Technical Leader – Configuration Management Services
Switzerland Global Enterprise
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Provide strategic technical leadership to a global team of configuration management engineers and contractors: Set clear priorities, coach and mentor, provide timely feedback, and foster an inclusive, high performing culture.
- Ensure adherence to budget and proactively highlight variances and mitigation plans to leadership.
- Drive process and culture harmonization across the team.
- Provide technical oversight for recommended spare parts lists for new unit commissioning, initial spares for services, and outage planning for heavy-duty gas turbines and combined cycles (across applicable fleets and technologies).
- Drive process excellence and Lean: Implement standard work, visual management, and continuous improvement routines (daily management).
- Lead and participate in Kaizens to deliver SQDC outcomes; manage KPIs and action plans.
- Partner and communicate: Work cross‑functionally with Engineering, Services, Parts, Supply Chain, Sourcing and Field Services to align on customer needs and delivery commitments.
- Communicate status, risks, and resource needs to leadership with clarity and transparency.
- Collaborate with peer Technical Leaders, the Principal Engineer, and Senior Engineers to set strategy, standards, and roadmaps (tools, data, standard work), allocate capacity, and ensure consistent execution across the workstreams.
- Advance digital tools and data: Collaborate with Digital/IT to resolve tool issues; act as process owner to define requirements and support development for front‑end tools (PALM/Teamcenter, PowerNow 2.0) and integrations to downstream systems (SAP/Oracle ERP).
- Identify automation and data quality opportunities to improve speed and accuracy.
- Model the GE Vernova Way: Drive innovation, serve our customers, Lean is how we work, win as one team, and drive accountability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science—or equivalent practical experience.
- Relevant experience in configuration management, design engineering, or manufacturing engineering.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and interpret BoM structures.
- Experience with PLM and ERP systems (e.g., GTCC PLM/Teamcenter and SAP/Oracle ERP) or similar.
- Proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
- Professional proficiency in English.
Benefits
- Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
configuration managementdesign engineeringmanufacturing engineeringengineering drawingsBoM structuresprocess excellenceLeanautomationdata qualitycontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
strategic leadershipcoachingmentoringcommunicationcollaborationproblem solvingtransparencyprioritizationteamworkcustomer focus