Lead Project Engineer

GE Vernova; Rugby; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Lead Project Engineer to deliver high-performance electrification systems for customers in the energy sector. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership to a team of engineers, manage complex projects, and ensure quality and regulatory compliance. Flexible working options and an attractive compensation package are offered.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution

Income protection

Private health insurance

Life assurance

26 days vacation + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidiscipline teams in engineering.
• Knowledge in power engineering and automation systems.
• Able to translate customer needs into business solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers ensuring delivery aligns with customer and quality requirements.
• Manage project budgets, documentation, and risk processes.
• Support the project manager in engineering activities and design reviews.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Application engineering

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Min Degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering

Job description

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Job Description Summary

GE’s Power Conversion business, part of GE Vernova, provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, drives and control technologies.

Job Description Summary

GE’s Power Conversion business, part of GE Vernova, provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, drives and control technologies.

Our Lead Engineers are essential to the successful executions of our projects. They provide technical leadership to other engineers and customer facing teams, they oversee each phase of the project delivery to make sure that we deliver valuable systems solutions with an excellent operational rigour.

Job Description

In this role you will

• Lead a multidiscipline team of engineers specializing in power systems, power conversion, automation, control and mechanical integration ensuring the overall solution meets customer, contract, quality and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical leadership, advice and assistance to the overall project team as appropriate including Commissioning, Service and 3rd parties.
• Support the Project Manager as required and deputise for them as and when the need arises. Plan and progress all design engineering related activities including testing and commissioning for specific projects.
• Monitor, control and manage engineering budgets, project documentation, risk management process, design reviews and quality & change control system in accordance with company guidelines.
• Support improvement initiatives and ‘cost out’ plans in collaborations with teams from other business units.
  
  

To be a successful in this role, you should have

• Experience in an engineering leadership environment
• Experience in application engineering in one or more fields, from power engineering, electrical drive systems, grid connected systems and automation
• Experience in specifying components: drives, motors, transformers, switchboards…
• Experience of design and system integration working on complex multi-disciplinary projects
• Experience in any field of power generation, conversion, transmission and distribution
• LV and MV variable speed drives and motors
• Experience of owning the job, making it their own, and adding value beyond
• Capable of leading large multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to multi-task on a variety of tasks to strict time scales
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Customer-centric mind set, experience in translating customer issues / needs into profitable business solutions
  
  

Qualifications

Min Degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or similar degree with suitable industry experience.

You can expect from us

• Challenging and exciting projects.
• A work environment where we understand that not everyone has the same expectations about their jobs, careers and work-life balance and we are happy to discuss flexibility requirements.
• Attractive compensation (Base + Variable package).
• Flexible benefits so you can build a package that fits your personal needs. Some core benefits are: Employer pension contribution (not subject to individual contribution), Income protection, Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance.
• 26 days vacation + bank holidays
  
  

Imagine a future with us

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Electric Power Generation

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