Senior Project Engineering Director (m/w/d)

GE Vernova; Nürnberg; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading energy solutions provider in Nuremberg seeks a Senior Project Engineer to manage engineering activities for high-voltage projects. Responsibilities include budget management, customer relationship oversight, and project strategy development. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in EPC environments and strong leadership skills. Join us to drive the energy transition and shape innovative solutions in a dynamic team environment.

Qualifikationen

• Mastery of engineering processes in Power Generation or Oil & Gas industry.
• Experience in large-scale project management.
• Ability to lead in unstructured environments.

Aufgaben

• Accountable for project engineering budget and monthly follow-up.
• Support work packages to mitigate delivery issues.
• Participate in project strategy development with Project Director.

Kenntnisse

Engineering activities

Project technical management

Strong influencing skills

Relationship-building skills

Presentation skills

Global mindset

Ausbildung

10+ years of experience in EPC environments

Jobbeschreibung

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Job Description Summary

Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.

Job Description

Project Management

Scope of Work & Time Schedule

• Accountable for consolidation of the provisional drawing list, issue with submission dates, and global time schedule of engineering activities.
• Ensure that the follow-up of critical activities is done on a regular basis by discipline PEMs (Project Engineering Managers).

Time Delivery Mastering

• Support work packages to anticipate and mitigate delivery issues.
• Coordinate with discipline engineers on delivery time of technical interfaces; check that information exchange interface sheets are in place and followed.
• Challenge the global time schedule for engineering activities in close collaboration with PEMs and the planner.
• Ensure technical disciplines are coordinated in terms of interfaces and synchronization.

Budget and Resources

• Responsible for the project engineering budget; manages monthly follow-up, identifies potential savings and deviations through the modifications sheet.
• Ensures imputations are properly allocated by WBS to ensure a consistent Return on Experience.

Communication

• Animate Visual Management sessions / I-Obeya.

Project Strategy & Risk Management

• Elaborate the engineering execution strategy.
• Participate in project strategy elaboration with the Project Director.
• Define and validate the design quality plan for the entire engineering scope.
• Ensure implementation of EMH guidelines.
• Consolidate and follow technical risks & opportunities for the whole project, along with the corresponding mitigation/action plan.
• Implement a design freeze process for the project and validate the design freeze following relevant design reviews and technical risk assessments.

Customer Relationship

• Responsible in front of the customer for the engineering execution of the project. Acts as the preferred contact for customer management on all engineering-related topics.
• Accountable for compliance with customer technical requirements; organizes clause-by-clause analysis and coordinates certification activities when required.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements through technical queries; track and manage potential exceptions.
• Together with all PEMs, ensure that answers to the customer are consistent and check cross-impact of comments.
• Manage customer technical meetings (including validation meetings, clarifications, design liaison meetings).

Document & Configuration Management

• Organize, with the Integration & Interface Manager and Document Controller Leader, the technical document management for the project: tool setup, delivery process, master drawing list, questions/responses follow-up.
• Validate and check consistency of engineering documents before final release to the customer.
• Coordinate tracking of customer comments and responses, along with document resubmission.
• Ensure management of return status of project documentation (approved, comments, resubmit, rejected) is performed.
• Coordinate tracking and management of identified or potential deviations.

Design Expediting

• Accountable for the on-time delivery of engineering.
• Check effectiveness of design against delivery of contract requirements within project budget and seek global cost optimization during basic design.
• Approve transmittal of documents to the customer.
• Review main subcontracting files for major work package design activities (scope, deliverables, inputs, schedule).
• Ensure execution of OMM is coordinated.

Process & Tools

• Ensure deployment of engineering tools (CAD, PDM/DMS) is done as per strategy.
• Define design management tools.
• Organize design review plan and manage design reviews with the customer and certifier (if any).
• Integrate EHS requirements based on project strategy.
• Set up and consolidate engineering KPIs and reporting for the whole project on a regular basis (generally monthly).
• Ensure non-conformance reports involving engineering are managed.

Sourcing & Procurement, Supplier/Partner Management

• Support PEM integration in the management of technical interfaces with main subcontractors, customers, and third parties.

Quality

• Comply with quality procedures, work instructions, and processes in EMH.
• Report or resolve any non-conformances in a timely manner.

Health and Safety

• Implement design freeze and EHS in design.
• Demonstrate EHS leadership and ensure the Zero Deviation Plan is implemented within the team.
• Set the example by demonstrating proper actions, actively observing work conditions and behaviors, giving constructive feedback, and celebrating effective EHS prevention.
• Actively participate in defining corrective actions when work is unsafe or when an uncontrolled risk is observed.
• Routinely observe routines and behaviors of others, provide immediate feedback regarding unsafe behavior, and celebrate achievements or safe behaviors.

Desired Profile And Experience

• 10+ years of engineering activities in EPC-type environments in T&D, Power Gen, or Oil & Gas industry.
• Mastery of engineering processes such as civil work, plant configuration, control & protection hardware, system & performance studies, or electrical design.
• Successful experience in project technical management on large-scale projects with complex organizations.
• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Knowledge of project execution risks and financial processes.
• Willingness to work in different locations for short or medium periods and to travel worldwide.
• Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to succinctly communicate complex messages.
• Demonstrated ability to lead in an unstructured environment and deliver results.
• Demonstrates ownership & accountability, judgment and decision-making, influences & inspires teams, creates a vision and strategy, and has passion for the role.
• Global experience and mindset, including high technical cultural competence and sensitivity.

About The North Europe Grid System Integration (GSI) Team

The North Europe Grid System Integration (GSI) team delivers a wide range of turnkey high-voltage AC and DC transmission projects to its customers in the UK, Ireland, and Scandinavia.

About GE Grid Solutions

Grid Solutions, a GE Vernova business, serves customers globally with over 20,000 employees. We provide power utilities and industries worldwide with equipment, systems, and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. Grid Solutions is focused on addressing the challenges of the energy transition by enabling the safe and reliable connection of renewable and distributed energy resources to the grid. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition.

Why We Come to Work

At GE Renewable Energy, our engineers are always up for the challenge—and we’re always driven to find the best solution. Our projects are unique and interesting, and you’ll need to bring a solution-focused, positive approach to each one to do your best. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.

Additional Information

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Electric Power Generation

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