Blade Moving Technician

RE1022 LM Wind Power Blades (USA) Inc.; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company matching

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Job summary

GE Vernova Inc. in the United States is seeking a blade handling associate to support production with blade/web movements, loading and offloading blades, and maintaining related inventories.

You will operate material handling equipment and ensure blades are braced per customer specs. You will inspect equipment, report issues, follow health and safety guidelines, maintain 5S, and comply with hazardous materials regulations.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED or related job experience.
• Previous manufacturing experience preferred.
• Ability to operate forklift or other heavy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Move blades using various equipment from one station to another.
• Position and load blade parts and finished blades with material handling equipment.
• Ensure blades are braced and strapped per customer specifications.
• Detect and report improper operation, faulty equipment, defective materials, and unusual conditions.
• Wear designated personal protective equipment and follow all health and safety guidelines.
• Comply with prescribed safety procedures and federal laws regulating the waste disposal and shipment of hazardous materials.
• Maintain 5s standards.

Skills

Blade handling

Material handling equipment

Safety compliance

PPE adherence

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

GE Vernova Inc. is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world's challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with approximately 75,000 employees across approximately 100 countries around the world. Supported by the Company's purpose, The Energy to Change the World, GE Vernova technology helps deliver a more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy future.

GE Vernovas Onshore Wind business is a world leader in onshore wind technology. With an installed base of approximately 55,000 turbines around the world, it offers a high-tech product portfolio of turbines for a broad range of site conditions.

This individual is responsible for supporting production with blade/web movements, blade loading and offloading. This individual also loads and offloads blade transportation frames. Accounts for blade inventory, transport frame inventory, and maintains the exterior of the facility. This team supports every department in the facility.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Move blades using various equipment for one station to another.
• Use a wide variety of material handling equipment to position and load blade parts and completed blades.
• Assure blades are braced and strapped per customer specifications.
• Detect and report improper operation, faulty equipment, defective materials, and unusual conditions.
• Wear designated personal protective equipment and follow all health and safety guidelines.
• Comply with prescribed safety procedures and federal laws regulating the waste disposal and shipment of hazardous materials.
• Maintain 5s standards.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to carry objects or materials up to 30lbs.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time on concrete floors.
• Ability to make quick or repeated movement (holding, reaching, twisting, bending) with hands, arms, legs, or body.
• May require usage of respirator

Desired Characteristics

• High School Diploma/GED or related job experience.
• Previous Manufacturing experience
• Experience operating a forklift or other heavy equipment.

Shift: Mon- Fri 2pm-10:30pm

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the base pay for this position is $22.88-$27.50.

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

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position only: *The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on October 16, 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 and 12 paid holidays.

New hires also two weeks of annual vacation (which may be pro-rated based on start date).

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.

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