Job Description Summary
The Wind Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Leader is a critical member of the Wind Manufacturing Leadership Team. This role leads advanced manufacturing strategy, capital allocation, and technology roadmap development & execution. This is an opportunity to drive a multi-year strategic imperative and transformation, launching production-ready innovations that deliver a step-change in safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC) across our global wind supply chain.
Job Description
Essential Functions
- Strategic Vision: define and execute the long-term vision for Wind Advanced Manufacturing, aligning technology roadmaps with global business objectives
- Organizational Transformation: build a high performing advanced manufacturing organization with the skills to transform manufacturing processes
- Technology Roadmap & Innovation: drive the integration of robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing technologies to achieve a step-change in safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC) metrics.
- Capital & Strategic Decision Making: lead business case analyses and take decisions on high-impact capital investments and technology adoptions.
- Operational Excellence: institutionalize standard work and operational rhythms that ensure consistent, predictable, and measurable performance
- Lean Leadership: drive a culture of continuous improvement, embedding Lean manufacturing principles into advanced manufacturing development processes
- Cross-functional Leadership: influence cross-functional outcomes and ensure manufacturing strategy is fully integrated with business goals
- Process Standardization: define and implement best practice manufacturing processes globally across Nacelle, Blades, Generator, and Cabinets Assembly
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college in Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, or related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of relevant engineering, manufacturing, and/or advanced manufacturing experience
- Minimum 5 years of relevant leadership experience
Desired Characteristics
- Proven experience building and successfully implementing advanced technology roadmaps that transform business results
- Strategic leader – able to simplify complexity, develop winning strategies, and successfully lead a large organization
- Demonstrated ability to conceptualize the “art of the possible”, inspire team members, and move concepts through development into high-impact, full-scale production
- Change leader – demonstrated results leading organizational change and transformation
- Lean mindset – able to drive process improvement, standard work, and successfully build culture
- Global leadership experience with proven track record building organizational capability, influencing, and driving optimized enterprise results
- Strong background in the Wind industry—or relevant industrial manufacturing—with deep knowledge of the engineering and/or manufacturing processes & technologies
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: Yes
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position only:
Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.
This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on July 10, 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 Executive Services. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off, and the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits.
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.
