Director Of Engineering Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years progressive leadership experience

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Degree in Engineering and/or MBA.
• Executive leadership experience in Engineering operations
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives
• Excellent business acumen, including understanding of budgeting and financial reporting
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic plans and financial metrics to meet engineering objectives.
• Oversee budget attainment, headcount planning, and operational pacing to ensure financial goals are met.
• Lead engineering’s yearly strategy and budget sessions.
• Lead engineering’s overall lean programs including yearly productivity targets and fixed production cost savings.
• Partner and negotiate all engineering’s contractor alliances.
• Manage a total of over $1B of engineering functional spend and liquidate across traditional op-profit, OTR and engineering CAPEX investments.
• Maintain a strong connection with Finance and Sourcing to ensure optimal cost and value for the business.
• Prime responsibility for “Engineer 2030” initiative.
• Interactions with 6 Vernova business groups for best practices and tool sharing.
• Prime responsibility for Vernova Corporate challenge of improving productivity of “Revenue/Engineer” by 2X by 2030 with implementation and embrace of AI.
• Provides executive leadership to a direct team of 5 professionals, while exerting significant influence over 140+ embedded employees within the team.
• Ensures full alignment of cross-functional resources to Nuclear Engineering strategies, driving superior business and financial results across the enterprise.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including HR, indirect sourcing and finance, to resolve organizational challenges.
• Lead critical initiatives and provide long-range strategies to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Serve as a key facilitator between business and engineering functions, connecting business strategies with engineering execution to drive actionable outcomes.
• Drive synergies with other GE Vernova businesses through best practice sharing, leveraging learnings across the enterprise, and promoting consistency to facilitate a "One Team" culture.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable plans for the engineering teams.
• Present engineering performance and updates to senior leadership.
• Communicate engineering’s overall strategy, yearly budget, and quarterly financials.
• Improve the effectiveness of the Lean operating model through high-quality Lean execution across the sub-businesses, with a focus on maximizing MOR impact, delivering on actionable roadmaps, and strengthening daily management practices.
• Advocate for lean principles and techniques, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Facilitate lean, quality and productivity initiatives across engineering to create value, streamline processes and drive organizational transformation.
• Drive consistent global operations strategies and standardize work processes.
• Monitor lean activities and quantify impacts on business performance.
• Drive AI Applications across Engineering to drive productivity and cost savings.
• Lead team driving implementation of Engineering Tools, Configuration Management, Document Control, Technical Writing, Product Definition, Software and Infrastructure Support.

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
• access to Fidelity Executive Services
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off
• the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits