Steam Turbine & Generator Repairs & Upgrades Operations Manager

GE Vernova•Schenectady, NY

1d•$119,600 - $199,400•Remote

About The Position

The Steam & Gen Repairs & Upgrades Operations Manager is responsible for helping execute the Repairs & Upgrades strategy, ensuring understanding of our shop capabilities/capacity, emergent work, repairs forecasting process and tools to support our outages and customers demand. Collaborating daily with the ITR regions, Global Supply Chain, Repairs shop network, Product Sales, and Engineering teams. Participating in Lean initiatives, implementing continuous improvement projects, and creating/tracking of Standard Work processes. This position will report to the ST & Gen Repairs & Upgrades Operations Leader.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Marketing or Finance or other business related science.
Minimum 5-7 years experience in sales, commercial, operations, or product line in the Power sector
Significant experience working in a cross-functional environment globally
Outstanding presentation skills and experience
Demonstrated team & schedule management skills
Proven ability to manage and understand multiple, complex data sets in varying formats
Demonstrated ability to analyze, resolve problems, and lead cross-functional initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Strong technical background in both engineering and machining/repair processes of turbomachinery.
Subject matter expert knowledge of steam turbine and generator manufacturing methods and processes, and ability to translate them into creative repair solutions, often on emergent basis.
Turning, milling, brazing, welding, specialized coatings, heat treatment, etc.
Understanding shop practices/schedules and being able to communicate them: Up to team leaders & executives in a concise manner, with details by which to make decisions. Down to customers and less technical individuals in a clear and concise manner.
Working in a dynamic, energetic, and complex environment, with a high level of accountability.
Strong oral, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
Experience in supporting global powerplant outages, on a 24x7 execution timeline.
Understanding of dynamic project schedules with multiple levels of critical paths.
Able to interface effectively, influence and build strong networks across all levels of the organization.
Experience in mentoring of CPMs & Sales team members in need of learning highly technical materials and processes.
Track record of driving change, efficiency and improvements, proven Change Agent.
Experience facilitating presentations to executive leadership
Strong understanding of the Repairs, Commercial and Supply Chain processes
Knowledge of Steam Turbine & Generator Outage process & planning
Knowledge of Steam Turbine & Generator function at the component level
Basic understanding and proficiency in understanding Bills of Materials and component/assembly drawings
Proficiency on Salesforce/NEX/Demantra/Smartsheet

Responsibilities

Partner with the Repair Value Stream (RVS) (shops) & Materials Management networks (multimodal factories) and the pole ITR teams to execute action plans to increase our Win Rate, reduce COPQ, limit Days Lost Generation for our customers, and improve our Successful Outage Scorecard KPI.
Collaboration on Steam Turbine and Generator Repairs & Upgrade products as part of achieving total customer value and winning solutions is also part of the strategy for ensuring growth in the segment.
In collaboration with ITR teams, execute the strategy to participate in the available SAS of every Major and Minor outage (identify repair capacity gaps, scope optimization, quote optimization, identify potential Emergent Work, identify COPQ opportunities, define strategic inventory needed to support the repair network, etc.).
For sites where Repair Sales support is not currently provided, this will entail a significant amount of coaching provided to the ITR teams to ensure the proper balance of onsite vs in shop Repairs are defined and planned for, Repairs/Upgrade scopes are identified, and proper Demands are entering into the SIOP forecast.
Contribute to the global repair & upgrades forecasting models, to track ST and Generator repairs & upgrades, adjusting the strategy to the specific requirements of each technology.
Recommend measures to continuously improve our forecast models.
Partner with the Business Line Global Operations and ITR teams and Global Supply Chain/Material Management to develop Continuous Improvements to the current Repairs SIOP & S&OE processes, that support the growth and dynamics of the ST and Gen markets.
Support emergent customer issues as needed by identifying and directing resources to improve our readiness to serve position (RTS).
Assist escalation of issues to manage capacity conflicts.
Collaborate with One Field Service, Repairs Value Stream/ Repairs Sales, and Parts fulfillment centers, to identify capabilities gaps, drive process streamlining and develop strategy for ST/Gen dedicated visibility, accountability, and daily management.
Provide Kaizen leadership, identifying gaps and empowering the organization to continuously improve.
Ensure the implementation and usage of Lean tools and strategies.
Create business cases and executive summaries of problem statements and present to senior leaders in a clear and concise manner.

Benefits

medical, dental, vision, and 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, as well as 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