GE Vernova
Global energy provider: power, wind, electrification
Major Correctives Technical Specialist - Wind
Travel to field sites across North America is required 50% of the time.
About the job
- A high school diploma or GED is required.
- At least 7 years of experience in wind services, technical field operations, turbine maintenance, major component work, blade repair, or related industrial service activities is required.
- Must be willing and able to travel 50% to field sites across North America.
- A valid driver’s license is required.
- Aid in developing technical training content, qualification materials, and capability-building programs for field teams performing major component upgrades and blade repair.
- Support structured learning paths for foundational and advanced skill development across Major Correctives work scopes.
- Translate technical procedures, field lessons learned, and execution requirements into practical training materials.
- Partner with subject matter experts, operations leaders, and technical teams to keep training content aligned with current methods, standards, risks, and business needs.
- Create and maintain standardized training modules, field guides, practical exercises, and evaluation tools.
- Ensure technical training content aligns with approved procedures, quality expectations, safety requirements, and operational standards.
- Deliver technical training through classroom instruction, field-based coaching, practical demonstrations, simulations, and on-the-job support.
- Support onboarding and upskilling of field personnel assigned to major component upgrade and blade repair work.
- Coordinate training rollouts for new processes, tools, repair methods, retrofit scopes, and quality requirements.
- Align training delivery with campaign schedules, workforce readiness needs, and execution priorities.
- Provide direct field support during implementation of new training programs or capability-building initiatives.
- Reinforce standard work and procedural adherence through field engagement and coaching.
- Lead hands-on assessments, observations, qualification reviews, and performance validation of technical capability.
- Develop and maintain consistent evaluation criteria for major component and blade repair skill sets.
- Assess technician and crew readiness for specific work scopes, campaigns, or advanced responsibilities.
- Identify technical skill gaps, training deficiencies, and qualification risks affecting safety, quality, or execution performance.
- Provide workforce capability, readiness, and development feedback to field and operations leaders.
- Support qualification tracking and documentation in alignment with business requirements.
- Improve workforce capability, technical consistency, and execution discipline across Major Correctives teams.
- Use field observations, safety initiatives, quality findings, rework trends, and execution challenges to refine training content and development priorities.
- Capture and integrate lessons learned from major component and blade repair campaigns into future training materials.
- Support standardization of technical practices and field execution methods across sites and teams.
- Recommend improvements to training approaches, qualification processes, and capability-building strategies based on field feedback and operational performance.
- Help build a sustainable technical capability model supporting scale, quality, and readiness across the region.
- Partner with operations leaders, field leaders and supervisors, technical support and engineering, EHS, quality, training and learning teams, and planning and workforce leaders.
- Align training priorities with operational demand, technical risk areas, and customer delivery requirements.
- Serve as a technical training resource for questions about methods, readiness, and skill expectations.
- Support readiness reviews, workforce planning discussions, and execution improvement initiatives with technical capability insight.
- An Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, industrial, or education-related field is preferred.
- Hands-on technical experience in major component exchange, major component upgrades, blade repair, or other complex field corrective work is preferred.
- Experience developing, delivering, or supporting technical training, workforce development, or field instruction is preferred.
- Strong understanding of field procedures, technical standards, safe work practices, and quality expectations in a wind or industrial field environment is preferred.
- Ability to evaluate technical skills and provide practical coaching and feedback is preferred.
- Experience as a technical instructor, field trainer, lead technician, subject matter expert, or field quality or technical support resource is preferred.
- Deep technical knowledge in up-tower corrective repair, blade repair methods, retrofit execution, gearbox, generator, or main bearing work, or major component exchange is preferred.
- Experience building training materials, qualification programs, or technical standards is preferred.
- Familiarity with adult learning principles and field-based instructional methods is preferred.
- Experience conducting hands-on evaluations, qualification signoffs, or technical audits is preferred.
- Ability to work across operations, engineering, and training functions in a matrixed environment is preferred.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are preferred.
- Relevant wind industry, rope access, blade repair, or technical certifications are a plus.
About the company
GE Vernova is a global energy company created in 2024 to support the electricity grid and the energy transition, with three focuses: Power, Wind, and Electrification. It sells large-scale equipment, signs long-term service agreements, and provides software to utilities, independent power producers, grid operators, and large industrial energy users. Its products include H-Class gas turbines that can burn natural gas with blends of hydrogen toward 100% hydrogen, Haliade-X offshore wind turbines up to 14.7 MW, and GridOS software that unifies grid data to help manage networks and integrate renewables. By combining hardware, services, and software under GE heritage, it aims to meet rising electricity demand while accelerating decarbonization across global energy systems.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$17.6M
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 orders rose 88% to $24.2 billion, led by Power and Electrification.
- Backlog hit $176 billion in July 2026, with gas equipment expected to reach 125 GW.
- August 2026 JV with LS Electric expands GE Vernova in Korea's HVDC market.
What critics are saying
- Vineyard Wind sued GE Vernova in April 2026; blade failures damaged offshore credibility.
- Wind execution remains fragile after the 2024 blade break and court-ordered project continuation.
- If gas-turbine production slips below 20 GW in 2026, backlog monetization stalls.
What makes GE Vernova unique
- GE Vernova controls Power, Wind, and Electrification across generation and grids worldwide.
- Its gas turbine backlog reached 116 GW in Q2 2026, supporting long-duration demand.
- GridOS, HVDC, and gas turbines position GE Vernova for AI-driven electrification buildouts.
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GE Vernova has formed a joint venture with LS Electric to strengthen its position in the high-voltage direct current sector. Announced at the CIGRE 2026 event in Paris, the partnership will focus on South Korea's voltage source converter-based HVDC projects, which are crucial for transmitting renewable energy from the southwestern region to greater Seoul. The venture combines GE Vernova's VSC-HVDC technology with LS Electric's local capabilities and market presence. The companies also plan to pursue HVDC opportunities in other global markets. The move aligns with GE Vernova's strategy to capitalise on growing power infrastructure demand. During Q2, the company's Power orders jumped 135% year-over-year, whilst Electrification revenue grew 68%. However, the joint venture faces execution risks and may take time to generate meaningful revenue.