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Early Career Field Service Engineer Training Program
Siemens Energy • Chicago, IL 60684 • Posted 9 days ago
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In-person • Full-time • $72,000-$79,000/yr • Entry Level
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The Early Career Field Service Engineer Training Program at Siemens Energy is an entry point to the world-class field service organization, responsible for the maintenance and upgrades of some of the largest and most powerful electrical generation machinery in the world. This role involves classroom and lab training, on-the-job training at multiple customer sites, and working closely with experienced engineers to develop skills in equipment operation, maintenance, job site safety, project management, leadership, and Siemens Energy's business systems. Once trained, the role involves supervising technicians and mechanics during power plant maintenance shutdowns, coordinating upgrades to mechanical and electrical systems, and serving as the primary customer contact during outages.
Responsibilities
- Complete classroom and lab training in Orlando.
- Participate in on-the-job training with experienced engineers at multiple customer sites across the US.
- Work directly with field service engineers to develop skills in equipment operation, maintenance, job site safety, project management, leadership, and Siemens Energy's business systems.
- Supervise technicians and mechanics working on turbine generator equipment during power plant maintenance shutdowns.
- Responsible for disassembling, inspecting, and reassembling turbines and generators.
- Coordinate the upgrading of mechanical and electrical systems on turbine generators to increase power output and efficiency.
- Collaborate with worldwide engineering staff to perform specialized mechanical and electrical testing.
- Serve as the primary customer contact during outages and ensure timely and accurate repairs.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, engineering technology, or related field.
- Enjoy using both mind and hands to solve sophisticated mechanical problems.
- Self-starting leader who enjoys using all available resources and leading others to build innovative solutions to challenging mechanical issues.
- Ability to travel extensively (200-250 days per year for 2-15 weeks at a time).
- Ability to work extended hours of up to 12-14 hours per day including weekends/holidays.
- Ability to ascend/descend ladders, position oneself to examine equipment, move boxes weighing up to 40 pounds, work in outdoor weather conditions, and share cramped office trailer with other employees.
About Siemens Energy
Siemens Energy operates in the energy industry, providing a wide range of products and services to support companies and countries in reducing emissions and transitioning to more sustainable energy systems. They are committed to driving the energy transition by offering sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy solutions and organizing events like the Europe Energy Talks to engage industry leaders in finding solutions to pressing challenges. By collaborating with partners and facilitating dialogue, Siemens Energy aims to transform the energy system towards a greener future.
Full Job Description
**A Snapshot of Your Day**
**Our Field Service organization travels to power plants across the U.S. and where our employees are responsible for the maintenance and upgrades to some of the largest and most powerful electrical generation machinery in the world including gas turbines, steam turbines and generators. This program is the entry point to our world-class field service organization!**
**How You'll Make an Impact**
+ **During your first 12 months, you will complete classroom and lab training in Orlando and participate in on-the-job training with experienced engineers, working at multiple customer sites across the US.**
+ **You will work directly with our leading staff of field service engineers to develop skills that include equipment operation, maintenance, job site safety, project management, leadership, and Siemens Energy's business systems**
+ **Once you complete training, as a Field Service Engineer, you'll be supervising technicians and mechanics working on turbine generator equipment during power plant maintenance shutdowns (outages), both planned and unplanned system outages which can occur due to equipment performance issues.**
+ **You will be responsible for disassembling, inspecting, and reassembling turbines and generators**
+ **You will coordinate the upgrading of mechanical and electrical systems on turbine generators to increase power output and efficiency**
+ **You will be collaborating with our worldwide engineering staff to perform specialized mechanical and electrical testing**
+ **You will serve as the primary customer contact during outages and ensure that repairs are made in a timely and accurate manner**
**What You Bring**
+ **You have a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, engineering technology, or related field.**
+ **You enjoy using both your mind and your hands to seek sophisticated mechanical problems while working closely on a team and with our customers to provide outstanding service**
+ **You are a self-starting leader, who enjoys using all available resources and leading others to build innovative solutions to challenging mechanical issues**
+ **You enjoy travel - so much that you are okay with traveling for extended periods of time. Typically, Our Field Service Engineers will travel 200-250 days per year for anywhere from 2-15 weeks at a time.**
+ **While deployed, you will work extended working hours of up to 12-14 hours per day including weekends/holidays, 6 - 7 days per week. A typical work week can be 60-84 hours.**
+ **You can: ascend/descend ladders to examine equipment, position yourself to examine equipment including in confined spaces, move boxes weighing up to 40 pounds, work in outdoor weather conditions, walk long distances and share cramped office trailer with other employees.**
+ **This program offers a flexible schedule that allows you to improve your professional impact, your earning power, and offers work life balance.**
+ **We are currently recruiting for our next class, which will commence in Summer 2025. Our Fall 2024 recruitment timeline includes an in person interviewing event in Orlando the week of October 30th.**
+ **Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.**
**About the Team**
**Gas Services**
**Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet!**
**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 94,000 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.**
**Check out this video to learn more about Siemens Energy:** **https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo**
**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.**
**Rewards**
+ **Career growth and development opportunities**
+ **Supportive work culture**
+ **Company paid Health and wellness benefits**
+ **Paid Time Off and paid holidays**
+ **Family building benefits**
+ **Parental leave**
+ **401K savings plan with company**
+ **Siemens Energy offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay.** **Details regarding our benefits can be found here:** **https://benefitsatenergy.com/thinking-of-joining.html** **.** **The base salary range for this position $72k-79k. Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, skills, certifications, and other business needs. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual's qualifications.**
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Siemens Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local
law.
