Full-Time
Lead Services Specialist
On Site Services
Posted on 10/3/2025
GE Vernova
1,001-5,000 employees
Portfolio of energy businesses delivering electricity
No salary listed
Stoke-on-Trent, UK
In Person
Frequent travel across the UK and occasional overseas travel.
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- Ideally C&G/ONC/HND in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
- IOSH Managing Safely
- Substation Primary Plant Construction and installation techniques
- Substation secondary wireman experience
- This role requires someone who has substation secondary wireman experience.
- Knowledge of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and a good understanding of the roles and duties of the Principal Contractor and Contractor
- Be comfortable working at heights and confined spaces.
- Be happy working away from home and travelling UK wide, and possibly overseas when required.
- Supervise GIS installation, commissioning, and maintenance, ensuring compliance with GE standards of health, safety, quality, and environmental protection.
- Manage daily operations and field resources to deliver projects on time, on budget, and to specification.
- Conduct investigative site visits, reporting on equipment condition, failures, or maintenance needs.
- Prepare and issue RAMS, NCRs, TQs, and site instructions; ensure accurate documentation and compliance with GE quality governance.
- Lead and develop GIS installation teams, including subcontractors, technicians, and apprentices.
- Support evaluations, appraisals, and skills development to maintain a competent and motivated workforce.
- Foster a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and accountability across site teams.
- Act as the main interface between GIS Product Units, Service Units, and client representatives for product or installation issues.
- Provide timely reporting on project progress, product issues, and engineering variations to Project Managers.
- Promote strong working relationships to resolve issues quickly and maintain customer satisfaction.
- Ensure the integrity, quality, and reliability of GIS installations.
- Raise and manage nonconformities (NCPs), driving root cause resolution and improvements.
- Contribute to lessons learned, best practices, and continual improvement initiatives for future projects.
- Extensive travel across the UK and occasional overseas travel.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, shaping the success of GE’s GIS business.
- Requires a proactive, hands-on leader who can manage both the technical and people aspects of complex site operations.
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established site management skills.
GE Vernova is the umbrella for GE’s energy businesses, including Power, Renewable Energy, and Digital, along with Energy Consulting, Energy Financial Services, Grid Solutions, Nuclear Energy, and LM Wind Power. It contributes to about one-third of the world’s electricity and focuses on making energy more reliable, affordable, and sustainable. The company combines hardware, software, services, and financing to deliver end-to-end energy solutions—from gas turbines, wind turbines, and nuclear systems to digital tools and grid infrastructure, supported by consulting and financing. What sets GE Vernova apart is its one-stop portfolio that covers the full energy value chain at a global scale, integrating equipment, software, services, and finance to help customers improve efficiency and decarbonize. Its goal is to speed the transition to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy for customers around the world.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founded
2022
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- The Electrification backlog reflects strong demand from AI data-center and grid projects.
- India wind expansion adds local manufacturing, new turbine certification, and a 100 MW order.
- The BWRX-300 and Blue Energy partnership position GE Vernova for next-generation nuclear demand.
What critics are saying
- Wind pricing pressure from Siemens Gamesa and Vestas can compress India margins.
- The BWRX-300 program faces licensing, construction, and cost-overrun risk before commercialization.
- High valuation leaves little room for execution misses, margin compression, or cash-flow disappointments.
What makes GE Vernova unique
- GE Vernova is a pure-play energy equipment company built from GE's 2024 spin-off.
- Its portfolio spans Power, Wind, and Electrification, covering generation through grid management.
- Approximately 25% of global electricity relies on its turbines and grid technologies.
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GE Vernova has secured an additional $6 million in state funding for its $96 million Advanced Research Center on Balltown Road in Niskayuna, New York. The grant, awarded through the FAST NY programme, will fund water supply, road and stormwater management upgrades at the campus, offsetting roughly half of the $12 million in required infrastructure improvements. The company previously received $9.6 million in state tax credits linked to plans for creating 75 new jobs at the research centre, along with low-cost hydropower allocation. The site, separate from GE Vernova's existing River Road labs, will house energy technology research including a direct air capture carbon system currently under testing. GE Vernova earned nearly $5 billion in 2025 on $38 billion in revenue, with a market value of $242 billion.
ThinkLabs has raised $28 million USD ($39 million CAD) in a Series A round led by Energy Impact Partners to help power grids manage surging demand from AI data centres. Nvidia's venture fund NVentures and Edison International participated, alongside returning investors including GE Vernova. The Canadian-led, New York-based startup provides physics-informed AI software that creates digital twins of power grids, simulating scenarios to help operators maintain reliability and reduce outages. The platform reduces what would typically be a six-month, quarter-million-dollar study to under a day's analysis. Founded by former Toronto Hydro smart-grid department head Josh Wong, ThinkLabs spun out of GE Vernova in early 2024 with $6.8 million CAD in seed funding. The company will use the new capital to mature its product and expand features whilst focusing on the North American market.
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have unveiled a US-Japan energy investment plan potentially worth $40 billion, centring on small modular nuclear reactors. GE Vernova and Hitachi will develop BWRX-300 reactors in Tennessee and Alabama, whilst Japan will invest up to $33 billion in natural gas plants in Pennsylvania and Texas. The initiative forms part of a broader $550 billion bilateral investment fund agreed under a recent trade pact. It aims to address rising electricity demand from data centres and artificial intelligence infrastructure. However, most SMR designs await regulatory approval and none have been deployed on US grids. The agreement also covers critical minerals and industrial supply chains, with Japanese firms contributing components and participating in rare-earth projects across Indiana, Arizona and North Carolina.
GE Vernova shares have risen 14.8% over the past three months, outperforming its Zacks Alternate Energy – Other industry's 4.1% growth. The company is benefiting from surging electricity demand driven by AI data centre expansion, creating strong opportunities for its turbines and grid equipment. GE Vernova is improving profitability in its wind segment through cost controls and portfolio optimisation, whilst its gas power and power services businesses continue strong performance. In March 2026, the company secured a contract for a 100-megawatt wind farm in Italy, supplying 17 turbines plus maintenance support. The company is expanding its Italian manufacturing facility to boost production of transformer components and advancing its BWRX-300 small modular reactor project in Poland, strengthening its position in the nuclear power market.
BlackRock is advising investors to focus on AI energy stocks rather than big tech companies in 2026, as AI data centres drive a surge in power demand. Deloitte anticipates a 30-fold increase in US AI data centre power consumption between 2024 and 2035. Three promising investments include Bloom Energy, which provides hydrogen fuel cell solutions for onsite electricity generation. The company reported $778 million in revenue last quarter, up 36% year over year, with analysts expecting accelerated growth. Constellation Energy, America's leading nuclear power provider, is restarting a Three Mile Island reactor to supply Microsoft's AI data centre. The company generates over two-thirds of its electricity through nuclear power. GE Vernova, General Electric's power production spinoff, reported orders up 34% to $59.3 billion, with a $150 billion backlog.