Reporting to the Head of North American Engineering, this role serves as the operational and capability steward for Engineering, ensuring the organization has the capacity, competencies, standards, and knowledge infrastructure required to meet current and future business demand. Core responsibilities span Engineering S&OP, workforce and capacity planning, technical governance, knowledge management, organizational capability development, and Engineering Training Center leadership.
This role also serves as the primary interface between North American Engineering and our Engineering Delivery Center (EDC) teams in Brazil and India, ensuring consistent governance, technical standards, and workload alignment across globally distributed engineering resources.
The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen, organizational planning skills, and engineering leadership experience with the ability to translate complex engineering and workforce data into actionable insights for senior leadership. Success in this role depends on close, ongoing collaboration with Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, ITO, PMO, Manufacturing, and Engineering leaders to align engineering capacity, skills, and capabilities with business demand and strategic growth objectives.
This role will report out of our Pittsburgh office.Job Description
Engineering Governance & Reporting
- Establish and maintain Engineering governance processes, leadership review mechanisms, and organizational reporting structures.
- Develop and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, and Engineering Leadership Team reporting.
- Support leadership decision-making through analysis, reporting, forecasting, and planning insights.
- Maintain Engineering leadership action-tracking processes and reporting mechanisms.
Engineering S&OP, Capacity & Workforce Planning
- Own the Engineering S&OP process, ensuring alignment between business demand, engineering capacity, workforce capabilities, and resource requirements.
- Translate sales forecasts, project demand, and business growth plans into Engineering resource and capability requirements.
- Lead Engineering capacity planning, workforce forecasting, and resource planning activities across all engineering disciplines.
- Partner with Engineering leaders to identify staffing requirements, critical skill gaps, succession risks, and capability needs.
- Develop workforce strategies including hiring plans, contractor utilization, outsourcing approaches, and capability-development plans.
Knowledge Management & Capability
- Develop and implement a comprehensive Engineering Knowledge Management strategy to capture, retain, and maintain the critical skills required to support business initiatives.
- Establish mentoring, succession-planning, and knowledge-transfer programs to preserve critical expertise and reduce organizational risk.
- Serve as the primary liaison with corporate Knowledge Management teams.
- Partner with Engineering leaders to strengthen technical expertise, leadership pipelines, and organizational scalability.
Global Engineering Delivery Management
- Serve as the primary interface between North American Engineering and Engineering Delivery Center (EDC) teams in Brazil and India.
- Ensure consistent application of engineering standards, documentation requirements, technical governance, and quality expectations across regional and global resources.
- Monitor resource utilization, staffing alignment, and support models across global engineering organizations.
- Support the deployment of the NAM training center.
Technical Governance & Engineering Standards
- Define, implement, and maintain Engineering governance processes, technical standards, and quality system requirements across engineering disciplines.
Financial Stewardship
- Support Engineering leadership in budget planning and management related to workforce development, training programs, Engineering Excellence initiatives, and external engineering resources.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
- Minimum of 7 years of engineering, engineering operations, program management, engineering leadership, workforce planning, or engineering excellence experience.
Desired Characteristics
- Demonstrated experience in Engineering Operations, Engineering Excellence, workforce planning, organizational capability development, or technical governance.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within a matrixed, global engineering environment.
- Experience leading Engineering Operations, Engineering Excellence, Capability Development, Workforce Planning, or Organizational Effectiveness functions.
- Strong understanding of Engineering S&OP, workforce planning, capacity management, resource forecasting, and organizational design.
- Experience building executive-level dashboards, business reporting, and workforce analytics.
- Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams and Engineering Delivery Centers.
- Knowledge of engineering quality systems, technical governance, compliance requirements, and design review processes.
- Experience developing training programs, competency frameworks, certification programs, and career-development pathways.
- Demonstrated leadership presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment across functions.
- Strong facilitation, mentoring, coaching, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience supporting engineering budget planning, workforce investment decisions, and long-term capability strategies.
Success in this role will be measured by:
- Effective execution of Engineering S&OP and workforce planning processes.
- Organizational readiness to meet current and future business demand.
- Development and retention of critical engineering capabilities and knowledge.
- Adoption and effectiveness of technical governance and engineering standards.
- Successful integration and utilization of global engineering resources.
- Growth of engineering competencies, training effectiveness, and workforce capability maturity.
- Executive visibility into engineering capacity, capability, and organizational risks.
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: Yes
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $131,700.00 and $219,300.00. 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 September 24, 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in engineering, engineering operations, program management, engineering leadership, workforce planning, or engineering excellence
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.
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What We Do
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