**Our Field Service organization travels to power plants across the U.S. and where our employees are responsible for the maintenance and upgrades to some of the largest and most powerful electrical generation machinery in the world including gas turbines, steam turbines and generators. This program is the entry point to our world-class field service organization!**
**How You'll Make an Impact**
+ **During your first 12 months, you will complete classroom and lab training in Orlando and participate in on-the-job training with experienced engineers, working at multiple customer sites across the US.**
+ **You will work directly with our leading staff of field service engineers to develop skills that include equipment operation, maintenance, job site safety, project management, leadership, and Siemens Energy's business systems**
+ **Once you complete training, as a Field Service Engineer, you'll be supervising technicians and mechanics working on turbine generator equipment during power plant maintenance shutdowns (outages), both planned and unplanned system outages which can occur due to equipment performance issues.**
+ **You will be responsible for disassembling, inspecting, and reassembling turbines and generators**
+ **You will coordinate the upgrading of mechanical and electrical systems on turbine generators to increase power output and efficiency**
+ **You will be collaborating with our worldwide engineering staff to perform specialized mechanical and electrical testing**
+ **You will serve as the primary customer contact during outages and ensure that repairs are made in a timely and accurate manner**
**What You Bring**
+ **You have a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, engineering technology, or related field.**
+ **You enjoy using both your mind and your hands to seek sophisticated mechanical problems while working closely on a team and with our customers to provide outstanding service**
+ **You are a self-starting leader, who enjoys using all available resources and leading others to build innovative solutions to challenging mechanical issues**
+ **You enjoy travel - so much that you are okay with traveling for extended periods of time. Typically, Our Field Service Engineers will travel 200-250 days per year for anywhere from 2-15 weeks at a time.**
+ **While deployed, you will work extended working hours of up to 12-14 hours per day including weekends/holidays, 6 - 7 days per week. A typical work week can be 60-84 hours.**
+ **You can: ascend/descend ladders to examine equipment, position yourself to examine equipment including in confined spaces, move boxes weighing up to 40 pounds, work in outdoor weather conditions, walk long distances and share cramped office trailer with other employees.**
+ **This program offers a flexible schedule that allows you to improve your professional impact, your earning power, and offers work life balance.**
+ **We are currently recruiting for our next class, which will commence in Summer 2025. Our Fall 2024 recruitment timeline includes an in person interviewing event in Orlando the week of October 30th.**
+ **Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.**
**About the Team**
**Gas Services**
**Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet!**
**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 94,000 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.**
**Check out this video to learn more about Siemens Energy:** **https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo**
**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.**
**Rewards**
+ **Career growth and development opportunities**
+ **Supportive work culture**
+ **Company paid Health and wellness benefits**
+ **Paid Time Off and paid holidays**
+ **Family building benefits**
+ **Parental leave**
+ **401K savings plan with company**
+ **Siemens Energy offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay.** **Details regarding our benefits can be found here:** **https://benefitsatenergy.com/thinking-of-joining.html** **.** **The base salary range for this position $72k-79k. Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, skills, certifications, and other business needs. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual's qualifications.**
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Siemens Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local
law.
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