Job Description Summary

About the Team

The Project Launch Engineering Team is a part of the Solutioning and Execution CoE within the Heavy-Duty New Unit Proposal and Project Engineering (PPE) organization.

What impact you’ll make

Shape the Future of Energy: As a pivotal People Leader for Project Launch Engineering, you will lead a high-impact global team of approximately 15 engineers responsible for ensuring the seamless, de-risked early execution phase of critical energy projects. Your leadership will be key in coordinating complex interfaces and deliverables, significantly reducing execution risk and defects, and directly contributing to the delivery of safe, on-time, high-quality projects that power the world.

What We Offer

You'll join a dynamic and collaborative global team passionate about operational excellence and technical innovation. We champion a culture of continuous improvement, challenging the status quo, and fostering breakthroughs in project delivery. We believe in empowering our people, providing the resources and freedom to solve complex challenges and drive sustainable growth

This role offers significant visibility and potential for career advancement within GE Vernova's Solutioning and Execution CoE, working on projects that truly make a difference.

Job Description

Team Leadership & Development:

• Attract, engage and grow your employees, uphold integrity, role-model the GE Vernova Way, and create the conditions for our employees to do the same.

• Inspire and motivate the team; invest in the team’s leadership and technical growth.

• Serve as a key technical and leadership mentor, guiding the professional growth of team members and colleagues.

 

Strategic Impact & Process Excellence:

• You will play a critical role in influencing the strategic direction of our Project Launch processes, controlling vital resources, and contributing to policy formulation across the organization.

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging Lean methodologies to balance long-term breakthroughs with sustainable growth, and driving best practices within the engineering organization.

• Promote culture of early risk and opportunity identification that may affect the project launch to ensure customer deliverables are met.

 

Technical & Operational Oversight:

• Responsible for technical coordination with Engineering disciplines, Project Planning, and Sourcing during the Project Launch phase to ensure technical requirements and delivery cycles are transmitted into the engineering execution model.

• Accountable for the integrated engineering schedule logic for the project and cross-discipline critical path alignment.

• Responsible for the team’s demand/capacity model to support the Business planning cycle

• Remove barriers so the team can effectively address complex technical problems during the project launch phase.

• Champion consensus-building and effective communication of complex information across diverse stakeholders, influencing outcomes critical to project success.

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent knowledge and experience

• Advanced engineering experience in a relevant industry

 

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.

• Experience with direct people leadership, managing engineering teams, ideally in a global environment.

• Established project management skills.

• Proven experience in talent development, coaching, and performance management

• Demonstrated ability to inspire, motivate, and foster a positive, high-energy environment within the team, driving enthusiasm for project success and continuous improvement.

• Ability to manage global team

• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers

• Familiar with Lean, has led/participated in Kaizen/VSM

• Proficiency with key GE Vernova tools used across Heavy Duty New Units workstreams (eg. GTCC, Salesforce, etc.)

• Knowledge of plant systems and equipment; knowledge o