Turbine Resident Engineer

About the role

The Turbine Resident Engineer provides on‑site technical support for steam turbine plants, helping the customer identify risks, resolve issues, and improve performance and availability. The role involves regular plant inspections, reporting, and acting as the primary technical liaison between the client and the OEM.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive plant walk‑downs and visual inspections of turbines and auxiliary systems.
• Prepare and submit monthly inspection reports to the client.
• Participate in quarterly technical meetings with other Eskom‑style power stations.
• Provide emergency consultation during unplanned turbine failures.
• Inform the client of new engineering designs and fleet experience that could benefit the plant.
• Assist in drafting technical specifications for turbine component refurbishments.
• Deliver turbine‑related training and technology transfer to client engineers.
• Maintain and update GE Vernova documentation and operating procedures.
• Identify and optimise spare‑parts inventories for planned overhauls.
• Recommend scopes of work for major outages and investigate turbine occurrences.

Required profile

• Strong technical product knowledge of steam turbines.
• Analytical skills for risk identification and problem solving.
• Ability to produce detailed technical reports and documentation.
• Experience providing on‑site emergency support and training.

Required skills

• Steam turbine operation and maintenance.
• Technical documentation (GE Vernova standards).
• Maintenance planning and outage scope definition.
• Spare‑parts optimisation and inventory management.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on high‑profile power generation assets.
• Collaboration with leading OEM engineers.
• Professional development through technical training and knowledge transfer.