Job Description SummaryThe Senior Engineer, Fleet engineering – Blades will lead fleet performance management actions for Blade RCAs. This team provides wing to wing major product technical ownership on Blade related issues. They will own, execute and resolve RCAs related to Blades for ongoing and emerging issues within the core fleet.
They are responsible for driving sustained product improvement throughout our contracted fleet striving to build the worlds best running fleet. They will develop, own, implement, and support product quality initiatives across the global product. They will drive process improvement, closed loop lessons learned with our design segment partners across product life cycle.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Wing to Wing product issue ownership for Blade RCATechnical expertise in customer communications of product issues in BladesOwn, lead, execute, and resolve Critical and Minor RCAs in BladesFacilitate fast track containmentWork with relevant Product Engineering teams (Blades, Systems engineering, Controls, System simulation)  to dedicate the right resources to help execute and resolve RCAs in this segment.Work with fleet performance teams to identify emerging issues and lead the efforts to pro actively address them.Drive actions from RCA Kaizen to drive better and faster RCA completionsCoach the RCA team members on RCA process, problem solving, etcInterface with the fleet performance team for RCA Support, Top Issues execution, etcLeverage  engagement with Quality, Supply Chain ,ONW Engineering, LM, Services and Projects teams to better prioritize RCA workstreams & share best practicesRepresent FPM for key design tollgates for applicable RCAProvide immediate learnings & feedback to our partner functions from RCAIdentify, daily manage, action plan, and problem solve product fleet quality and RCA KPIs in the SegmentImplement cross-segment RCA communication and approval process to ensure corrective actions taken in all appropriate spotsOwn and support driving actions from Quality PSR countermeasures for assigned RCADrive problem solving tools and methods implementation throughout the RCA process.  

Qualifications/Requirements: 

Bachelor's degree in Engineering5 or more years experience in Wind turbine blade Engineering and/or Product Management3 or more years experience managing global teamsAbility to travel globally ~30% of the time

Eligibility Requirements:

Ability to work effectively in globally focused, culturally diverse and highly matrixed environments

Desired Characteristics: 

Experience leading and executing RCAs including problem solving toolsExperience with Quality systems, procedure development, training, and executionExperience with customer communications around both Quality and RCAsExperience with Lean… tools, coaching, running Kaizens, etcAdvanced degree in Engineering

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes