Sub-Region OTR Operations Leader

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Sub-Region OTR Operations Leader

GE Vernova is looking for an exceptional Sub-region OTR Operations Leader to join our Gas Power Europe Services Team based in the Southern Europe.

GE Vernova - The Energy to Change the World

With over 130 years of experience and proven innovation, GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy. We are electrifying the world while working to decarbonize it. Our name reflects our mission. “GE” carries a legacy of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” signals Earth’s lush ecosystems, while “Nova” nods to a new era of lower-carbon energy we are helping to deliver.

Focused on the future, GE Vernova is accelerating the shift to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. We help customers power economies and deliver electricity vital to health, safety, and quality of life.

Power

Our Power portfolio provides sustainable, more efficient energy solutions. With expertise across Gas, Hydro, Nuclear, and Steam Power, we help customers deliver electricity to homes, industries, and communities worldwide.

Let’s Talk about the Role

The Sub‑Region OTR Operations Leader will drive operational excellence by leading outage planning, risk management, performance reporting, and continuous improvement activities that strengthen delivery across the Europe Services organisation.

In this role, you will play a critical part in enabling high‑quality service delivery for Gas Power customers by overseeing outage planning rigor, cost management, and risk mitigation across the sub‑region. You will lead the outage closeout process, validate performance outcomes, and translate lessons learned, best practices, and customer feedback into actionable improvements for future outages. Working closely with ITR sub‑region leaders, you will participate in Daily Management, facilitate PSRs, and provide clear KPI‑driven insights that support strategic decision‑making. Your leadership will help shape regional improvement plans, enhance customer value, and strengthen alignment with the Global Continuous Improvement team, ensuring consistent, reliable, and efficient operational performance.

Your Impact

• Drive operational rigor across key L2 and L3 metrics, ensuring strong performance management and alignment with the Europe Services operational framework.
• Lead the implementation of critical outage‑planning processes, embedding robust risk‑management and mitigation practices across the sub‑region.
• Support Monthly Operational Reviews across SQDC, partnering with Sub‑Region ITR Leaders to identify fulfilment gaps early and drive effective recovery actions.
• Enable successful outages by supporting Service Directors through Operational Reviews and Outage Readiness Reviews (ORR), ensuring planning quality and execution discipline.
• Monitor outage execution against the Successful Outage Scorecard (SOS), ensuring targets are met and partnering with productivity teams to track cost‑out and LAWO/EAC performance.
• Ensure timely and complete Post‑Outage Closure Reviews, driving Lessons Learned, Best Practices, and NCR resolution across fulfilment functions.
• Champion LEAN principles by leading PSRs, facilitating Kaizen events, and collaborating with Fleet, Forecasting, OFS, Parts, Repairs, Supply Chain, Engineering, and ITR to optimise fulfilment and deliver customer value.

What Success Looks Like in This Role

You should be a seasoned operational leader with strong technical and commercial awareness, capable of managing risk, driving performance, and influencing stakeholders across a complex, multinational services organisation. You should also have…

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field, with substantial operational exposure in field service, supply chain, engineering, repairs, or contract performance management.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, and manage operational and cost‑related risks within a technical environment, ensuring stable and predictable delivery outcomes.
• Fluent in English, with excellent communication skills and the confidence to present to managers, customers, and cross‑functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal and team‑building skills, committed to high ethical and safety standards and aligned with GE Vernova’s Spirit & the Letter principles.
• Proven leadership capability in dynamic, change‑driven environments, with the ability to influence stakeholders and build strong networks across Services, Parts, Repairs, Supply Chain, and Engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with familiarity in LEAN methodologies, productivity programs, and continuous improvement tools.
• Self‑motivated and able to work independently, with a clear understanding of Gas Power’s products, services, and fulfilment functions, and the ability to share best practices in an engaging, motivating way.

Where and how you'll work

• This is a fully remote position. We are open to the role being located anywhere in Southern Europe – for example Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece etc

Our Culture

Every action shapes our future. That’s why our north star is a culture of impact, where everyone is empowered to thrive and achieve.

Addressing the urgent need to build a more sustainable electric power system while improving the trajectory of climate change emissions are global priorities, and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world We play a significant role in leading a new era of energy.

Our technology helps generate approximately twenty-five percent of the world’s electricity today, and we are working to power the rest. If we want the future of energy to be different, then join us and be the difference. Together, we are the Energy of Change!

We're determined to be the best place to grow

We believe that strong careers are built on a variety of experiences, strong connections, and continuous development. We’re committed to providing you the tools to navigate and shape a strong career journey that aligns with a healthy work-life balance. No two careers are the same, and yours should reflect your personal and professional goals. Your people leader and trusted mentors will support you through navigating your journey.

We also prioritize fair pay, performance-based rewards, and wellbeing programs for you and your family. With opportunities to move across teams and functions, your career can keep evolving while sustainability stays at the core of everything we do.

Inclusion & Diversity

We are passionate about creating an inclusive work environment. By valuing the ideas and contributions of a diverse workforce we help inspire others to grow, succeed, and raise the bar for everyone.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, GE Vernova is committed to support disadvantaged groups whilst providing equal opportunities for both GE Vernova associates and applicants alike.

Join us at GE Vernova where results can be achieved by embracing a community of belonging.

Due to the high volume of candidates we receive, we will only contact successful applicants for the interview stage.

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