Senior Manager - Project Planning and Execution
GE VernovaRichmond, United States
Full Time
Posted September 3, 2026
$105k - $105k
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 1, 2026
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- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Power Generation
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- Employer-provided pay
Job Description
As a key member of the Richmond Service Center Leadership Team, the Manufacturing Repair Fulfillment Manager is responsible for the heartbeat of our shop operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Scheduling Ownership: Own, maintain, and upgrade the shop floor scheduling process. Your team is the architect of the schedule, ensuring it is realistic, attainable, and aligned with site SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) goals. The operations team will execute against this plan.
- Operational Transparency: Provide clear, real-time visibility of the production schedule to the shop floor. Ensure every team member knows their priority and how it contributes to the overall fulfillment plan.
- Throughput & Flow: Continually improve communication, planning, and material/task flow through the shop.
- Capacity Alignment: Partner with the optimization team to balance workload against current shop capacity, preventing over-commitment while ensuring cost liquidation. Lead long term fulfillment planning for the Richmond shop. Identify bottlenecks and implement robust solutions to maintain smooth operations.
- Site Leadership Collaboration: Serve as a core member of the site leadership team, providing data-backed insights that influence broader site strategies and delivery commitments.
- Performance Metrics: Track and report on schedule attainment, cycle time, and past-due backlogs, leading the "Delivery" portion of daily management meetings. Support financial reporting and project cost analysis.
- Functional Leadership: Lead the team responsible for Shipping and Receiving, Order Management, and Shop Scheduling.
Requirements
- Degree from an accredited college or university with preferred studies in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management or similar degree
- 2+ years of experience in a high-complexity manufacturing or repair fulfillment role
- 2+ years of people leadership experience
- Experience improving shop floor performance and schedule adherence
- Must be 100% onsite at the GE Vernova Richmond, VA Repair Center, with occasional business travel.
- Project Management and Project Scheduling Systems: Demonstrated experience managing projects with high impact and visibility, and tight deadlines. Mastery of advanced project scheduling and resource management systems (e.g., SAP/Powermax, Microsoft Project or Primavera).
- Product Knowledge: Demonstrated comfort with the GE Vernova product range, specifically understanding the technical requirements and typical repair cycles of generator and turbine offerings.
- Analytical Rigor: Strong aptitude for data analysis to predict and manage capacity gaps before they impact the customer.
- Influence: Ability to influence commercial and optimization colleagues to support Richmond shop interests. Ability to influence colleagues and shop floor without direct line authority over all team members.
- Customer Perspective: Experience with customer-facing roles.
- Operational Discipline: Experience adhering to a daily management system, and using systems to manage change in a dynamic and uncertain environment.
Benefits & Perks
- GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce: Our Culture | GE Vernova (gecareers.com)
- Our compensation & benefits are designed to reward high performers and help you manage your personal and family needs. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements.
- A healthy, balanced lifestyle can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today.
- GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to grow your career by providing a path for continued on-the-job learning and development .
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