Senior Project Manager

GE Vernova Inc; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee diverse projects in electrification systems. This role involves leading project teams, ensuring customer satisfaction, and applying best practices in project management. You will collaborate closely with engineers and stakeholders while managing project finances and risks. The company offers a flexible work environment, attractive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package, including private health insurance and generous vacation time. If you are passionate about driving energy efficiency and decarbonization projects, this is an exciting opportunity for you.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution

Income protection

Private Health Insurance

Life Assurance

26 days vacation + bank holidays

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in delivering integrated system engineering projects.
• Degree level qualifications in an engineering or scientific field.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver critical systems.
• Manage project financial performance and control costs.

Skills

Project Management

Customer Satisfaction

Integrated System Engineering

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Education

Degree in Engineering or Science

Project Management Certification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description Summary

GE’s Power Conversion & Storage 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 utilizing our specialist motors, drives, energy storage and control technologies.

Job Description

Our project management teams are the success behind some of the world’s highest profile, advanced technology programs, serving a diverse range of clients in the UK and internationally. We now have an opportunity for a talented and experienced Senior Project Manager to join us. If this sounds like your kind of career aspiration we’d like to hear from you.

The Role

As a Senior Project Manager within GE Power Conversion & Storage you will be responsible for leading either one major project or a portfolio of projects, delivering critical systems for external customers in a safe, structured, efficient, and timely manner. Our projects are diverse, so you will lead multi-disciplinary project teams to design and implement highly customized solutions.

Building effective working relationships is an essential aspect of this role, and you will be the primary point of contact for your customers with a focus on achieving high levels of customer satisfaction. Equally important is how you provide leadership, support and guidance for your project team, working within a matrix organization structure. You will work closely with your lead engineer, the wider project team, and with internal and external suppliers & stakeholders to achieve effective collaboration.

You will be experienced in and make effective use of best practice project management techniques throughout the project lifecycle, driving and reporting progress against the baseline plan, managing change and risks, and controlling costs. You will be responsible for the project financial performance, supported by our finance team, and will be the focal point for our project review process to report progress and forecasts. You will embrace the GE lean transformation within the business and deploy this actively within the project management context.

We are looking for a committed and professional individual who will need to have:

• Substantial experience of delivering integrated system engineering projects in a commercial contracting environment with a focus on customer satisfaction.

• Degree level qualifications in an engineering or scientific field or equivalent experience.

• Project management training and certification.

• Possession of or ability to obtain UK Security Clearance at least to ‘Basic’ level.

• Full UK driving license.

• Ability to travel on an occasional/ short term basis when required, for example: to customer, supplier, or job site locations (UK & overseas).

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software, and Microsoft Project.

What will make you stand out:

• Previous projects experience in an Industrial Power Systems domain (for example rotating machinery, variable speed drives, power storage and distribution, industrial control and automation)

• Experience in the use of SAP

• Experience of construction industry standard forms of contract (for example FIDIC, NEC)

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 such as hybrid working.

• Attractive compensation.

• 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.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No