Director - Design Liaison Engineering

GE Vernova • Greenville, NC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Design Liaison Engineering team is the primary connection between Design Engineering and the global supply chain. As the director of this team, you'll own day-to-day supply chain support across core products for our customers. You will coach and grow a team of engineers whose work directly impacts the reliability and performance of GE Vernova's gas power product lines through a variety of factory and vendor support, second source supplier qualifications, dispositioning nonconforming hardware, supporting lean activities, cost reduction, scrap recovery and pre-emptive scrap and non-conformance reductions as well. Additionally supporting field RCA’s especially pertaining to supply chain escapes and consulting on NPI hardware manufacture.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Science, or Supply Chain from an accredited university/college
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a related discipline
• Experience leading global teams
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between technical teams and senior leadership

Nice To Haves

• Experience with gas turbine design, manufacturing, or related power generation hardware
• Familiarity with advanced manufacturing processes and lean manufacturing methods
• Experience with GE Vernova Gas Power product lines
• Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to challenge existing approaches and drive improvement
• Proven experience with AI/ Automation activities, applying tools and building and championing AI culture
• Proven experience with leading Lean activities, applying Lean tools, and building Lean culture
• Strategic thinker – demonstrated ability to anticipate constraints, facilitate breakthroughs, and drive strategic activities that transform the business including challenging the status quo
• Demonstrated ability to assess complex business problems, assess tradeoffs, and take the right decisions
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs/projects through planning, execution, and sustainment
• Strong cross-functional leadership with demonstrated ability to influence outcomes
• Strong communication skills – proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization and across functions
• Proven mentoring and coaching abilities; demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire others
• Customer satisfaction mindset with strong quality orientation

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and inspire a high-performing global team.
• Foster a culture of psychological safety, cross-collaboration, and continuous improvement, while owning all personnel activities, including talent acquisition, performance feedback, and professional development.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Sourcing to develop an actionable roadmap to achieve 1% CoPQ reduction as a function of revenue.
• Prioritize initiatives that maximize operational efficiency, improve KPI visibility, and deliver significant business value.
• Act as the primary interface between the execution team and senior leadership, providing executive-level visibility into project progress, risks, and ROI.
• Champion organizational readiness for new technologies, including AI and automation integration.
• Lead and facilitate Kaizen events and Lean Action Workouts.
• Embed Lean flow and design-for-producibility principles into the team’s standard work, ensuring a wing-to-wing approach to process documentation and operational maturity.
• Direct the disposition of non-conforming hardware and lead systemic defect reduction initiatives on the magnitude of 100,000 defects eliminated annually, based on predicted growth.
• Drive pre-emptive actions to reduce scrap and process non-conformances across the global supplier network, to help unlock capacity and improve quality across the Gas Power business.
• Oversee the industrialization phase of New Product Introduction (NPI) and second-source qualifications.
• Develop and maintain technical specifications, qualification guidelines, and performance frameworks that promote scalability and consistency (e.g., Line of Balance).
• Support AI driven design projects incorporating Design for Manufacture and Design for Assembly methodologies.
• Leverage deep knowledge of engineering design and manufacturing to evaluate special processes such as investment castings, forgings, 3D printing and advanced coatings.
• Provide technical consultation on NPI hardware, support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations, and ensure engineering standards are met with precision.
• Apply strong business acumen to assess complex tradeoffs and make decisive, data-driven decisions.
• Implement new methodologies and technical solutions that enhance part function, reduce cycle time, and drive tangible cost-out: thus, unlocking significant business benefit through improved quality, part standardization, increased yield and lower costs.
• Provide a major contribution to delivering > $500MM in Product Cost Out to drive EBITA margin through the LTS period.
• Partner with Global Supply Chain (GSC) and the broader engineering community to share best practices, align on business strategy, and ensure cohesive delivery across functions.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
• access to Fidelity Executive Services
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off
• the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits
• discretionary annual bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director