
Lead Core Repair Engineer
Greenville, CAJob$89–149K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Lead Repair Engineer develops repair procedures and tooling for unplanned maintenance, including major component upgrades and uptower repairs for onshore and offshore wind turbines. The role covers baseline and advanced repairs, with work described as approximately 70% documentation and 30% testing and validation. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to develop capabilities, validate safety, document lessons learned, and update standard work.
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Job Description Summary
The Core Repair team is responsible for the creation of methods, processes and tools that are utilized for unplanned maintenance such as Major Component Upgrades and Uptower Repairs to Service Onshore and Offshore Wind Turbines. The Lead Repair Engineer will develop repair procedures and tooling required to enable key repair capabilities for Service NPI. This includes baseline capability and advanced repairs. They will increase team capability by documenting lessons learned and updating standard work. They will develop the capability and prove out safety by working closely with various cross functional teams - Repair Technology team, Deployment Leaders, PMs, SVC Unplanned Failures Team, ENG Segments, Regional FRO and Control Title Holders. The role is essentially 70% documentation and 30% testing/validation.
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Roles and Responsibilities
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Design, develop and validate repair procedures meeting customer and business requirements. Prove out safety and functionality.
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Familiarity with CAD design and FEA analysis
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Drive design decisions by clearly communicating the “unknowns”, associated risks and tradeoffs that are required to properly execute a safe and effective repair procedure.
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Lead engineering efforts in the initial validation and beta period of tooling/process products by working with Deployment, Platform Leaders, Field Engineering, and EHS to complete and validate robust engineering processes.
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Create and maintain project plan.
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Develop, test and validate repair/replacement procedures through: model walk throughs, prototyping, freestanding components and complete wind turbine machine heads.
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Identify and clearly communicate requirements for process specific tooling. Ensure the design allows for installation, operation, and disassembly of the tool in a safe and effective manner.
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Own the design of innovative repair solutions and ensure adherence to engineering standards.
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Follow and use the team’s Design Review Process, quality standards, best practices and systems to fully review and document repair procedures: eDRB, PLM, FMEAs, WDIs, Handoff Packages, etc.
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Maintain broad awareness of efforts within the group to assure lessons learned and responsiveness to customer/program needs.
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Civil or equivalent)
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At least 3-6 years of experience in an engineering, operations, test, or manufacturing field.
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Ability to travel globally 10–20% of the time.
Desired Characteristics
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Demonstrated interpersonal skills. Ability to intact with both senior management and hourly technicians
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Wind Turbine Product/Services knowledge
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Familiarity with industrial tooling
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Familiarity with empathic design
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Technical project management experience
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Ability and willingness to support physical necessity of shop/field work (i.e., handling rigging, tooling, etc.) when required
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Strong oral and written communication skills
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Demonstrated technical, analytical and problem-solving skills with simple, creative solutions
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Ability and willingness to climb wind turbines and work at heights
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Proficiency with English both written and oral communication
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $89,300.00 and $148,700.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.
Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.
This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on November 05, 2026.
Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,316 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$89–149K/yr
- California median$126–180K/yr964 salary ranges
- US median$104–160K/yr4,429 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $119K, is 22% below the California median midpoint ($154K) — in the lowest quarter of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,215 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in California and 7,316 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,173 postings).
- Education
- 4,980 of the 7,316 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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