Job Description Summary
The Outage Value Stream Leader – Steam Turbine and Generator Nuclear Technology is a senior leadership position and recognized functional and technical leader accountable for the end-to-end outage value stream transformation and execution enablement for the ST & Gen Nuc technology portfolios. Customer outcomes, outage performance, operating standards, resource effectiveness, productivity, cost, and margin are major accountabilities across the assigned technology family and regional execution footprint.
This leader has key responsibilities in functional and business management on outage strategy, field service methods, scheduling discipline, technical capability, tooling, repair solutions, and execution readiness. The role shapes operating guidelines and standard work for important business-critical outage activities and translates functional policy into globally executable practices that improve safety, quality, delivery, cycle time, productivity, cost, and margin outcomes.
As part of the future outage value stream operating model, this position provides single-threaded accountability for the combined Generator and Steam Turbine GE technology stream. The leader works with moderate autonomy and high levels of evaluative judgment, partnering with segment execution, Safety and Quality teams, field operations, repair, planning, scheduling, commercial, regional, engineering, and digital teams to identify risks, challenge conflicting data, anticipate customer and business needs, and deliver scalable solutions across the value stream.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide senior leadership for the outage value stream for the GE Generator and Steam Turbine technology portfolios, including GE Nuclear, BBC Nuclear, RBFP, Schenectady GEN, GE Hydrogen & Water OEM technologies, with accountability for value stream performance and execution outcomes.
- Own, govern, and continuously improve Field Service Methods for the assigned Generator and Steam Turbine technology portfolios, shaping operating guidelines, standard work, and compliance expectations for safe, reliable, and repeatable outage execution.
- Develop and deliver the related technical Field Service Training curriculum and capability-building roadmap for both Generator and Steam Turbine scope.
- Lead outage optimization and fleet management activities for the assigned technology scope, translating lessons learned and best practices into repeatable execution packages.
- Build, lead, and develop an Outage Center of Excellence with senior subject matter experts, creating an inclusive, high-performing team environment that industrializes outage solutions and drives productivity improvements through the Tollgate/ PDCA Process.
- Industrialize new productivity and improvement programs, including tooling, training, methods, and related CAPEX/OPEX planning and execution, with ownership or influence over operating plans and budgets within the area of responsibility.
- Lead the PDCA and continuous improvement portion of Steam Turbine Upgrade site installations for Nuclear segment, partnering with execution teams to deploy productivity solutions, standard work, tooling improvements, lessons learned, and execution support that improve safety, quality, delivery, cycle time, cost, and customer outcomes.
- Partner with OFS and OSS to lead the PDCA and improvement agenda for On-Site Repair and On-Site Machining activities, supporting SQDC execution through standard work, productivity actions, issue resolution, and continuous improvement of site repair processes.
- Partner with Repair Value Stream, OFS, and OSS to define and continuously improve the repair solution strategy and execution support model for Steam Turbine and Generator GE technology outages within the assigned technology scope.
- Partner with the Upgrade Value Stream to develop site installation standards and solutions that meet customer expectations and enable safe, consistent, and efficient execution.
- Identify value stream bottlenecks, evaluate the quality of operational and technical information, challenge conflicting data, and implement scalable improvements across processes, tooling, scheduling, repair solutions, and field execution.
- Partner with outage planning, scheduling, execution, commercial, regional operations, repair, and field teams to improve outage readiness, execution discipline, and customer delivery.
- Drive KPI-based performance management across SQDC, productivity, adherence, and cost, presenting performance insights, risks, and improvement recommendations to functional and business leaders.
- Accelerate the digital transformation and application of digital and AI-enabled tools across the outage value stream to improve outage planning, execution readiness, field productivity, decision quality, and customer outcomes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or a related technical discipline from an accredited university or college.
- Minimum 15 years of progressive industry experience, including at least 10 years in power service and significant leadership experience in power generation outages, generator or steam turbine field service, repair, planning, scheduling, service execution, or operational transformation.
Desired Characteristics
- Recognized functional or technical expertise in outage execution, field service methods, outage planning, scheduling, repair solutions, technical capability development, or power service operations.
- Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional, regional, and global teams in a complex, matrixed operating environment, including senior stakeholders and subject matter experts.
- Strong track record of driving process improvement, standard work, operational transformation, policy deployment, and execution rigor across multiple functions or regions.
- Strong senior leadership, program leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, including the ability to communicate complex operational and technical messages to business leaders and drive engagement across teams.
- Demonstrated ability to make decisions with moderate autonomy and high evaluative judgment, using internal and external resources to solve complex and interdependent operational problems.
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing professional teams or senior subject matter experts, with a demonstrated ability to create an inclusive team environment and remove barriers to execution.
- Demonstrated commitment to EHS, quality, compliance, customer focus, operational excellence, and responsible budget and operating plan stewardship.
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related discipline.
- Deep technical and operational knowledge of legacy Alstom Generator and Steam Turbine technologies.
- Experience with outage optimization, fleet management, outage scheduling, and site repair services across multiple regions.
- Experience leading training organizations, methods teams, technical centers of excellence, tooling operations, or specialist resource management teams.
- Experience with field service mobility, immigration processes, and global specialist deployment.
- Familiarity with Lean methodology, or other productivity and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience managing capital and operating budgets.
- Strong change management, organizational design, and transformation leadership experience.
For candidates applying to a Canadian-based position, the pay range for this position is between $163,000k-$244,600k CAD. The specific pay offered may be influence by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.
Bonus eligibility: Discretionary Annual Bonus
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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