Peter Thomas

Senior Engineer - PLM Principal

Dettighofen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

Experienced senior engineer in the rotating equipment engineering industry since more than 25 years. Certified principal in PLM (processes & tools) with deep knowledge of gas turbine engineering, configuration and MRO/service management. Passionate engineer & problem solver driving improvements to optimize business performance, product reliability and costs. Clear and open-minded communicator across organizational hierarchy, with external customers and parties. Team player with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

Experience

  • Senior Project Manager at BIOTRONIK
    Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

  • Senior Program Manager at GE Power
    Nov 2015 - Jun 2020 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    Managing IS&T program responsible to execute IT engineering projects especially for Service businesses introducing PLM capabilities and transforming legacy data to target applications.

  • Alstom Power (Baden, Switzerland)
    • Engineering Application Manager
      May 2010 - Nov 2015 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      Managing portfolio of key engineering applications within Thermal Services. Launching business improvement initiatives in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with focus on service engineering/fleet management capabilities, master data management, demarcation/integration/interfaces to other applications (ERP) supported with a high level process map (big picture)

    • Product Support & Test Engineer
      Mar 2000 - Apr 2010 · 10 yrs 2 mos

      Gas Turbine product support, configuration and assessment specialist with 10 years customer power plant on-site experience. Leading a test crew of the in-house gas turbine test facility in Birr (CH), preparing and executing experiments for product development/operational concept validation. Certified PLM Principal in gas turbine product data and configuration management (full lifecycle).

  • Development & Test Engineer (at BMW-RR) at Rolls-Royce
    Apr 1995 - Feb 2000 · 4 yrs 11 mos

    Professional Engineer and member of the BR700 Engine Development Program as Vehicle Measurement Engineer. Managing experiment requests, design specifications, instrumentation implementations, test executions and data acquisition/validation at various facilities.

  • Jet Engine Mechanic at Lufthansa Technik
    Jan 1989 - Jul 1992 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    Professional Jet Engine Mechanic in repair and overhaul of module assemblies of various gas turbine types (P&W JT8/9, GE CF6-50/80, CFM 56). As student working in the blade repair and coating shop.