Region Productivity Operations Manager III

About the role

GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification businesses. This role is assigned a sub-regional cost out target and is responsible for managing key metrics for outage Planning, Execution and Closeout for both Productivity, Operations and Project Controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall sub-regional organization of Project Control Analysts, ensuring world class support and building a robust recruitment and succession plan.
• Review and understand the work scope of every outage through a detailed outage planning process; driving consistency on the 3-month Operations Schedule and Cost Review thorough the Post Outage Review, leading meaningful reviews for each assigned outage.
• Utilize data from post outage reviews to make strategic recommendations for outage execution performance to the regions during the planning process.
• Make site visits to lead Lean Action Work Outs and support with critical outages.
• Affiliate with the sub-region Service Director and Service Managers within FieldCore’s region to provide support on outage cost productivity and Project Controls.
• Review the bid document to ensure appropriate productivity measures have been accounted for.
• Implement and execute Top Programs on all applicable sites and quantify the results and track programs commitment vs. execution for best practices/lessons learned.
• Apply project planning methodology and enforce a productivity focus in rigorous weekly execution rhythms.
• Ensure PCA’s are trained and equipped to deliver world class reporting, monitor their metrics and drive results.
• Understand outage risk landscape and escalate PCA reporting Outage Performance Updates as required to keep key stakeholders apprised.
• Develop cost and OTD remediating actions for outages that are escalated during execution.
• Maintain monitoring and remediation of outages that demand more resources than planned in the final JCE.
• Quantify productivity on a granular level in both hours and dollars for executive report out.
• Develop and implement productivity training.
• Work with the sourcing department on vendor qualifications/management/optimization to minimize sourcing costs.
• Identify overall inefficiencies and find productivity gains.
• Travel required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field with minimum five years of Field Engineer or Project management experience; additional years’ experience in power generation can be substituted for degree.
• Minimum ten years of leadership level experience in a global/complex environment.
• Minimum four years of experience in managing and developing employees.
• Minimum five years of experience in power generation and field services.
• Heavy Duty Gas Turbine and/or Steam Turbine Experience required.
• Primavera experience.
• English proficiency required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent communication and management skills and strong interpersonal skills; ability to work with all levels of employees.
• Expertise in power generation outage maintenance.
• Strong project planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects concurrently/very results-oriented.
• Work well both independently and in a team environment (capable of being managed remotely and managing remote, indirect reports).

Skills

• Project planning methodology.
• Lean Action Work Outs.
• Outage Maintenance.
• Vendor Management.
• Productivity Training.

Benefits

The annual salary range for this position if hired in the US is $103,200 to $150,000 USD. This is an exempt from overtime position. FieldCore benefits include insurance (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), retirement savings, health and Wellness reimbursement, and a bonus or incentive program. Eligibility for FieldCore benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable benefits plan. FieldCore is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.