Technical Lead – Nuclear Risk-Informed Maintenance Engineering

IF1184 GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 111,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and Rx cover

401(k) retirement savings with company

12 paid holidays

Tuition assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC seeks a Technical Lead Engineer for Maintenance Strategy to guide the development of risk-informed, condition-based, and time-based maintenance bases across asset lifecycles.

You will lead a team of engineers delivering Maintenance Strategy Technical Basis Reports, FMEA/RCM analyses, and reliability content for plant systems, ensuring integration into digital work management platforms.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of RCM principles and practical application.
• Experience with FMEA for maintenance task development.
• PRA-informed maintenance optimization experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of maintenance strategies for advanced reactor systems using RCM, FMEA, PRA, operating experience, and engineering judgment.
• Provide technical direction on time-based, risk-informed, and condition-based maintenance approaches.
• Develop and manage teamwork plans aligned with 13-week rolling schedules and program priorities.
• Allocate resources and assign work based on technical complexity, team capability, and development goals.
• Monitor scope, quality, and on-time delivery of technical work; conduct in-process reviews for consistency and rigor.
• Ensure maintenance strategy outputs are suitable for implementation in APM, Maximo, and related digital work management systems.
• Coordinate across design, systems engineering, PRA, I&C, outage planning, operations, procurement, and digital teams.
• Support technical discussions with customers and stakeholders regarding maintenance philosophy, outage impacts, and strategy assumptions.
• Serve as a technical escalation point and backup to the manager as needed.

Skills

RCM principles

FMEA

PRA

Leadership

Maintenance strategy

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nuclear/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

APM

Maximo

CMMS/EAM

Job description

Job Description Summary

Join GE Vernova's pioneering Nuclear Risk-Informed Maintenance (RIM) Engineering team and help define the maintenance strategy framework for next-generation reactor technology. As the Technical Lead Engineer for Maintenance Strategy, you will lead the development of risk-informed, condition-based, and time-based maintenance technical bases that support safe, reliable, and economically competitive plant operation across the full asset lifecycle. In this role, you will guide a team of engineers developing Maintenance Strategy Technical Basis Reports, FMEA/RCM analyses, and reliability program content for plant systems, structures, and components. You will ensure the technical basis is sufficiently detailed to support outage planning, online versus outage task determination, equipment criticality evaluation, failure mode fidelity, and integration into digital asset management and work management platforms such as APM and Maximo.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead development of maintenance strategies for advanced reactor systems using RCM, FMEA, PRA, operating experience, and engineering judgment.
• Provide technical direction on time-based, risk-informed, and condition-based maintenance approaches.
• Develop and manage teamwork plans aligned with 13-week rolling schedules and program priorities.
• Allocate resources and assign work based on technical complexity, team capability, and development goals.
• Monitor scope, quality, and on-time delivery of technical work; conduct in-process reviews for consistency and rigor.
• Ensure maintenance strategy outputs are suitable for implementation in APM, Maximo, and related digital work management systems.
• Coordinate across design, systems engineering, PRA, I&C, outage planning, operations, procurement, and digital teams.
• Support technical discussions with customers and stakeholders regarding maintenance philosophy, outage impacts, and strategy assumptions.
• Serve as a technical escalation point and backup to the manager as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, Electrical, or related Engineering discipline from an accredited college or university.
• For US/Canada: Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in nuclear maintenance engineering, system design engineering, reliability engineering, PRA, outage planning, asset management, operations, or maintenance strategy development.
• For Poland: Solid progressive experience in nuclear maintenance engineering, system design engineering, reliability engineering, PRA, outage planning, asset management, operations, or maintenance strategy development.

Eligibility Requirements

For US: This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government. For Canada: GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada for this opening. For Canada: This position will report onsite to the Markham office 3 days a week.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience developing or applying maintenance strategies for commercial nuclear plant equipment or comparable industrial assets.
• Demonstrated leadership of technical teams, projects, or workstreams.
• Ability to obtain required authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information.
• Experience with advanced reactor or new-build nuclear programs.
• Deep understanding of RCM principles and practical application; strong understanding of preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance.
• Experience leading or performing FMEAs with sufficient fidelity for maintenance task development.
• Familiarity with PRA-informed maintenance optimization and Master Parts Lists/Functional Equipment Groups.
• Experience with APM, CMMS/EAM, or digital work management systems (Maximo preferred).
• Familiarity with outage planning, recurring maintenance window development, and online versus outage-required maintenance considerations.
• Experience engaging with utility customers or operators on maintenance strategy topics.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of lifecycle, aging management, equipment reliability programs, and industry guidance (e.g., EPRI PMBD).

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada for this opening. This position requires access to and/or use of information subject to U.S. Export Control Laws, which mandate all citizenships (including dual citizenships) be from the U.S. Department of Energy’s List of Generally Authorized Countries (10 CFR Part 810 Appendix A, which includes Canada and can be found here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/chapter-III/part-810/appendix-Appendix%20A%20to%20Part%20810) unless a specific authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy is obtained or unless you are a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or protected individual under the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). More information can be found here: https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/10-cfr-part-810. You must have legal authorization to work in Canada and any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation. The drug screen requirement in the background check process is not required if the role is based in Canada. Strong consideration will be given to Indigenous persons. The term Indigenous refers to individuals who identify as being descended from the original inhabitants (the first peoples) of what is now known as Canada. In this context, Indigenous people are First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit For candidates applying to a Canadian-based position, the pay range for this position is between $120K and $170K CAD. 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 for an existing vacancy. This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

• 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 $111,200.00 and $213,200.00.
• 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 October 12, 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.
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