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Wärtsilä Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

Did you know Wärtsilä has delivered 79 GW of power plant capacity and more than 130 energy storage installations in 180 countries around the world?

In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future-oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services - together. Want to join the ride?

 Wärtsilä is seeking a General Manager Operations in Special Applications to lead the Operations in the end‑to‑end business activities dedicated to nuclear and military-sector customers. Directly reporting to the Director of Wärtsilä Special Applications, this strategic role oversees the full lifecycle of the Special Applications — with the mission to reposition and grow the activity in alignment with Wärtsilä Energy Services’ strategic ambitions. This position is to be filled at our Surgères Office in France.

As a key member of Wartsila Special Applications Management Team you will drive operational excellence, ensure compliance with stringent quality and safety standards, and deliver high customer value in one of the company’s most critical and regulated business segments.

 Key Responsibilities : 

• Leadership & Strategy

Lead and supervise the Operations across Workshop, Field Service, and Material Planner Management.

Define and drive the strategy for Special Applications, ensuring alignment with Energy Services.

Work closely with BCC to Manage P&L for the Special Applications Operations activities.

• Operational Excellence

Ensure smooth coordination across your departments; identify priorities and resolve cross-functional issues.

You will participate to Optimize and enforce the Quality Management System specific to nuclear and military activities.

Oversee maintenance operations both onsite and in the dedicated Surgères workshop.

• People & Organizational Development

Build team capabilities through recruitment, training plans, and skills development in your department.

Lead cultural and operational improvements (safety initiatives, well‑being programs, etc.).

• Reporting & Governance

Produce business activity reporting with Business Control and identify efficiency improvements of Your department.

Support internal and external audits (ISO 9001 / 14001 / 18001 and customer-specific requirements).

Key Relationships

• Internal:

Reporting directly to the Director of Special Applications

General Managers across Special Applications

• External:

Client

External auditors

Required Expertise :

Proven experience leading teams and organizations with profitability responsibility

Strong background in Operations management within nuclear and/or military environments

Knowledge of nuclear risk legislation (Paris/Vienna Conventions)

Understanding of export control regulations for military equipment

Experience with internal/external audits and Quality Management Systems

Fluency in English (Group's official language)

Last application date:  

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. 

Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.

This is Wärtsilä 

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com. 
 

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