations depending on outage scope and project requirements
- Manages multiple contracts of varying size, scope, and duration simultaneously
- Interacts with external customers, A&Es, and vendors to support project execution
- Collaborates with B&W engineering, manufacturing, and purchasing teams on field project development and execution
- Defines project scope and proposes solutions to meet customer needs and objectives
- Reviews customer specifications to establish accurate project and proposal scopes
- Develops project estimates and generates estimates to support contract execution
- Maintains accurate field contract cost tracking against estimates
- Participates in onsite meetings, project activities, and field engagements as required
- Prepares technical engineering documentation and project reports
- Develops innovative technical solutions to resolve customer issues and operational challenges
- Supervises and directs service engineers in project support activities
- Trains and mentors service engineers on field project execution and best practices
- Assists District Engineers with office responsibilities, including customer communication and scheduling when needed
- Promotes inspection services and parts sales opportunities
- Trains and develops new sales engineers on products and service offerings
- Leverages existing customer and vendor relationships to drive business growth
- Supports research and development initiatives through field feedback and technical input
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering from an ABET/EAC accredited program required
- 10+ years’ of relevant field experience required in the power segment
- Advanced knowledge of Bowl Mill Pulverizers including journal assemblies
- Advanced knowledge of integral-type and double/triple reduction Pulverizer gearboxes
- Possesses advanced oral and written communication skills
- Must be able to work both independently and in a group setting
- Comfortable communicating with both internal and external clients on behalf of B&W
- Able to function on multidisciplinary teams
- Able to travel, sometimes for extended periods of time
- Able to stand, squat, crawl, etc. for extended shifts (10+ HRS at times) in an industrial environment
- Able to wear required PPE during on-site support