Project Engineering Management Team Leader

Ge Grid Solutions; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in energy solutions is seeking a UK Team Leader for Project Engineering Managers to lead HVDC projects in Stafford. Your responsibilities will include managing a team, ensuring project execution excellence, and driving customer satisfaction. Candidates should possess a strong engineering background and experience in complex EPC projects. The role offers competitive benefits, flexibility, and development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Private health insurance

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong experience in complex EPC projects and people leadership.
• Passionate about developing teams and driving large-scale initiatives.
• Significant customer interface experience and excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the UK PEM team, ensuring talent acquisition and development.
• Oversee project engineering performance and ensure project objectives are met.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders and support project reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Technical expertise

Customer engagement

Risk assessment

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Job Description Summary

We are looking for a dynamic and committed leader to join the HVDC Product Delivery Group's Center of Excellence, taking on a pivotal role in delivering the energy transition.

As UK Team Leader for Project Engineering Managers (PEMs), you will report directly to the Global Head of Project Engineering Management. You will be responsible for leading and growing the team of PEMs based in Stafford, ensuring the successful execution of HVDC projects within your scope.

Drive the performance and successful delivery of HVDC projects, with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and execution excellence.

• Lead, grow, and develop the UK PEM team: ensure talent acquisition, onboarding, career development, and technical leadership.
• Take ownership of the project KPIs (QCD, risks, client engagement) and ensure project engineering delivery meets expectations.
• Responsible for direct people management, staffing, and performance development.
• Promote a strong project culture: Establish a culture of ownership, accountability, and anticipation within the PEM organization.
• Actively contribute to the transformation of the PEM organization toward a culture of project excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
• Lead and develop the UK PEM team: Coach and support PEMs to grow their project leadership, technical understanding, and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Ensure projects objectives are met: Oversee project engineering performance (QCD, risks, KPIs) across its HVDC projects portfolio, ensuring consistency, application of GE processes and high standards.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders: develop and foster collaboration between PEM organization, technical functions, and all teams involved in project delivery.
• Support project reviews and escalations: Act as primary escalation point for engineering topics in project reviews. Ensure that critical issues are addressed and resolved.
• Participate in strategic planning: Collaborate with Engineering Directors, Head of Functions, to improve project governance, processes, and capabilities.
• Utilise knowledge of a technical discipline, technical experience and analytical thinking to execute policy strategy.
• Serve as the technical leader to develop a scope of work and provide technical leadership and interface with Proposal Management, Cost Estimating, Partners, Customers, GE Product Engineering, Sourcing, Engineering sub‑contractors.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree, Engineering School, University or equivalent knowledge/experience, ideally in Electrical, Mechanical, Controls engineering.
• Strong experience in complex EPC projects and leading engineering disciplines, with significant experience of people leadership.
• Passionate about developing teams and people, with an ability to drive large‑scale, high‑impact initiatives. Extensive focus on developing technical, project management and leadership competence in staff, ensuring comprehensive training and development plans are in place and enacted.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve issues, and ability to work in an English speaking environment.
• Take a pro‑active approach to ensuring Health & Safety is paramount, including conducting Risk Assessments where necessary.
• Significant customer interface experience, ability to influence others and lead teams, and excellent interpersonal skills.
• We welcome talent with experience from the industry and you will be outstanding if you are from the energy sector: Oil & Gas, Power Distribution, Power Transmission, Power Generation.

About GE Grid Solutions

GE Vernova is a world leader in the energy solutions market with a portfolio of energy businesses across the globe. Grid Solutions provides equipment, systems, and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition – and we want you to be part of that change and enjoy imagination at work.

Why we come to work

At GE Vernova, 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 can 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.

What we offer

A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements. Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities – including private health insurance.