Repair Quality Leader

GE Vernova • Greenville, SC

1d • $142,200 - $237,100

About The Position

The Senior Quality Leader is a key member of the Plant Leadership Team and reports directly to the Plant Leader. This role establishes and leads the Quality strategy and Quality Management System for a new greenfield manufacturing facility supporting approximately 600 employees within a global energy manufacturing organization.

The role builds a proactive, customer-focused quality culture from the ground up, embedding quality into product and process development, manufacturing, testing, and daily operations. It leads a team of Quality professionals and partners with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, EHS, Finance, and other functions to prevent defects, reduce risk, improve quality performance, and ensure products meet customer and regulatory requirements. This highly visible leadership position influences the facility’s quality culture, operating systems, customer experience, and long-term performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, or a related discipline and 7+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing, quality, quality engineering, or a related discipline; alternatively, 10 years of experience in those disciplines.
• 3+ years of experience in quality leadership, including leading and developing quality professionals.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated success improving manufacturing quality performance and delivering measurable reductions in defects, scrap, rework, nonconformance, or Cost of Poor Quality.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems and applicable quality standards, including ISO 9001 or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of quality methodologies including root-cause analysis, CAPA, 8D, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, and risk-based problem solving.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and driving quality improvement across complex manufacturing operations.
• Strong customer focus and experience managing customer quality issues, audits, inspections, and quality escalations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence organizational change and establish a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Experience launching or transforming a greenfield manufacturing facility.
• Experience in energy, power generation, aerospace, industrial equipment, heavy manufacturing, or another highly engineered manufacturing environment.
• Experience with new product introduction, industrialization, and manufacturing process development.
• Experience with special processes such as welding, brazing, coatings, heat treatment, NDT/NDE, or other critical manufacturing processes.
• Experience implementing Built-in-Quality, layered process audits, Read Across, or similar quality-at-the-source systems.
• Strong understanding of supplier quality, incoming quality, and supply-chain quality risk management.
• Experience operating within a large, complex, global, and matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the site Quality strategy and roadmap in alignment with enterprise, business, customer, and regulatory requirements, with accountability for quality performance and results.
• Establish quality systems, processes, controls, standards, and capabilities from facility design through production launch and ramp-up, designing quality into processes rather than relying on inspection.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve the site Quality Management System and ensure compliance with applicable ISO, regulatory, customer, and company requirements.
• Embed prevention, standardization, risk management, and right-first-time principles throughout manufacturing and foster a culture where every employee owns quality.
• Improve key quality metrics, including First Pass Yield, Cost of Poor Quality, scrap, rework, nonconformances, defects, customer escapes, and other site quality KPIs.
• Establish rigorous, data-driven problem-solving practices using methods such as 8D, A3, root-cause analysis, CAPA, 5 Why, and statistical analysis.
• Deploy proactive quality tools, including PFMEA, control plans, process capability, error-proofing, Measurement System Analysis, and layered process audits, to prevent defects and identify potential failures before they reach customers.
• Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Quality team and develop quality capability across the broader workforce.
• Partner cross-functionally to eliminate systemic quality issues, leverage lessons learned and Read Across, and continuously improve processes and performance.
• Establish quality reviews, performance reporting, audit readiness, improvement priorities, and accountability mechanisms, and ensure quality improvements produce measurable customer, operational, and financial results.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan with a 401(k) savings opportunity and company matching and 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
• Relocation assistance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Professional development

What This Job Offers

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