Heavy Duty New Unit Controls – Transformation Leader

GE Vernova • Schenectady, NY

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About The Position

GE Vernova Purpose GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world? What impact you’ll make As a leader in Heavy Duty New Unit (HDNU) Controls Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in driving both transformation and operational excellence across the global Controls Engineering organization. You will define and execute a strategic roadmap for modernizing combined cycle controls development and project execution, aligning technology upgrades with business goals and ensuring scalable, secure, and compliant platforms. In parallel, you will lead the development and implementation of lean operational structures, mechanisms, and performance metrics to optimize team output, control costs, and enhance reliability. Your role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams—including engineering, IT, cybersecurity, and operations—as well as Controlled Title Holders and Lean Coaches to ensure alignment between technical execution and business outcomes. You will champion a culture of continuous improvement by applying Lean principles and servant leadership practices, empowering engineering teams to identify and act on process improvement opportunities. Through coordination of Kaizen events, standardization efforts, and performance reviews, you will foster a unified and efficient Controls Engineering organization. Your efforts will support broader Controls and Gas Power Engineering initiatives, including collaboration with HDNU ITR, Release Train Engineers, and strategic operations leaders. By mentoring functional teams and embedding daily management practices, you will help cultivate a resilient, data-driven, and forward-thinking engineering culture.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university or college.
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in any combination of managing programs/projects, power plant design engineering or driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Skills: Self-directed agent capable of prioritizing and managing multiple parallel projects, initiatives, and activities to deliver results.
• Effectiveness: Proven track record of driving outcomes and operational excellence in a complex, global environment.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrates the GE Vernova Way: We Drive Innovation, We Serve Our Customers, Lean is How We Work, We Win as One Team, We Are Accountable
• Experience in the power generation industry
• Practitioner and subject matter expert of Lean models, concepts, and tools
• Ability to coach and teach others
• Customer advocate focused on simplifying processes, reducing costs, creating capacity, and delivering increased customer value
• Experience driving process improvement, preferably within an Engineering organization
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement
• Proven effectiveness in driving outcomes in a large, globally matrixed organization
• Comfortable with conflict; leads as a collaborator, facilitator, and strong partner
• Critical, systems thinker capable of aligning conflicting priorities
• Strong analytical skills; data-driven but decisive despite ambiguity
• Customer-focused with clear, concise written and oral communication skills

Responsibilities

• Strategic Vision & Transformation Leadership Define and communicate a clear vision for development and execution modernization aligned with HDNU business goals.
• Develop and execute a multi-year transformation roadmap for migrating legacy systems to modern platforms.
• Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, IT, operations, cybersecurity) through the transformation lifecycle, ensuring alignment between technical execution and business outcomes.
• Operational Excellence & Lean Execution Support day-to-day operations for a global organization of 240+ engineers.
• Establish and maintain operational infrastructure, cadence, and actionable KPIs/metrics (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) to drive performance and accountability.
• Conduct Monthly Operating Reviews to assess internal process performance and support strategic operations.
• Change Management & Cultural Transformation Act as a change agent to drive cultural and operational shifts required for digital and lean transformation.
• Promote a culture of Lean Thinking, Servant Leadership, Customer Focus, and Employee Empowerment across the Controls Engineering organization.
• Engage stakeholders at all levels to build buy-in and reduce resistance to change.
• Technology Modernization & Process Improvement Oversee the selection, integration, and deployment of next-generation DCS platforms that are scalable, secure, and compliant.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase system reliability, efficiency, and maintainability.
• Leverage data analytics and automation to enhance decision-making and performance.
• Governance, Risk & Financial Management Establish governance structures to manage scope, budget, and timelines for transformation and operational initiatives.
• Drive the budgeting process for HDNU Controls Engineering, including labor and SW&L funding.
• Mitigate risks related to system downtime, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance.
• Talent Development & Empowerment Upskill teams on new technologies, lean methodologies, and problem-solving tools.
• Enable and empower engineering resources to identify and act on Lean opportunities to drive simplification and efficiency.
• Celebrate and share successful applications of Lean principles across the organization.
• Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement Define and track KPIs and success metrics for both transformation and operational initiatives.
• Analyze performance data to determine action plans and process improvement needs.
• Coordinate Kaizens and Lean projects to align with Controls Engineering priorities and enhance efficiency, capacity, and reliability.

Benefits

• GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.
• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
• GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion.

What This Job Offers

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