Outage Manager

GE Vernova

1d•$91,400 - $152,200•Remote

About The Position

The Outage Manager prepares, plans, leads execution, and closes out complex planned and emergent steam turbine and generator outage events. The role supports development of field fulfilment strategy for GE Steam Power and drives consistent outage planning and execution, adoption of best practices, and use of lessons learned. The Outage Manager leads complex outages for assigned territories or locations where possible, serving as an onsite focal point accountable for outage execution and customer outcomes. The role supports outage events from preparation through closeout, including schedules, staffing, tools, cost plans, customer meetings, mobilization, job execution, documentation, and reporting. During assigned outages, the manager leads onsite teams and monitors safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and execution risk. The position also supports quotations, customer operations and technical communication, emergency response, workforce and tooling planning, and process improvement. This is a remote position with travel of 40%–50%. The role requires willingness to work holidays, weekends, and overtime as field assignments require. GE Vernova describes its work environment as offering professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. The U.S. salary range is $91,400–$152,200, with potential geographic differentials and discretionary annual bonus eligibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering and 4 years of experience in the power generation industry; alternatively, a high school diploma or GED with 8 or more years of applicable experience and demonstrated success and knowledge in steam turbine or generator maintenance.
English proficiency.
Field Engineer or TFA graduate.
Strong project management and planning skills.
PC proficiency and experience with web applications, including advanced Excel skills.
Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers.
Demonstrated verbal and written communication and influencing skills.
Strong technical and maintenance knowledge of gas/steam turbines and generators.
Ability to lead teams in dynamic, energetic, and complex customer-site environments.
Ability to work under high pressure and time constraints while remaining committed and process-oriented.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work effectively in cross-functional teams.
Ability to influence stakeholders to deliver customer and business needs.
Proficiency in MS Project to build and maintain schedules.
Willingness and ability to travel 40%–50% of the time and work holidays, weekends, and overtime as field assignments require.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the Primavera scheduling tool.
Experience performing TEAMS or STEP inspections.

Responsibilities

Support the Customer Service Manager (CSM) in preparing and executing planned, emergent, and upgrade outage events from start to finish, including schedule development, TFA/craft labor/tooling/cost planning, customer meetings, mobilization planning, JCE execution, and closeout.
Lead onsite execution as site lead with large teams during assigned outages, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost expectations are met.
Track on-job costs and productivity while managing execution risk and FMEA.
Improve on-time delivery, outage cost, and productivity; implement improvements; maintain accurate tracking files; and control man-hour cost and pacing.
Support project quotation development, including work scope, site condition checks, and preliminary safety and risk analyses to identify obstacles and minimize site execution cost impacts.
Support customer operations teams during shutdown, start-up, turbine and generator operation, and performance testing of turbine, generator, and auxiliary systems as required.
Prepare, use, review, store, and deliver execution documentation, including field procedures, quality procedures, EHS documentation, and customer outage reports.
Use web systems applications for workforce allocation, preparation, planning, forecasting, tooling, and vendor management.
Respond promptly to forced outages and emergencies, attend the site when needed, investigate and escalate site issues, and help restore units to operating conditions in a timely manner.
Support the Customer Service Manager with technical communications to customer staff during outage execution.
Improve and optimize existing processes and identify opportunities for simplification.
Work holidays, weekends, and overtime as required by field assignments, and travel 40%–50% of the time.
Perform other duties that help advance Steam Power strategies and align with organizational core values.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
Access to GE Vernova Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.
GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, including a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching and company retirement contributions.
Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
Tuition assistance.
Adoption assistance.
Paid parental leave.
Disability benefits.
Life insurance.
12 paid holidays.
Permissive time off.
Discretionary annual bonus eligibility.