EHS Chief of Staff — Lean Strategy & Transformation

GE Vernova, Inc.; Greenville (SC); Híbrido; USD 148.000 - 247.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Relocation assistance

Discretionary annual bonus

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Descripción de la vacante

GE Vernova is seeking a Strategic Wind EHS Leader to shape and execute the EHS agenda using Lean methods. You will lead transformation of the EHS operating system, drive governance, and accelerate delivery of high-impact initiatives across Wind, including safety governance and digital program management.

This high-visibility role requires translating strategy into action, aligning complex organizations, and energizing teams around a shared vision.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in EHS, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience establishing and leading governance councils or operating mechanisms across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to align diverse teams around clear priorities and outcomes.
• Experience developing metrics, dashboards, and reporting tools to drive performance and decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Lean Management Systems or operating mechanisms.
• Ability to translate complex, high-level strategies into clear, actionable, and sustainable standard work.
• Strong change management experience, specifically in coaching teams through a shift to a Lean culture.

Responsabilidades

• Design and implement a Lean Management System, including Hoshin-Kanri, daily management, and visual metrics, to ensure EHS priorities are embedded in the daily fabric of the business.
• Establish Operating Cadence: Partner with functional leaders to optimize monthly/quarterly operating rhythms. Use Lean principles to ensure proactive identification of risks to KPIs and business outcomes.
• Drive Standard Work: Lead the development, execution, and sustainment of standard work across EHS processes to ensure repeatable, scalable, and safe operations.
• Strategic Breakthroughs: Lead senior leaders through the Hoshin Kanri process to establish annual breakthrough objectives and translate them into measurable, actionable goals.
• Partner across Engineering, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Projects, Service, Lean, Quality, Compliance, and IT/Digital to remove barriers and accelerate results.
• Build strong relationships across functions and regions to align stakeholders around common priorities and business outcomes.
• Represent the Wind EHS organization in cross-functional forums and help drive enterprise-wide alignment.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators for strategic initiatives and overall EHS performance.
• Design and support development of dashboards, reporting tools, and executive-level materials for leadership reviews and decision-making.
• Drive communication, training, and change management plans that support adoption, engagement, and long-term sustainability.
• Support budget planning, resource allocation, and prioritization across multiple strategic workstreams.
• Develop standard work, playbooks, and toolkits to enable repeatable and scalable execution.
• Coordinate major initiatives across functions and geographies to ensure milestones, deliverables, and outcomes are achieved.
• Analyze system and performance data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Apply Lean thinking and structured problem-solving methodologies such as A3 and 8D to improve processes and outcomes.
• Help drive a culture of continuous improvement across the Wind EHS organization. Ensure process improvements are not just implemented, but sustained.
• Build Organizational Capability: Act as a coach and mentor to the EHS team and broader organization on Lean mindsets, tools, and practices.
• Change Agent: Foster a culture of "Safety through Lean," where every team member is empowered to identify waste and improve processes.

Conocimientos

Bachelor’s degree in EHS/engineering

Governance councils leadership

Stakeholder management

Lean Management Systems

Hoshin Kanri

Lean problem solving (A3/8D)

Change management

Travel willingness

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in EHS/engineering/related technical discipline

Descripción del empleo

GE Vernova is seeking a Strategic Wind EHS Leader to shape and execute the EHS agenda using Lean methods. You will lead transformation of the EHS operating system, drive governance, and accelerate delivery of high-impact initiatives across Wind, including safety governance and digital program management.

This high-visibility role requires translating strategy into action, aligning complex organizations, and energizing teams around a shared vision.