Heavy Duty New Unit Controls

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova Purpose

GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world?

What impact you’ll make

As a leader in Heavy Duty New Unit (HDNU) Controls Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in driving both digital transformation and operational excellence across the global Controls Engineering organization. You will define and execute a strategic roadmap for modernizing Distributed Control Systems (DCS), aligning technology upgrades with business goals and ensuring scalable, secure, and compliant platforms.
In parallel, you will lead the development and implementation of lean operational structures, mechanisms, and performance metrics to optimize team output, control costs, and enhance reliability. Your role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams—including engineering, IT, cybersecurity, and operations—as well as Controlled Title Holders and Lean Coaches to ensure alignment between technical execution and business outcomes.
You will champion a culture of continuous improvement by applying Lean principles and servant leadership practices, empowering engineering teams to identify and act on process improvement opportunities. Through coordination of Kaizen events, standardization efforts, and performance reviews, you will foster a unified and efficient Controls Engineering organization.
Your efforts will support broader Controls and Gas Power Engineering initiatives, including collaboration with HDNU ITR, Release Train Engineers, and strategic operations leaders. By mentoring functional teams and embedding daily management practices, you will help cultivate a resilient, data-driven, and forward-thinking engineering culture.

Job Description

As the DCS Transformation Leader for HDNU Controls Engineering, you will:

Strategic Vision & Transformation Leadership

• Define and communicate a clear vision for DCS modernization aligned with HDNU business goals.
• Develop and execute a multi-year transformation roadmap for migrating legacy systems to modern platforms.
• Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, IT, operations, cybersecurity) through the transformation lifecycle, ensuring alignment between technical execution and business outcomes.

Operational Excellence & Lean Execution

• Support day-to-day operations for a global organization of 240+ engineers.
• Establish and maintain operational infrastructure, cadence, and actionable KPIs/metrics (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) to drive performance and accountability.
• Conduct Monthly Operating Reviews to assess internal process performance and support strategic operations.

Change Management & Cultural Transformation

• Act as a change agent to drive cultural and operational shifts required for digital and lean transformation.
• Promote a culture of Lean Thinking, Servant Leadership, Customer Focus, and Employee Empowerment across the Controls Engineering organization.
• Engage stakeholders at all levels to build buy-in and reduce resistance to change.

Technology Modernization & Process Improvement

• Oversee the selection, integration, and deployment of next-generation DCS platforms that are scalable, secure, and compliant.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase system reliability, efficiency, and maintainability.
• Leverage data analytics and automation to enhance decision-making and performance.

Governance, Risk & Financial Management

• Establish governance structures to manage scope, budget, and timelines for transformation and operational initiatives.
• Drive the budgeting process for HDNU Controls Engineering, including labor and SW&L funding.
• Mitigate risks related to system downtime, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance.

Talent Development & Empowerment

• Upskill teams on new technologies, lean methodologies, and problem-solving tools.
• Enable and empower engineering resources to identify and act on Lean opportunities to drive simplification and efficiency.
• Celebrate and share successful applications of Lean principles across the organization.

Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

• Define and track KPIs and success metrics for both transformation and operational initiatives.
• Analyze performance data to determine action plans and process improvement needs.
• Coordinate Kaizens and Lean projects to align with Controls Engineering priorities and enhance efficiency, capacity, and reliability.

What you’ll bring (Required Qualifications)

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university or college.
• Experience: Minimum of 8 years of experience in any combination of managing programs/projects, power plant design engineering or driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Skills: Self-directed agent capable of prioritizing and managing multiple parallel projects, initiatives, and activities to deliver results.
• Effectiveness: Proven track record of driving outcomes and operational excellence in a complex, global environment.

What will make you stand out (Desired Characteristics)

• Demonstrates the GE Vernova Way: We Drive Innovation, We Serve Our Customers, Lean is How We Work, We Win as One Team, We Are Accountable 
• Experience in the power generation industry 
• Practitioner and subject matter expert of Lean models, concepts, and tools
• Ability to coach and teach others
• Customer advocate focused on simplifying processes, reducing costs, creating capacity, and delivering increased customer value
• Experience driving process improvement, preferably within an Engineering organization
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement
• Proven effectiveness in driving outcomes in a large, globally matrixed organization
• Comfortable with conflict; leads as a collaborator, facilitator, and strong partner
• Critical, systems thinker capable of aligning conflicting priorities
• Strong analytical skills; data-driven but decisive despite ambiguity
• Customer-focused with clear, concise written and oral communication skills

Benefits Available to You

GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce: Our Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)

• Our compensation & benefits are designed to reward high performers and help you manage your personal and family needs. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements.
• A healthy, balanced lifestyle can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today.
• GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to grow your career by providing a path for continued on-the-job learning and development.

Inclusion & Diversity

At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong.  Click here to learn more: https://jobs.gecareers.com/vernova/global/en/i-d-e

About GE Vernova Gas Power

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. It is a global leader in gas turbines and power plant technologies and services with the industry’s largest installed base.

For U.S. based candidates only, for purposes of complying with U.S. pay transparency requirements, the base pay range for this position is 131,700.00 - 219,300.00 USD Annual . The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for a 15% performance bonus. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. This position will stay open on the career website until at least August 9th, 2025

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