Lead Engineer - Operations & Maintenance Manuals

RE1055 GE Renewable Energy Technologies Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Provided

Job summary

GE Vernova in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Engineer for Operations & Maintenance Manuals (OMM) to ensure on-time delivery across customer projects. You will drive process definition, data capture, and digital tool integration, coordinating with project engineering, PM, and CoE teams to set up robust OMM workflows.

The role demands 8+ years in engineering or documentation, with hands-on experience in Lean-led improvements and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality OMM solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/sciences/documentation/digitization or equivalent with 8+ years of experience in power generation or documentation domain.
• Experience leading digital web-based tools for documentation or engineering usage.
• Proven ability to lead organizational initiatives (Lean, digital tools) across functions.

Responsibilities

• Capture all released OMM projects for delivery tracking.
• Conduct Gemba walks with contractors and collect KPI data.
• Develop plan for revision of internal standard work and cross-functional instructions.
• Create/revise process maps and work instructions with/without contractors.
• Define KPIs and bowler for the sub-business line in collaboration with OMM leadership.
• Set up daily/weekly management cadences and MORs with stakeholders.
• Identify problems via Gemba and daily management, prioritize and solve.
• Explore AI/Automation opportunities to digitize OMM tools and processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of OMM standard work documents.

Skills

Lean tooling & AI awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Gemba & problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Sciences/Documentation/Digitization

Tools

Digital tools adoption

Job description

Job Description

Lead Engineer (LE) – Operation & Maintenance Manuals (OMM) will be responsible for ensuring on time delivery of OMM for all the customer projects of the assigned sub-business line within GE Vernova Gas power business; e.g. HDNU (Heavy Duty New Units), Aero Derivatives (Aero), Heavy Duty Services (HDS), SCS (Software & Controls Solutions). They will accomplish the stated objectives through teams of contractors while facilitating their work through establishment of processes, work instructions, Daily management (DM) routines and by leveraging Lean and AI. This role will also involve engaging with cross-functional teams within GE Vernova (e.g. project engineering, project management, vendoc CoE, Project Finance Manager etc.) to set up processes as well as for delivery of OMMs on customer projects. The LE – OMM shall also be responsible for implementing OMM strategy in consultation with the OMM workstream leader and CMPD leadership. When asked upon, this position will also contribute to digitization of OMMs which might involve tools, templates, integration with other tools, data migration projects etc. Responsibilities further include developing KPIs and metrics towards OMM bowlers, organizing development of digital visual dashboards that facilitate daily management.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure to capture all “Released” projects for OMM delivery tracking purpose
• Go to Gemba with OMM contractor teams and collect data points towards KPI/metric as well as for problem solving
• Determine need for OMM internal standard work as well as cross-functional QMS work instruction in alignment with OMM work stream leader and prepare a plan for revision/new release
• Create/revise process documents- maps/work instructions either by self or with the help of contractors and OMM workstream leader
• Come up with KPIs, metrics, leading/lagging indicators for OMM and finalize a bowler for assigned sub-business line, in coordination with OMM work stream leader
• Set up cadence for Daily/Weekly management as well as MOR (Monthly Operating Reviews) with relevant stakeholders
• Identify problems via Gemba walks as well as through Daily management/MORs and prepare a list of problems to solve, together with their prioritization
• Take up problem solving with help of relevant stakeholders, using Lean toolkit
• Conceive opportunities within the assigned OMM sub-area to leverage AI/Automation for waste reduction/elimination
• Digitization/Tools: Conceive ideas for challenges facing the current OMM tools and a tools landscape for future; contribute to implementation
• Apply lessons learned to continually improve OMM standard work documents
• Collaborates seamlessly with relevant functions teams for OMM topics

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/sciences/Documentation/Digitization or equivalent with 8+ years of experience either in power generation industry or in documentation domain
• Prior experience in leading/establishing digital web-based tools for documentation or for other similar engineering usage
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational initiatives (e.g. Lean- waste elimination or digital tools or similar) in small area of expertise
• Has fair knowledge either of: GE Vernova power generation products (engineering domain) Documentation standards, rules, tools

Desired Characteristics

• Ability to proceed with limited inputs/uncertainties; progress over perfection
• Team player; listening and influencing
• Prioritization to work on the items that have highest impact
• Challenges status quo in order to come up with better processes and systems/tools
• Focused on delivering on business imperatives with Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) in that order
• One team: contributes and coordinates across teams towards business objectives
• Communicates with transparency and urgency as the situation demands
• Presentation skills: ability to articulate problem/context through data
• Work within the guidelines of applicable GE Vernova Policies and Procedures
• Contribute to fulfilling organizational KPIs and Initiatives
• Demonstrated ability in managing several projects across functions (New Product Introduction, New Units, Services, Cost Out, etc.), ensuring On-time Delivery, with high quality and on-budget.
• Strong team player with the ability to effectively work under pressure

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help 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. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com