Job Description Summary
The Lead Field Services Specialist - Refuel Floor will provide direct supervision of Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Refuel Floor
maintenance activities, including Reactor Disassembly, Reassembly, an In Vessel Maintenance. This individual will support the safe execution of complex projects and activities involving BWR 2-6 Refuel Floor outage and off-outage scope.
In addition to refueling outage support, the Lead Outage Services Execution Specialist will be responsible for supporting off-season work, including but not limited to spent fuel pool cleanup projects, dry cask storage projects, and instructing GEH Technical Training Courses located in Wilmington, NC and San Jose, CA.
This unique position will continue to drive GEH’s excellence in outage execution but is also intended to offer candidates a position that prepares those individuals for roles of increasing responsibility within GEH.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide direct supervision of union and non-union personnel performing activities related to BWR Refuel Floor outage maintenance work.
- Provide project delivery planning leadership and rigor. Transition planning, risk identification, risk mitigation, and contingency planning.
- Responsible for leading and coaching multi-disciplined and multi-cultural teams composed of GEH and contingent worker personnel, including craft labor.
- Support the development of commercial proposals by providing technical input on labor quantity, labor hours, tooling, and logistics.
- Establish trusting relationships and interact effectively with senior level customer and supplier management on commercial, execution, technical, and compliance issues.
- Support Product Line activities including proposal development, product development, growth initiatives, and training development & delivery as business needs dictate.
- Support technical training courses as an instructor in San Jose, CA and Wilmington, NC
- Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) on the operation of reactor maintenance and in vessel tooling and GEH OEM equipment.
- Exemplify our GE Beliefs and demonstrate integrity, nuclear safety, and quality culture.
- Provide leadership to ensure high quality deliverables are produced in accordance with customer requirements, business procedures, and regulatory guidelines
- Drive standard GEH (GE Hitachi) processes across projects and ensure procedural compliance.
- Perform other assignments as business needs dictate.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline and 5 years of experience in BWR Refuel Floor Outage
- Maintenance activities.
- OR a High School Diploma with a minimum of 10 years of experience in BWR Refuel Floor Outage Maintenance activities.
- Previous experience as a Refuel Floor Technical Director or equivalent supporting Refuel Outage maintenance activities.
Eligibility Requirements
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 75% domestically and internationally. Lead Outage Services Execution
- Ability and willingness to support off-season projects including Spent Fuel Pool cleanup and Dry Cask storage campaigns.
- Ability and willingness to instruct GEH Technical Training courses.
- Ability and willingness to pass Fitness for Duty requirements and site security requirements to obtain domestic and international site unescorted access.
- Ability and willingness to attend additional GEH training and certification programs to further develop your skillset and support cross-functional projects.
- Ability and willingness to work in radiation-controlled areas and radioactively contaminated areas.
- Ability and willingness to work 12 hrs. / day seven days per week (When delivering field projects)
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb ten flights of stairs twice per day.
- Ability to pass respirator fit test and physical.
Desired Characteristics
- Broader nuclear experience including plant operations and/or maintenance activities.
- Experience with Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) outage maintenance activities.
- Experience executing Spent Fuel Pool Cleanup and Dry Cask Storage projects
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marine, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering,
- Commercial Experience / Proposal Development and Cost Estimating
- Extensive knowledge of nuclear power plant refueling, maintenance, inspection and modifications.
- Knowledge of BWR and PWR vessels and components, Nuclear Steam Safety System (NSSS) and Containment Buildings.
- Excellent computer skills, and ability to use Microsoft Office Suite software as well as enterprise systems such as
- P6, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and Oracle ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
- Open communication style and proven ability to develop team relationships, including vendors and global teams
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Strong attention to detail and ownership of outputs
- Well organized and self-directed worker
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
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).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
#LI-Remote - This is a remote position
Application Deadline:
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $91,400.00 and $152,200.00. 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 candidate’s 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 July 14, 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.
