This leader drives technical excellence, cost and schedule performance, and innovation to deliver high-quality, on-time, and cost-effective solutions across the entire lifecycle of steam turbine products, while spearheading next-generation decarbonization initiatives. The role partners closely with product management, manufacturing, field service, R&D, and suppliers to support the installed base, advance system integration, and develop new low-carbon technologies to meet the world’s energy transition needs.
Importantly, combining leadership of Steam Turbine and Decarbonization Solutions Engineering under one role reflects the growing convergence of market demands, technology pathways, and systems integration needs across the thermal and low-carbon power sectors — enabling GE Vernova to deliver more cohesive, optimized, and future-ready plant solutions.Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
In addition to direct engagement in the core activities of the Steam Turbine and Decarbonization Solutions Engineering organization described above, this role includes the following key areas of accountability:
Strategy & Technology Leadership
· Define and execute engineering roadmaps for steam turbine new units, services, and new product introduction, as well as decarbonization solutions.
· Develop technology strategies to improve turbine efficiency, reliability, and cost, while enabling integration with carbon capture and other low-carbon systems.
· Champion adoption of advanced practices such as Model-Based Engineering 3.0 and AI-enabled workflows to improve quality and reduce cycle time.
Execution – Steam Turbines
· Lead engineering execution for new-build steam turbine projects from concept through manufacturing, testing, and installation.
· Oversee engineering support for the installed fleet, including upgrades, retrofits, reliability improvements, and field issue resolution.
· Drive lessons learned from field experience back into design standards, digital twins, and next-generation product designs.
Execution – Decarbonization Solutions
· Lead engineering development and readiness of carbon capture and related decarbonization technologies for commercial deployment.
· Partner with customers, suppliers, and R&D organizations to co-develop, pilot, and validate new low-carbon solutions.
· Protect intellectual property and establish technology differentiators to strengthen GE Vernova’s leadership in decarbonization.
Innovation – New Product Introduction
· Integrate decarbonization technologies into next-generation steam turbine systems through NPI programs.
· Accelerate innovation cycles across both steam turbine and carbon capture portfolios, leveraging digital tools, automation, and AI-driven design.
People & Culture
· Lead a global engineering organization spanning internal hubs (U.S., Mexico, Switzerland) and third-party contractors.
· Attract, develop, and retain early-career through principal and consulting engineers capable of solving the most complex technical challenges across steam turbines and decarbonization.
· Build a high-performance, inclusive culture emphasizing safety, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Stakeholder Engagement
· Partner closely with product management, sourcing, manufacturing, field service, and product definition teams to ensure seamless lifecycle execution.
· Represent the combined steam turbine and decarbonization engineering portfolio with customers, regulatory bodies, and senior leadership.
· Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure technology readiness, commercial competitiveness, and flawless project delivery.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering-related discipline
- At least 10 years of experience within Gas Power discipline
- At least 5 years of people leadership experience
Desired Characteristics
- 15+ years of progressive energy industry engineering leadership and proven experience in decarbonization or low-carbon technology development
- Demonstrated ability to lead in a fast-paced, global, and multi-disciplinary environment.
- Strong technical judgment with a focus on quality, cost, and schedule performance.
- Deep understanding of project execution risks, financial drivers, and customer requirements.
- Proven track record in innovation leadership and technology development.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization and externally with customers and partners.
- Passionate about the energy transition, sustainability, and driving tangible decarbonization outcomes.
- Demonstrated success leading large, global engineering organizations delivering complex products, upgrades, and NPI programs.
- Deep knowledge of thermodynamics, rotating equipment, plant integration, emissions compliance, and carbon capture technologies.
Strategic Impact
- Accountable for ensuring all steam turbine and decarbonization systems perform and operate to meet contract, regulatory, and customer needs.
- Defines and drives technology strategy that strengthen GE Vernova’s competitiveness in efficiency, reliability, and low-carbon operation.
- Develop and execute global strategies in partnership with GE Vernova and customer leadership, ensuring alignment with Gas Power objectives.
- Lead external facing representation of GE Vernova’s technical decarbonation strategy and opportunities to customers and external industry partners.
- Leads engineering execution and technology integration across the steam turbine, condenser, HRSG, and carbon capture ecosystems.
- Primary technology leader driving the positioning of the company as an industry leader in decarbonization-enabled thermal systems through sustained innovation and execution excellence.
Problem Solving
- Engages in complex, multi-disciplinary challenges across performance, operability, cost, and sustainability.
- Balances competing objectives across product, project, and technology portfolios to optimize business outcomes.
- Utilizes analytical rigor, systems engineering principles, and digital tools to separate causation from correlation and drive root-cause resolution.
Business Expertise
- Broad and deep understanding of power plant systems and their integration with gas, steam, and low-carbon technologies.
- Knowledge of global energy markets, regulatory drivers, and decarbonization pathways.
- Interfaces internally across GE Vernova enterprise, including engineering, product management, and projects. Leading external partnerships with suppliers, customers, and industry experts to deliver business value in decarbonization solutions.
Leadership
- Inspires and influences globally distributed teams toward common goals of excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
- Develops the next generation of Controlled Title Holders and Principal Engineers to sustain technical vitality.
- Represents GE Vernova’s technical leadership externally through conferences, standards committees, and strategic partnerships.
- Creates a culture of accountability, urgency, and continuous learning aligned to the company’s mission of “Electrify to thrive and decarbonize.”
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal 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
Top Skills
What We Do
GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.
If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different.
Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.
GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life.
Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.
Why Work With Us
Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.
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