Lean Value Stream Leader Engineering
Greenville, NC - USA
Job Summary
Essential Responsibilities:
- Continuously identify and resolve inefficiencies bottlenecks and improvement opportunities across processes projects and execution activities.
- Provide Lean training and facilitate Kaizen events Lean roadmaps and Lean workshops.
- Establish articulate and operationalize the Lean roadmap and strategy into tactical actions aligned with overall Wind Engineering priorities mobilizing change and achieving business results with a focus on Lean culture tools and systems.
- Drive Lean tool maturity and adoption as part of the operating philosophy including value stream mapping standard work problem-solving Kaizen visual management and daily management.
- Define and facilitate a process that provides effective visibility and flow of top fleet and field issues ensuring the team focuses on the highest-priority actions.
- Develop Lean expertise and expand Lean culture within Wind Engineering.
- Partner with Wind Engineering executives and respective value streams to achieve SQDC objectives through operating reviews roadmap execution standard work and daily management practices.
- Influence the leadership team and engineering organization to be accountable for Lean implementation and sustainable results through debate and effective communication.
- Serve as the wing-to-wing process owner and subject matter expert for closed-loop product improvement.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in engineering or similar field from an accredited university or college.
- Experienced Kaizen facilitator with a minimum of five facilitated Kaizen developing and facilitating Lean roadmaps.
- 8 years of related engineering experience with a minimum of 5 years of successfully managing programs/projects or driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Desired Qualifications:
- Demonstrates the GE Vernova Way exhibiting clarity of thought consistency of messages and uncompromising integrity.
- Strong influencing ability and perseverance through a multi-phase journey.
- Good understanding of Wind Engineering processes.
- Experience in engineering design processes and deep business acumen (business literacy analysis insight and design).
- Proficient in Lean tools and techniques including Value Stream Mapping Kaizen 5S and root cause analysis.
- Self-directed leader who can prioritize and manage multiple parallel projects initiatives and activities to deliver results.
- Effective in driving outcomes in large globally matrixed organizations.
- Possesses complex problem-definition and problem-solving skills and aptitude.
- Serves as a change agent able to advocate for lean principles and demonstrate immediate impact.
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual 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
Required Experience:
IC
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