Steam Turbine Bearings, Pedestals and Turning Gear Engineering

Overview

Lead mechanical design engineer for steam turbine bearings, pedestals and turning gear

Key Responsibilities

• cad modeling
• dynamic analysis
• bearing design
• turning gear
• project coordination
• customer support

Tasks

-Planning the tasks, executing, and delivering on time, with cost effective and quality. -Design journal and thrust bearings for steam/gas turbines and large rotating machinery. -Conduct rotor dynamic, thermal, and tribological analyses to ensure bearing system reliability and stability. -Coordinate with adjacent support structures to avoid clashes and ensure proper assembly. -Mechanical engineering & provide technical direction for mechanical design efforts to develop innovative solutions for steam turbine systems that improve performance, reliability, availability & maintainability for installed base. -Ensure compatibility of turning gear system with turbine casing and rotor layout. -Conduct design reviews with chief engineering office as required. -Prepare 2D/3D CAD models, design documentation, specifications, and calculation reports. -Provide support for both internal and external customers. -Develop mechanical engagement/disengagement systems and interlock features for operational safety. -Define bearing instrumentation requirements (RTDs, vibration probes, proximity sensors) for condition monitoring. -Select appropriate bearing materials, coatings, and lubrication strategies for high-speed and high-temperature environments. -Ensure valve design complies with international standards such as ASME, API, ISO, and customer-specific specs. -Provide start up, commissioning, troubleshooting support for OTR projects. -Ensure design functionality, safety and integrity and compliance with appropriate Codes and Design Practices. -Collaborate with cross disciplinary functions like CADD, Electrical, Controls, Systems, suppliers, field core Specialist teams to execute projects. -Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures. -Provide technical direction and co-ordination of the associated design engineering team (internal and global) and making critical decisions about designs. -Design bearing pedestals and support structures to ensure rigid, aligned, and vibration-isolated support. -Perform bearing sizing, clearance, preload, and lubrication calculations based on load, speed, and thermal conditions. -Assess and mitigate impacts from misalignment, baseplate distortion, and piping-induced loads. -Support bearing-related failure investigations and implement design improvements based on root cause analysis. -Ensure compliance with applicable standards and safety practices for rotating machinery (e.g., OSHA, API, ISO). -Perform structural and vibration analysis to validate stiffness, load paths, and dynamic response. -Support commissioning and troubleshooting activities globally, both remotely and on-site when required. -Create torque-speed curves and evaluate gear train thermal/stress behavior under extended operation. -Support site surveys and customer meetings. -Account for foundation, grouting, anchor bolt layout, and maintenance access in design. -Support installation, commissioning, and field troubleshooting of bearing and turning gear systems. -Participate in technical reviews, cross-functional meetings, and continuous improvement initiatives. -Interface with turbine controls team to define operational logic (local/remote, permissive, interlocks). -Ensure compliance with industry codes and hazardous area standards (API 611/612, ISO 10438, ATEX/IECEx). -Conduct risk assessments (FMEA, HAZOP) for turning gear design and operational safety. -Lead mechanical design engineer for steam turbine valves. -Manage the engineering OTR projects through engineering partners with focus on scope, costs, schedules, quality, and risks, plus the product cost & reliability. -Specify motor ratings, braking systems, and controls for turning gear applications. -Define geometry, mounting, and hold-down details to accommodate thermal growth and dynamic loading. -Review supplier drawings and support component procurement, fabrication, and inspection processes. -Integrate bearing systems with rotor and lube oil systems to ensure optimal performance. -Design turning gear systems including gearboxes, clutches, motors, and drive interfaces for large rotating equipment. -Coordinate project tasks and schedules. -Maintain standard BOMs / drawings by incorporating recent lessons learned and keeping it up to date. -Read, interpret, and develop pressure / flow and instrumentation diagrams, piping assembly and fabrication drawings, as well as work with 3D parametric models. -Ensure alignment with product lifecycle requirements and contribute to engineering knowledge base. -Work closely with NPI engineering teams to leverage new technology and develop products to build pipeline. -Perform sizing and torque calculations based on rotor mass, breakaway torque, and speed requirements.

Requirements

• autocad
• nx
• enovia plm
• thermal
• fluid
• customer interface

What You Bring

-Experience in visual interpretation of field drawings with engineering drawing. -Tools experience: AutoCAD, NX, Enovia PLM or similar -Basic experience in instruments function, electrical systems, and its interfaces to the mechanical systems. -Should have served as primary interface with customers and have demonstrated the implementation of design requirements, design changes, analysis, and verification of each task. -Good knowledge on mechanical concepts like thermal engineering and fluid mechanics.

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