Company Description
As one of the world’s leading players in the sector of power generation plants and components Ansaldo Energia is a full-cycle integrated operator with the capabilities to build turnkey power plants on green field sites - using its own technology and its own independent design, production, construction, commissioning & service resources.
Position
Your main responsibility is to ensure safe and reliable operation of our gas turbine products. Your focus is on defining and managing the protection functional requirements in cooperation with the component design teams and to ensure their implementation on the GT control & protection system.
Your tasks
Integrate, coordinate and manage protection functional requirements for heavy-duty gas turbines • Accommodate and maintain internal functional safety processes ensuring compliance with applicable codes & standards • Coach gas turbine development engineers to design and document accordingly • Facilitate hazard identification analyses of gas turbine components and consolidation on engine level • Execute and support technical risk assessments • Define and specify safety instrumented functions • Design, implement and verify the safety application of the gas turbine control & protection system • Prepare and conduct certification reviews with customers and notified bodies during project execution.
Requirements
Your profile
Degree in Engineering • Professional experience with Functional Safety in power or process plant engineering or similar • Acquaintance with related codes & standards, such as IEC 61508 and 61511 • Knowledge of functional safety related methodologies such as HAZOP, FMEA/FMECA, SIL-assignment via LOPA, fault tree analysis • Familiarity with safety instrumented systems • Basic knowledge of industrial control systems • Occasional business travel • Critical thinking, problem solving & analytical skills • Team player • Fluent in English, German is an advantage, further knowledge of Italian would be an asset.
Other information
Your benefit with us
Working with passionate people • Participating in environmental sustainability • Challenging work • Attractive and exciting products • Interaction with international colleagues • Flexible working conditions • Place of work in a beautiful small Swiss city rich in culture and history in the heart of Switzerland, close to the metropoles like Zurich and Basel.