Global Maintenance and Improvements Leader

Global Maintenance & Improvements Leader

The Global Maintenance & Improvements Leader is responsible for leading proactive maintenance execution and fleet improvement activities across a global fleet of 24,000+ wind turbines. This role oversees planned maintenance, fleet programs, and RCA-driven corrective actions to ensure high-quality, on-time execution and maximize fleet availability. The position partners closely with Engineering and the Services Product Line team to establish and deploy best maintenance practices, improve execution quality, and implement fleet improvement strategies, including work bundling initiatives designed to reduce turbine climbs and improve operational efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the execution of all proactive work across the turbine fleet, including planned maintenance, fleet programs, and RCA corrective actions.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed on time, with strong attention to quality, compliance, and field execution standards.
• Partner with Engineering to define, maintain, and continuously improve best-in-class maintenance practices.
• Work to maximize fleet availability through effective maintenance planning, quality oversight, and process improvement.
• Collaborate with the Services Product Line team to develop and deploy fleet improvement strategies.
• Support rollout of work bundling initiatives to reduce turbine climbs and improve maintenance efficiency.
• Monitor maintenance performance metrics and drive corrective actions where needed.
• Identify execution gaps, process issues, and improvement opportunities, and lead cross-functional resolution efforts.
• Support standardization of maintenance processes across the fleet.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, reliability, and productivity.
• Build strong working relationships across Services, Engineering, Operations, and Product Line teams.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in engineering, business, operations or related technical discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience in operations, project management, quality, or systems engineering.
• Ability and willingness to travel globally 25%.

Desired Qualifications:

• Contractor Management experience
• Experience leading and influencing diverse teams.
• Drive strategy and operational improvements
• Master's degree preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the 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. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.