Quality Manager – Fossil Americas
Atlanta, GA - USA
Job Summary
The Quality Manager for Fossil Americas Segment within Steam Power Services is responsible for leading quality execution and continuous improvement across the service value stream. This role drives prevention problem solving and process discipline to improve customer experience reduce cost of poor quality and strengthen operational performance across field repairs parts and project execution. The successful candidate will partner cross-functionally to embed a culture of quality ensure effective nonconformance and corrective action management and drive sustainable improvement using lean and root cause methodologies.
You will help build a culture where quality is planned into the work processes are executed with discipline defects and nonconformances are identified and addressed quickly and lessons learned are translated into sustainable improvements. This role serves as a change agent partnering with front-line and back-office teams to solve problems prevent recurrence and improve the way we work.
Success in this role looks like:
- Improved customer-facing quality metrics including NCR closure CAPA effectiveness and customer experience trends
- Reduced cost of poor quality through stronger prevention and faster resolution of quality issues
- Effective cross-functional problem solving with sustainable corrective and preventive actions
- Increased quality ownership across operations field service repairs parts and support functions
- Strong operating rhythm and visibility into quality trends risks and improvement actions
Who you are:
You are a hands-on quality leader who combines process discipline with strong business judgment. You are comfortable working across functions influencing without direct authority and translating quality data into actions that improve execution and customer outcomes. You bring credibility urgency and integrity and you know how to lead problem solving in a complex service environment. You demonstrate the GE Vernova Way Principles.
Your role:
- Support the quality operating rhythm for the Fossil Americas including reporting trend analysis and action planning for customer experience nonconformances cost of poor quality audits and corrective actions
- Drive robust nonconformance management including increased issue capture effective containment timely resolution and closure discipline
- Lead and support root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action processes using methodologies such as 8D A3 5 Why and other structured problem-solving tools
- Partner with operating leaders and cross-functional teams to identify recurring issues prioritize improvement opportunities and implement sustainable countermeasures
- Apply lean principles and quality planning & control methods to eliminate waste and improve process capability and operational execution
- Drive continuous improvement across safety quality delivery and cost in support of customer and business outcomes
- Monitor quality trends and risks across field service repairs parts and operations and escalate systemic issues as needed
- Ensure effective use of quality systems and tools such as PowerNow Platform for NCRs and RCAs
- Support audit readiness compliance to procedures and standards and sustainment of process improvements
- Coach teams in quality fundamentals problem solving and prevention-based thinking to strengthen a culture of quality
- Support Quality Manager for Industrial Segment as part of Business Operations One Team.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in engineering quality management or a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university
- Proven & relevant experience in quality in manufacturing or field service or operations or continuous improvement within power generation energy heavy industrial or a related industry.
- Demonstrated experience leading nonconformance management root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action processes
- Experience working cross-functionally in a matrixed environment
- Strong commitment to safety quality and compliance
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically approximately 1030%
Desired Characteristics
- Experience in power generation equipment and services including steam turbines generators and plant auxiliaries
- Strong knowledge of quality systems continuous improvement and structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D A3 5 Why fishbone FMEA and CAPA
- Experience supporting complex projects and providing quality guidance across multiple functions
- Familiarity with field service repairs outage execution installation welding diagnostics NDT or related service operations
- Knowledge of applicable technical regulations standards and compliance requirements
- Strong analytical skills including the ability to interpret trends identify systemic issues and translate data into action
- Effective communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence build credibility quickly and drive change across multi-disciplinary teams
- Self-motivated organized and execution-oriented with strong follow-through
- For Canadian Applicants: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
- For candidates applying to a Canadian-based positionthe pay range for this position is between $101800.00 and $152800.00 CAD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience education and skill set.
Bonus eligibility: Discretionary annual bonus.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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: No
Required Experience:
Manager
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