Wind EHS Chief of Staff

GE Vernova, Inc.; Greenville (SC); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Discretionary annual bonus

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

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

Education

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

Job description

Job Description Summary

Strategic execution partner and trusted advisor to the Wind EHS Leader, responsible for shaping and executing the EHS agenda through a Lean lens. This role will lead the transformation of our EHS operating system, driving organizational discipline, strategic alignment, and continuous improvement across our global portfolio. By leveraging Lean Management Systems and Hoshin Kanri, this position will move EHS from reactive to proactive, ensuring safety and operational excellence are integrated into the core of how we run our business.

Act as a leader and backup to the Wind EHS Leader, stepping in to drive decisions, maintain momentum, and represent the function when needed. This role will structure and accelerate delivery of key initiatives including high-risk operation assessments, digital program management, and the “One Wind” EHS integration. Lead the cross functional Safety Governance Council to align on and drive an EHS management system to drive continuous improvement in EHS across the Wind organization.

This is a highly visible role with broad influence across the Wind business, ideal for someone who can translate strategy into action, drive alignment across complex organizations, and lead transformational change. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the safety culture, operational discipline, and long-term success of a dynamic and evolving business. The successful candidate will be a strong change agent, program leader, and communicator who can bring structure to complexity and energize teams around a shared vision.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• 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.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

• 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.

Performance Management & Executive Communications

• 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.

Operational Excellence & Program Delivery

• 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.

Continuous Improvement & Problem Solving

• 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.

Cultural Leadership & Influence

• 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in EHS, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Formal Lean or Six Sigma certification (Black Belt or equivalent).
• MBA or Master’s degree.
• Experience in a high-hazard, industrial, or wind energy environment.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence leadership during complex problem-solving or strategic planning sessions.
• Demonstrated success leading change in a fast-paced, matrixed, and evolving environment.
• Strong business acumen, hands-on execution mindset, and comfort operating in ambiguity.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

This position offers a flexible work arrangement. Employees located within commuting distance of the GE Vernova facilities in Greenville, SC or Schenectady, NY will be expected to work onsite regularly based on business and team needs. Candidates who are not located within commuting distance of either location may be considered for a remote work arrangement.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) . 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

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

Application Deadline: November 26, 2026

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $147,900.00 and $246,500.00. 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.

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. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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.