Take Back Program Manager at Schenectady

Business Segment Transportation About Us GE is working for a better future. GE has continually shaped our world with groundbreaking innovations for over 130 years and continues working for a better future and continues planning for tomorrow. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. Are you ready? Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with GE Transportation! Role Summary/Purpose GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.The Battery Take Back Program Manager will be expected to provide strategic and operational leadership to the program. In this role you will be responsible for entail setting direction, planning and execution of individual projects, and giving direction to other functions of the business as it pertains to battery take back requirements and regulations. The Battery Take Back Program Manager will work closely with Engineering, EHS, Logistics, and Customer Service teams to oversee the take back r Essential Responsibilities In addition you will:

Represent Battery Take Back (BTB) during the ITO process

Engage with the commercial team by providing guidance related to BTB during proposal development

Manage investigation and obtain required approvals for placing batteries in various regions globally

Develop and submit required paperwork for regulatory compliance

Manage recycler partner evaluations and on-boarding

Manage hazmat waste transportation partner evaluations and on-boarding

Work with OTR project manager(s) to ensure BTB program requirements for new customer projects are being met

Report BTB program status to GEES business and GET EHS leadership

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Willingness and ability to travel 5% of the time to recycling partner sites Qualifications/Requirements In addition you will:

Bachelors Degree in Environmental, Industrial, or Chemical Engineering

Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in managing Take Back or Hazmat Material Management from customer locations

Minimum of 4 years of Engineering experience (Or a minimum of 4 years of Logistics and hazardous materials experience) Desired Characteristics

Understanding of international battery regulations and / or understanding of hazmat waste management internationally

Demonstrated ability to exceed individual performance goals and ability to work with cross-functionally to achieve team objectives

Experience with non-US teams (African and South Asian regions)

Demonstrated Project Management skills

Experience in Program management in a growing business

Lean, Six sigma, or equivalent problem solving expertise

Self-directed, highly detail-oriented, organized, and flexible

Ability to connect as a trusted peer at all levels of the engineering and customer service teams and with GE colleagues

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Accomplishments that reflect leadership, teamwork, integrity, and accountability

*Masters Degree in Environmental/Industrial/Chemical Engineering

Knowledge of global regulations and recycling around Sodium battery technology

Demonstrated ability to manage, analyze, and interpret data

Knowledge of battery standards and safety procedures

Demonstrated accomplishments in meeting project / program goals, while satisfying quality, performance, schedule, and cost requirements

Knowledge of engineering, and product development processes

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GE Transportation, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), solves the worlds toughest transportation challenges. GE Transportation builds equipment that moves the rail, mining and marine industries. Our fuel-efficient and lower-emissions freight and passenger locomotives, diesel engines for rail, marine and stationary power applications, signaling and software solutions, drive systems for mining trucks, and value-added services help customers grow. GE Transportation is headquartered in Chicago, IL, and employs approximately 13,000 employees worldwide.Learn more about GE Transportation today!For more than 100 years, GE Transportation has been passionately committed to innovations that make the world a better place. Durathon battery technology, the latest chapter in our proud history, emerged from our focus on energy storage. Sodium battery technology has been in existence for nearly 30 years, but GEs acquisition of Beta R&D in 2007 jump-started its application for mobile and stationary energy storage. This technology represents an important milestone: we truly believe that energy storage will never be the same. Learn more about this exciting new technology!

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GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

Country: USA, State: New York, City: Schenectady, Company: GE Transportation.