Engineering Labor Services Leader

Job Description Summary

The Nuclear Engineering Labor Services Leader is a critical role within the Engineering Operations team focused on our contractor volume and associated spend that supports New Product Introduction (NPI), Requisition (Contracts), and Fixed Production Cost (FPC) activities. This role is a mix of nurturing cross business partnerships for planning / delivery outcomes, finishing existing / developing new cost productivity strategies and execution of wing-to-wing standard work practices. This role will embrace lean principles to problem solve pain points and continuously improve the throughput efficiency of our Nuclear Engineering Labor Services processes, working with GE Vernova counterparts as appropriate.

Drives initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering function and interfaces with other functions to provide effective coordination of metrics, dashboards, functional processes, and cross-functional initiative coordination. Impacts departmental operations and responsible for planning/execution. The role has some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Some judgment may be required but this is typically with guidance.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be the Nuclear Engineering expert for all things related to labor services and contractor management.

• Accountable owner and go to person for all procurement support related activities associated with labor services / contractors including but not limited to: scoping discussions, guidance on contractor type / agency, competitive bidding, process governance, work scope duration, VMS (vendor management system) entries/upkeep and off-boarding ... all this, in compliance with local labor laws.

• Accountable owner and go to person for all strategic activities related to labor services / contractors including but not limited to: year over year expense budget planning and profiling, KPI's/action plans and daily management routines, in year reporting of actuals versus plan for headcount / cost and establishing a cost productivity roadmap to drive deflation savings.

• Drive indirect labor savings by working horizontally across Nuclear Engineering and identifying opportunities such as bundling similar work scope for volume purchasing, limiting non-preferred suppliers, and reducing the total number of suppliers used. This may involve bench marking others like GE Vernova counterparts.

• Nurture and grow cross functional partnerships to ensure engineering's endeavors align with sourcing and finance plans (one team). This includes collaboration, awareness, and deliberate sharing of contract vendors/scope/negotiations across functional and business lines as necessary in order to ensure a cohesive "one-team" approach to contractor management.

• Ensure proper implementation & daily management routines of Key Performance Indicators as well as associated action plans to drive successful outcomes.

• Develop and/or enhance standard work to ensure process governance while embracing lean to problem solve and value stream map the processes to seek continuous improvement and drive productivity.

• Establish regular reporting rhythms (with a deck of pages as needed) to share progress, address pain points and agree on the elevated business narratives we want to share in this space.

• Bachelor's Degree in a Business, Engineering, or related discipline

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in business/engineering

• Minimum of 2 years of contractor management, vendor relations and cost optimization activities experience

• Prior Engineering experience in the Nuclear Industry preferred
• Prior finance/supply chain experience preferred
• Ability to partner & effectively work cross team / cross functionally to deliver outcomes (say-do)
• Effective oral and written communication skills in English.
• Presentation skills: ability to effectively communicate with Senior Leadership.
• Detail oriented & demonstrated ability in autonomously managing cross functional projects.
• Related tools experience: Vendor Management Systems, Smartsheet, etc.
• Ability to influence others and reach mutually agreeable decisions.
• Effective problem identification and solution skills.
• Be curious and challenge the status quo to drive continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate resilience to cope with changes.
• Comfortable with conflict but leads as a collaborator, facilitator, and strong partner.
• Desired experience with Managed Service Providers (MSP).