Mattia Cecchetto, 26
Field Engineer / FEP TFA – HD Gas Turbine
FieldCore Service Solutions International LLC, a GE Vernova company
Florence, Italy
What Makes Mattia an Engineering Leader
Mattia is an early-career mechanical engineer who applies field engineering, research and development discipline, and data-driven methods to power-generation equipment. As a field engineer/FEP TFA in gas-turbine service, he supports outage, maintenance and commissioning activities in which execution quality and reliability directly affect plant availability.
Mattia stands out for combining turbine field training, transformer R&D experience, finite element method analysis and Python automation. His work improves technical documentation, measurement consistency and reliability-focused execution for critical energy infrastructure.
Leadership & Industry Contributions
In gas-turbine field service, Mattia demonstrates leadership by helping translate complex outage and commissioning requirements into clear, disciplined execution. During power plant maintenance activities, he supports coordination among craft labor, field engineers, engineering departments and client stakeholders. His efforts help ensure that work follows established procedures, technical issues are clearly escalated and documentation remains accurate.
Mattia’s leadership is practical rather than title-based. He prepares technical information, communicates constraints, helps align resources with the work sequence, and keeps quality and reliability visible during fast-moving field conditions.
This approach reflects his earlier R&D experience, during which he worked with international technical teams on transformer measurement procedures, finite element method analysis and automation. Together, these experiences demonstrate his ability to lead cross-functional collaboration while remaining closely engaged with the technical details that affect plant performance.
Mattia’s broader industry contributions are emerging through professional engagement in the power sector and applied technical work. He is a member of ASME, IEEE, the IEEE Power & Energy Society and the Association of Energy Engineers. He has also initiated inquiries about remote participation in IEEE PES technical committees and ASME volunteer programs related to conferences, publications, standards and student activities.
His publicly indexed University of Padua thesis contributes applied analysis of grounding-grid inductance for a high-power experimental facility. His R&D work at Hitachi Energy also supported measurement consistency and engineering automation for power-transformer components.
Why Mattia Chose This Career
Mattia chose this career because power-generation engineering sits at the intersection of analysis, responsibility and real-world impact. Gas turbines, transformers and plant systems are large, complex assets, but their reliability ultimately depends on disciplined engineering decisions made by people in the field.
He was drawn to roles in which mechanical engineering, data-driven methods and technical communication can improve execution quality, reduce uncertainty and support reliable electricity generation. This career path allows him to combine hands-on fieldwork with long-term engineering improvement.
