Rotating Machinery Fitter (Mechanical & Electrical) - Late Shift in Rugby

Job Description Summary

At GE Vernova Power Conversion, we provide advanced electrification solutions that help customers power energy-intensive operations and improve energy efficiency. We are recognised for our high-performance ship electric power and electric propulsion systems, energy management, and automation and control technologies across the marine, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors.

Our manufacturing team produces a wide range of high-performance electrical solutions that support the growth of renewable energy and the global energy transition.

We are looking for an experienced Mechanical/Electrical Assembly Fitter with proven, hands-on experience in rotating electrical machinery to join our manufacturing team at our Rugby site, working the late shift.

This opportunity is ideal for a skilled rotating machinery fitter with practical experience assembling, fitting and preparing electric motors, generators, alternators or other large rotating electrical machines. You will be confident working with precision components, rotors, shafts, bearings, couplings and shaft alignment, as well as associated mechanical and electrical systems.

Join a team where your specialist engineering skills, precision workmanship and technical expertise will directly contribute to the quality, reliability and performance of advanced electrical machinery.

Job Description

What You’ll Be Doing

You will play a key role in the precision assembly, mechanical fitting and electrical preparation of rotating electrical machines, ensuring every component meets demanding engineering specifications and quality standards.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Precision Assembly: Perform mechanical fitting and assembly of rotating electrical machines, including rotors, shafts, bearings, and couplings.
• Preparation: Thread rotors, set air gaps, and ensure accurate component positioning per engineering drawings and specifications.
• Alignment: Conduct machine and shaft alignment to meet tight engineering tolerances.
• System Integration: Fit lubrication and cooling systems, install instrumentation, and complete auxiliary electrical wiring.
• Quality Assurance: Use precision measuring equipment—such as micrometers and DTI gauges—to verify components and complete all necessary quality documentation.
• Safety & Standards: Maintain a clean, organized workspace, follow all Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) requirements, and uphold 5S standards.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

Rotating Machinery Experience – Essential

• Precision Assembly: Perform mechanical fitting and assembly of rotating electrical machines, including rotors, shafts, bearings, and couplings.
• Preparation: Thread rotors, set air gaps, and ensure accurate component positioning per engineering drawings and specifications.
• Alignment: Conduct machine and shaft alignment to meet tight engineering tolerances.
• System Integration: Fit lubrication and cooling systems, install instrumentation, and complete auxiliary electrical wiring.
• Quality Assurance: Use precision measuring equipment—such as micrometers and DTI gauges—to verify components and complete all necessary quality documentation.
• Safety & Standards: Maintain a clean, organized workspace, follow all Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) requirements, and uphold 5S standards.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Rotating Machinery Experience: Proven, hands-on experience in assembling, fitting, or preparing rotating electrical machinery (e.g., electric motors, generators, or alternators).
• Technical Proficiency: Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, assembly drawings, and electrical schematics.
• Precision Workmanship: Demonstrated skill in using precision measuring equipment and performing mechanical/electrical fitting to high standards.
• Safety Mindset: A strong commitment to working safely and following established manufacturing procedures.
• Flexibility: You are available to work the late shift (Monday to Thursday: 1:45 pm to 12:30 am).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large industrial electrical equipment.
• Practical experience in precision machine and shaft alignment.
• Familiarity with preparing machines for testing and maintaining quality documentation.

Additional Information

Shift Pattern:

• Monday to Thursday: 1:45pm to 12:30am

Why This Role Matters

You will play a critical role in building high-performance rotating electrical machinery. By using your technical expertise to assemble and prepare these machines, you directly ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of products that power marine, energy, and industrial sectors globally. Your work is essential to the energy transition.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work within a world-class engineering and manufacturing environment
• Exposure to large-scale electrical machines and advanced testing technologies
• Supportive team culture focused on safety, quality and continuous improvement
• Career development opportunities within engineering and manufacturing
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunity to contribute to innovative technologies supporting the global energy transition

Inclusion and Diversity

Creating an inclusive work environment is very important to us. By valuing the ideas and contributions of a diverse workforce, we encourage and inspire others to grow and achieve success. Join GE Vernova where you can achieve your goals in an environment where you feel a sense of belonging.

About GE Vernova
GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with approximately 75,000 employees across approximately 100 countries around the world. Supported by the Company’s purpose,The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova technology helps deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future. Learn more:GE VernovaandLinkedIn.

About GE Vernova Electrification Segment

GE Vernova’s Electrification segment includes Grid Solutions, Power Conversion, Solar and Storage Solutions, —collectively referred to as Electrification Systems —and digital technologies, referred to as Electrification Software. The solutions offered by this segment are essential for the transmission, distribution, conversion, storage, and orchestration of electricity from point of generation to point of consumption.

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