GE Vernova

Field Operations Leader (Service) Grid Systems

GE Vernova$104K — $173K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5 years of experience as a team manager in services and operations
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or any related B.S. degree
  • 5 years of experience in transmission and distribution substation engineering for utilities and renewable energy
  • Field experience in electrical, mechanical, controls, and protection disciplines

Responsibilities

  • Manage field specialists and field engineers, focusing on their personal and skill development
  • Grow and develop the team to enhance operational performance
  • Maintain productivity levels within the field operations group
  • Anticipate business development needs and create staffing plans to support growth
  • Coordinate sales and operational planning, ensuring effective resource loading and capacity planning
  • Oversee field activity planning and manage business requests efficiently
  • Ensure field operations comply with processes and continuously improve them based on feedback
  • Supervise a 24/7 response team and manage dispatch operations as required
  • Engage with customers, serving as the main escalation point to uphold high satisfaction levels
  • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with Project Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams
  • Contribute to organizational strategy development to align delivery models with business objectives
  • Promote EHS and ensure compliance with training and safety protocols for field personnel

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
  • Access to the Employee Assistance Program for confidential counseling services
  • GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan with company matching contributions
  • Tuition assistance and adoption assistance programs
  • Paid parental leave and disability benefits
  • Life insurance and 12 paid holidays
  • Permissive time off for work-life balance
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
Reporting directly to the GSI NAM Service Leader, this position provides strategic oversight of field operations in NAM region.
You will be responsible for leading and coordinating field service operations to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality customer support. This role oversees field operation managers, field engineers and technicians, manage service schedules, supports customer satisfaction, and drives operational performance across HVDC, FACTS, ACIS and GIS technologies.

You are responsible for driving operational excellence, safety, quality, fostering a culture of accountability, and mentoring your team to deliver seamless, value-driven service that strengthens long-term customer relationships and business growth.

GSI NAM Services organization supports its customers with their HVDC, FACTS, ACIS and GIS substation system commissioning, maintenance and operation.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

The GSI NAM SER Field operations Leader supervises the field operations group . In this role, he/she:

  • Manage the field specialists and field engineers, their personal and skill developments

  • Grow and develop the team

  • Maintain the field group at the expected level of productivity

  • Anticipate business development and develop staffing plans to support the growth

  • Sales and operational planning. Resource loading and planning. Ensure accurate resource loading and capacity planning to meet project demands

  • Maintain the field activity planning up to date:

  • - Manage all the business requests
  • - Assign mission to the field specialist based on their skills and development needs
  • -Find good compromise between business requirements and field specialist life balance
  • -Filter requests and guarantee stability to the field group
  • Field process owner; guarantee that the field mission are executed as per the processes. Improve the processes based on return of experience

  • Supervise 24/7 response; Maintain rotation planning. Make sure someone answer the calls. Dispatch calls if required

  • Customer Engagement - Serve as the primary point of escalation and strategic partner for the client. Build and maintain executive-level relationships to ensure high customer satisfaction

  • Cross function coordination - Cross-Functional collaboration between Project Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams.

  • Contribute to the development of organizational strategy and policy, ensuring all delivery models align with broader business objectives.

  • Proactively promote EHS; Maintain Field people trained as per legal requirements. Make sure mission risks are properly identified and mitigated. Guarantee appropriate PPEs are provided to the field specialist

  • Travel up to 30%

Initial preference is to identify a candidate that will work in the Houston office location. Additionally, we will consider Remote US only.

Required Qualifications

  • 5 years of experience as team manager / Prior field operations experience in Services and operations

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical Engineering or any B.S. degree with related experience

  • 5 years of transmission and Distribution substation engineering for utilities and renewable energy power plants

  • Field experience in electrical, mechanical, controls and protection disciplines

Desired Characteristics

  • Fluent in English and French

  • Experience with EHS risk management

  • Strong oral and written communication skills

  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

  • Customer oriented mindset

  • Like processes

  • Prior GE work experience in GEV GSI group

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

Application Deadline: August 14, 2026

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $104,200.00 and $173,700.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on July 01, 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 resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

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.

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova is an energy business company. They provide digital, energy consulting, energy financial services, gas power, grid solutions, nuclear energy, power conversion, renewable energy, steam power, and so on.

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