Offshore Wind Systems Engineering Leader

GE Vernova • Schenectady, NY

1d • $228,000 - $342,000

About The Position

The OFW Systems Engineering Leader has full responsibility for Systems Engineering and Customer Engineering across Offshore Wind product platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering or related discipline
• 5+ years of Wind engineering experience
• 5+ years of managing engineering teams
• May require travel of 30% of time

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated ability to guide engineering teams to develop and launch new products on time, with quality, and at cost targets
• Strong technical experience including product development, engineering fundamentals, RCA, system tradeoffs, and related items.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Strategic thinker – able to navigate complexity, develop clear actions, and communicate complex information in clear, concise manner
• Effective coach, trusted mentor, and demonstrated ability to build high performing teams
• Demonstrated ability to influence others and drive cross-functional teams to success
• Takes action and manages conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment. Takes ownership of issues and drive solutions
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Marketing or Business Administration from an accredited college or university

Responsibilities

• Develop the vision, set strategic priorities, and ensure priority alignment across the engineering community & cross-functional stakeholders
• Drive a culture that ensures outstanding compliance and adherence to product quality. Ensure products deliver on availability, reliability, and performance targets.
• Partner with Chief Engineer and Engineering VP to build strong technical underwriting processes & culture
• Identify, plan, and execute high impact programs that deliver bottom-line growth
• Lead the organizations to translate product requirement documents to high quality engineering documents, setting all critical requirements for program execution
• Manage the engineering team through the product development lifecycle ensuring full lifecycle view.
• Reduce NPI cycle times and deliver design to cost for new products
• Own and approve customer-facing documents (power curves, noise, grid, etc.), tollgates, PRD’s, and related engineering processes & documentation
• Partner with Fleet Performance teams to support underwriting of FSA models & productivity
• Drive product cost including system level cost reduction ideas, evaluation, and implementation
• Partner with Fleet Performance Management on timely and effective resolution of quality/performance issues and drive systems solutions when necessary
• Build a strong team – attract, develop, and retain great talent. Create culture of empowerment, coaching, and talent development
• Own a significant engineering operating and NPI investment budget
• Ensure that platform teams share best practices, tools, lessons learned, and drive a consistent cross-platform approach

Benefits

• For candidates applying to a U.S. based position only: Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.
• 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 Executive Services.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off, and the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits.
• 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. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

What This Job Offers

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