Wind Hub Manager - Illinois 4

The Wind Hub Manager reports to the Service Director and is a strategic role accountable for building long term relationships with customers, driving optimized operations, fiscal management, and hub safety. Overall scope includes leading a hub team, managing daily hub operations, turbine output, as well as exemplify excellence in leadership, safety, quality control, and financial oversight. The Wind Hub Manager partners closely with the customer and ensures alignment with GE operational excellence.

All resources, and logistics required to perform services and maintenance activities on customers' site/property. These activities contribute to, maintain, repair and refurbish sold or existing products. Includes all types of maintenance service (preventive and remedial), manage maintenance facilities and field services engineering. Responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline. Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results.

The job allows modification of procedures and practices covering work as long as the end results meet standards of acceptability (quality, volume, timeliness etc.).

# Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

As the Wind Hub Manager for Bennington, Blooming Grove, and Top Hat Wind farms in Northwest/Central North Dakota you will:

- People Leadership

- Provide leadership to support multi-site service hub- Initiate and support staffing requirements, coaching, training, and corrective action concerning employees and contracted partners; and succession planning.

- Own the safety culture within the hub- inclusive of contracted partners and customers.

- Execute daily Plan of the Day calls – prioritize and manage dispatch schedule.

- Customer Point of Contact

- Customer focused approach to build long term relationships with customers to deliver business objectives and meet contractual requirements.

- Partner with CPM | Customer Performance Manager

- Escalate customer concerns with priority

- Partner with cross-functional teams like Sales, Commercial Operations, Sourcing, Finance, HR to meet the deliverables.

- Turbine Return to Service

- Prioritize turbine performance to meet/exceed performance commitments.

- Multi-site leadership

- Be innovative and engaged in all areas of facility operations aligned with individual site plans to include creative problem solving with LEAN thinking.

- Lead operations within multi-site service hub ensuring weekly visits to each site;

- Drive safety focus

- Continue to grow customer relationship

- Team engagement and development

Qualifications/Requirements

- High School Diploma/or GED

- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience inclusive of leadership,

- Minimum of 3 years experience in a field services or equivalent role in the energy industry

Eligibility Requirements

- Ability and willingness to travel within the hub, may require overnights.

- Must maintain a valid driver’s license.

Desired Characteristics

- Associate or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university

- Technical Certification in Wind Energy or Electrical/Electronic field.

- Advanced computer skills utilizing word and spreadsheet processing, e-mail programs, facility control and management systems, and computer diagnostic and troubleshooting tools

- Wind turbine or energy industry experience

- Advanced electrical, mechanical, and/or hydraulic experience, including use of hydraulic power tools

- Experience with heavy equipment required for facility maintenance with a working knowledge of crane and rigging requirements

- Comprehensive writing skills to meet contractual reporting obligations, as required

- Strong functional knowledge in Operations and Maintenance best industry practices, planning, organizing, coordinating, executing, and controlling the wind hub activities, productivity improvements, operational excellence in outage management.

- Strong leadership skills, ability to embrace and adapt to change and influence others.

- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills

- Ability, willingness, and adaptability to take initiative and work without direct supervision

- Ability to work with a wide variety of personnel at all levels inside and outside of the Wind Hub.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal 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

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $91,400.00 and $152,200.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on December 29, 2025.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.