Student Veterans of America Jobs

Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

Here are a few things you should know:
  • This site is mobile friendly. You do not need a log-in or password to access information.
  • Jobs on this site are original and unduplicated and come from three sources: the Federal government, state workforce agency job banks, and corporate career websites. All jobs are vetted to ensure there are no scams, training schemes, or phishing.
  • The site is refreshed daily to remove out-of-date content.
  • The newest jobs are listed first, so use the search features to match your interests. You can look for jobs in a specific geographical location, by title or keyword, or you can use the military crosswalk. You may want to do something different from your military career, but you undoubtedly have skills from that occupation that match to a civilian job.
Home View All Jobs (2,198,472)

Job Information

GE Vernova Lead Engineering Quality (HVDC Valves) in Stafford, United Kingdom

Job Description Summary

Job Title: Lead Engineering Quality (HVDC Valve)

Join Our Team!

As the Lead Engineering Quality specialist for HVDC Valve, you'll play a pivotal role in driving continuous improvement initiatives, reducing costs of poor quality, and ensuring adherence to quality standards in HVDC Engineering. Reporting directly to the HVDC Engineering Quality Leader, your primary focus will be on safeguarding engineering quality throughout the project lifecycle.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

  •  Engineering Quality Leadership: Proactively lead the improvement of standard work application, reduction of Cost of Poor Quality, and Non-Conformity resolution time in HVDC Engineering, ensuring that engineering quality is at the forefront of all initiatives.

  •  NPI Support: Ensure that Key Market requirements and Return of Experience (RoEs) are incorporated into New Product Introductions (NPls). Facilitate risk assessment studies using Design Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (DFMEA) during NPI stages.

  •  OTR Handover: Ensure thorough study of project requirements during Order to Remittance (OTR) handover, noting risks and opportunities and developing risk mitigation plans.

  •  Gate Reviews: Actively participate in Design, Technical, System, and Gate Reviews, ensuring adherence to relevant processes and customer requirements.

  •  Engineering Change Management: Review Engineering Change Management (ECM) deployment on projects and ensure timely implementation and adherence to processes.

  •  Project Monitoring: Monitor project engineering progress during monthly reviews and develop recovery plans for off-track Key Performance Indicators (KP|s).

  •  Non-Conformity Resolution: Lead non-conformity and customer complaint reviews, emphasizing timely and quality resolution through containment, corrective, and preventive actions.

  •  Problem Solving: Lead Problem Solving Reports (PSRs) and 8D (Eight Disciplines) processes for medium to high complexity issues.

  •  Lesson Learned Forums: Lead Lesson Learned (LL) forums to capture, validate, and release lessons, ensuring continuous improvement of design guidelines, processes, templates, and checklists.

  •  Budget Management: Review Budget Deviation Requests (BDRs) on HVDC and drive improvement actions.

  •  Team Support: Guide, Coach, Mentor, and Support Teams on Quality Tools & Processes, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

  •  Cross-functional Collaboration: Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams within and outside the organization to resolve project issues in a timelymanner.

  • Audits and Kaizen: Lead Process Audits and contribute to External Audits preparation. Facilitate, Lead, and Contribute to Kaizen events for process improvement.

Required Qualifications:

  •  Education: Undergraduate/Postgraduate degree, preferably in Electrical/ Electronic/Control Engineering from an accredited university or college.

  •  Experience: Significant professional experience in Quality/Engineering and working in Projects/Programs within a global, multi-cultural, and matrix organization.

Desired Characteristics:

  •  Quality Management: Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems such as ISO 9001 and certification as an auditor.

  •  Industry Experience: Experience in the Transmission & Distribution industry, especially in the Valves domain.

  •  Professional Skills: Self-driven with strong collaboration skills, ability to influence discussions constructively, and motivate and inspire others.

  •  Analytical Skills: Strong organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to make data-based decisions.

  •  Language: Proficiency in English (verbal and written) and ability to travel regionally and internationally as needed.

  •  Continuous Improvement: Experience with Lean Six Sigma methodologies and a passion for quality and continuous improvement.

Join us in safeguarding engineering quality for HVDC Valve projects and shape the future of our organization. Apply now and embark on a rewarding career journey with us!

What we offer:

  • Working in an international team which is part of global Engineering HVDC Centre of Excellence within Grid System Integration

  • A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements.

  • Competitive benefits , and great development opportunities

About Us and the Team

At GE Grid Solutions we are electrifying the world with advanced grid technologies. As leaders in the energy space our goal is to accelerate the transition for a more energy efficient grid to full fill the needs of tomorrow. With a focus on growth and sustainability GE Grid Solutions plays a pivotable role in integrating Renewables onto the grid to drive to carbon neutral. In Grid Solutions we help enable the transition for a greener more reliable Grid. GE Grid Solutions has the most advanced and comprehensive product and solutions portfolio within the energy sector.

Our business line that delivers large scale grid technology projects is Grid Systems Integration [GSI] with a mission to “Deliver Integrated Project Solutions to Enable Large Scale Electrification and Support our Customer Needs”. The technologies we offer are High Voltage Direct Current [HVDC], Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems [FACTS], Alternating Current Systems [ACS] and Services [Global Long Term Service Agreements, Turnkey Retrofits, HVDC & FACTS Modernization & Upgrades].

Here you will participate in enabling the energy transition, creating value for our customers to integrate more and more renewable energy into the grid through solutions that cover inter-regional interconnections, harnessing large offshore wind energy, and solutions that bring stability and reliability to the grid.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

DirectEmployers