jim bielefeld

operations leader, ge fast power

About

Global Projects Leader at General Electric

Country

united states

City

albany

Industry

utilities

Skill

project management, engineering, project planning, project engineering, leadership, energy, process engineering, six sigma, process improvement, cross functional team leadership, contract management, strategic planning, product development, management, power generation, program management, engineering management, sales, lean manufacturing, integration

Experience

operations leader, ge fast power

2016-2 - Present · 10 yrs 8 mos

field engineer

riley power

1986-6 - 1990-1 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Field Engineer responsible for installation and commissioning of boilers.

estimating engineer

sargent & lundy

1991-6 - 1994-5 · 3 yrs

Cost Estimation, Risk Analysis and Modeling, Cash Flow for utility projects.

global project management leader

2007-1 - 2012-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

* ● Responsible for Project Management, Engineering, and Commissioning of 500+ GE Water customer projects globally. * ● Leader of organization consisting of 450 employees in 14 office locations. * ● Changed culture of team built through acquisitions through customer and execution focus. Instituted and improved key performance indicators such as on-time delivery, customer net promoter score, project profit margin, project scheduling discipline, drawings quality. * ● Realigned resources to match volume of orders during economic downturn in 2009. * ● Redesigned business processes including scheduling, documentation control, lessons learned and design quality using six sigma, digitization and ISO-9001 practices.

power plant engineering leader

1994-1 - 2007-1 · 13 yrs 1 mo

* ● Responsible for Project Engineering and multiple other Engineering functions delivering designs for customer projects globally. * ● Leader of organization consisting of 250 employees in 4 international office locations. * ● Delivered power plant engineering achieving 99 percent on time delivery, near perfect quality risk scores, and labor cost savings averaging $7 million per year * ● Implemented web based tools and ISO-9001 processes to integrate mechanical, electrical, controls, heat recovery steam generator and project engineering functions * ● Created and led the Competitiveness Council which invented and implemented innovations using the team’s power plant design experience resulting in up to $50 million in evaluation credit per power plant bid

project controls and construction leader

2012-11 - 2016-2 · 3 yrs 4 mos

● Built and mentored a team responsible for hiring, training, and assigning 100+ field installation and commissioning resources for 80+ aero power plant projects with a combined contract value of >$5 billion. Resolved top portfolio site issues. Executed turnkey projects with lean staff. ● Built and lead a team of 5 personnel responsible for planning, scheduling, and cost control of aero power plant projects. ● Performed Primavera ("P6") planning and scheduling, resource and cash management.