Repair Quality Leader

Job Description Summary

The Senior Quality Leader is a key member of the Plant Leadership Team and reports directly to the Plant Leader. This role is responsible for establishing and leading the Quality strategy and Quality Management System for a new greenfield manufacturing facility supporting approximately 600 employees within a global energy manufacturing organization.
The Senior Quality Leader will build a proactive customer-focused quality culture from the ground up embedding quality into product and process development manufacturing testing and daily operations. The role will lead a team of Quality professionals and partner closely with Operations Engineering Supply Chain EHS Finance and other functions to prevent defects reduce risk improve quality performance and deliver products that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements.
This is a highly visible leadership role with significant influence on the quality culture operating systems customer experience and long-term performance of the new facility.

Job Description

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

The Senior Quality Leader will build a proactive customer-focused quality culture from the ground up embedding quality into product and process development manufacturing testing and daily operations. The role will lead a team of Quality professionals and partner closely with Operations Engineering Supply Chain EHS Finance and other functions to prevent defects reduce risk improve quality performance and deliver products that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements.

This is a highly visible leadership role with significant influence on the quality culture operating systems customer experience and long-term performance of the new facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the site Quality strategy: Develop and execute the sites Quality strategy and roadmap in alignment with enterprise business customer and regulatory requirements with clear accountability for quality performance and results.
• Build Quality into the greenfield operation: Establish quality systems processes controls standards and capabilities from facility design through production launch and ramp-up ensuring quality is designed into processes rather than dependent on inspection.
• Own the Quality Management System: Establish maintain and continuously improve the site Quality Management System and ensure compliance with applicable ISO regulatory customer and company requirements.
• Drive a zero-defect and Built-in-Quality culture: Embed prevention standardization risk management and right-first-time principles throughout manufacturing and establish a culture where every employee owns quality.
• Lead manufacturing quality performance: Drive improvement in key quality metrics including First Pass Yield Cost of Poor Quality scrap rework nonconformances defects customer escapes and other site quality KPIs.
• Lead problem solving and corrective action: Establish rigorous data-driven problem-solving practices using methods such as 8D A3 root-cause analysis CAPA 5 Why statistical analysis and other appropriate quality methodologies.
• Manage quality risk and prevention: Deploy proactive quality tools including PFMEA control plans process capability error-proofing Measurement System Analysis layered process audits and other risk-based methods to prevent defects and identify potential failures before they reach the customer.
• Lead and develop the Quality organization: Build lead coach and develop a high-performing team of Quality Engineers Quality professionals inspectors and other quality resources while developing quality capability across the broader workforce.
• Drive cross-functional and enterprise improvement: Partner cross functionally to eliminate systemic quality issues leverage lessons learned and Read Across and continuously improve processes and performance.
• Ensure quality governance and benefits realization: Establish effective quality reviews performance reporting audit readiness improvement priorities and accountability mechanisms while ensuring quality improvements translate into measurable customer operational and financial results.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors 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 OR an equivalent of 10 years of experience in the abovementioned disciplines.
• 3 years of experience in quality leadership including experience leading and developing quality professionals.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 with 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.

Success in the Role

Success will be demonstrated through:

• Successful establishment of a robust Quality Management System and Built-in-Quality culture from facility launch through production ramp-up.
• Achievement of site quality objectives and sustained improvement in key Quality KPIs.
• Improved First Pass Yield process capability customer quality and right-first-time performance.
• Reduction in Cost of Poor Quality scrap rework nonconformance and customer escapes.
• Effective prevention and rapid resolution of critical quality issues.
• Successful integration of quality into new product introduction industrialization equipment and manufacturing processes.
• Strong customer confidence and effective execution of customer inspections audits witness points and quality requirements.
• Development of a high-performing Quality organization and broad-based quality capability across the site.
• Demonstrated use of data risk management lessons learned and systemic problem solving to prevent recurrence.
• Sustainable quality improvements that positively impact customer satisfaction operational performance and business results.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position the pay range for this position is between $142200.00 and $237100.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110% 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience education and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on October 23 2026.

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.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually GE Vernova) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate amend suspend replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.