Wind EHS Leader North America Operations, Maintenance and Upgrades
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Job Location:
Schenectady, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 147900 - 246500
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
The North America EHS Leader for Wind provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) across all wind operations in the region for work performed as part of Operations Maintenance & Upgrades (OM&U) team. This role drives a strong safety culture improves safety performance through data-driven insights and establishes alignment and structure for a geographically dispersed EHS field team. The position interfaces with customers and contractors to communicate EHS performance and expectations works cross-functionally to resolve complex issues and exercises high levels of evaluative judgment and operational acumen to achieve outcomes.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
Leadership & Culture
- Champion a proactive safety culture that prioritizes employee well-being and operational excellence.
- Work with cross-functional teams to integrate EHS into all aspects of operations serving as a clear partner to the North America OM&U organization
- Inspire and develop a high-performing EHS team across North America fostering collaboration and accountability
- Develop and own standard work for high-performing team inclusive of talent development audit schedule and capability building
- Attract and retain top EHS talent; manage medium to large teams with senior professional direct reports.
Customer & Contractor Engagement
- Interface with customers and contractors to communicate EHS performance expectations and compliance requirements.
- Attend and support routine customer meetings with key accounts based on defined standard work
- Support front-line EHS professionals in resolving customer issues and liaise with customer leaders to communicate safety priorities and performance.
Strategic Alignment & Structure
- Define and implement clear roles and responsibilities for the EHS field team to ensure consistency and efficiency.
- Align regional EHS priorities with global standards and business objectives.
- Support regional strategy are growth priorities and assess risk
Performance Improvement & Data-Driven Insights
- Utilize analytics and leading indicators to identify trends predict risks and drive continuous improvement.
- Develop and monitor key performance metrics to measure progress and impact.
- Implement innovative tools and technologies to enhance safety performance and reporting accuracy.
- Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve processes and services.
Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements company policies and industry best practices.
- Lead incident investigations and root cause analyses driving corrective actions and knowledge sharing.
- Oversee audits and assessments to maintain compliance and mitigate operational risks including maintaining quarterly audit program of wind farms and high risk work
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college in the field of EHS or engineering.
- 15 years of EHS leadership experience ideally in renewable energy or industrial sectors.
- Proven ability to lead distributed teams and influence across a matrix organization.
- Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging data for decision-making.
- Communicate complex messages and negotiate internally and externally to influence outcomes.
Desired Characteristics
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
- Passion for building a culture of safety and continuous improvement.
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual 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
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