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Charleroi, PAFull-time$28/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business is seeking a Lean Specialist to support manufacturing improvements on the production floor. The role participates in lean activities, builds prototype racks, carts, and workstations, and supports continuous improvement projects. It requires a high school diploma or GED and at least one year of manufacturing experience; lean methods experience is preferred. The schedule is Monday through Friday, with eight-hour shifts between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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Job Description Summary
GEVernova’s Grid Solutions business electrifies the world with advanced grid technologies and systems, enabling power transmission and distribution across the power grid, and supporting a decarbonized and secured energy transition.
Job Description
About This Role
If you enjoy making things work better — finding smarter ways to build, organize, and improve — this role is for you. As part of GE Vernova's manufacturing team, you'll help us improve the way we work every day. Your ideas will show up on the shop floor, in the tools people use, and in the processes that keep production running smoothly.
What You'll Do
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Participate in lean manufacturing activities including 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain), Daily Management, Kaizen (continuous improvement) events, and Standard Work development.
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Design and build racks, carts, and workstations in the moonshine shop (an on-site space where team members prototype and test improvement ideas).
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Support continuous improvement projects from start to finish, staying on track with timelines.
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Work alongside team members across the production floor to identify and solve problems.
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Communicate clearly and openly with your team and other departments about project status and progress.
Schedule:
Monday- Friday working 8 hour shifts between the hours of 7am-4:30pm
What You Bring
You are someone who takes ownership of your work, communicates openly, and genuinely enjoys finding better ways to get things done.
Required:
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High school diploma or GED equivalent
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At least 1 year of experience in a manufacturing environment
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Basic computer skills, including Microsoft (MS) Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
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Ability to work independently and manage your time well to meet project deadlines
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Comfortable working as part of a team and taking direction
Preferred:
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Experience with lean manufacturing methods (5S, Kaizen, Standard Work, Daily Management)
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Interest in process improvement and building physical prototypes or workstation designs
Physical Requirements
This is a hands-on role. You'll regularly walk the production floor, use your hands to build and design, lift up to 35 pounds on occasion, and use a computer for design and communication tasks. Close vision is required for reading and computer work.
Why GE Vernova
GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. We offer competitive benefits designed to reward strong performance and support your personal and family needs. We also invest in your growth — providing on-the-job learning and a clear path for continued development.
A formal education beyond a high school diploma or GED is nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and what you've accomplished.
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the base pay for this position is $28/hr
Additional Information
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) . 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
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position only:
*The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas.
This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on October 26, 2026.
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 and 12 paid holidays. New hires also two weeks of annual vacation (which may be pro-rated based on start date).
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.
Candidates should be aware that this role involves a client's critical infrastructure; shortlisted candidates would therefore be subject to heightened security checks as directed by our clients. All personal data will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with our data protection policies, solely for recruitment and security purposes.
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,379 open Manufacturing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$28/hr
- Pennsylvania median$20–22/hr47 hourly ranges
- US median$22–25/hr1,011 hourly ranges
This rate, $28/hr, is 30% above the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the top quarter of Manufacturing hourly ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 159 open Manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania and 3,379 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Accenture6 open
- Aerotek5 open
- Staff Management | SMX5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Manufacturing postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 1,844 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,842 of the 3,379 open Manufacturing jobs (55%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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