Tender Technical Manager

GE Vernova; Stafford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Tender Technical Manager to coordinate HVDC tender activities and own technical scope for reference solutions. You will align with regional teams, solution lines and customers to deliver compliant, high-quality proposals that meet cost targets and safety standards.

The role requires leading complex technical projects, managing risk, and guiding SMEs across regions to ensure successful bids and execution while supporting decarbonization initiatives globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field
• Experience in EPC environments (T&D, Power Generation, Oil & Gas) with HVDC technology
• Leadership: ability to inspire teams and meet goals in dynamic environments
• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects and manage risk
• Emerging ability to lead, coach, or coordinate subject matter experts
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across multiple groups
• Global mindset and willingness to travel across regions
• Fluent in English with strong written and verbal skills

Responsibilities

• Own technical activities to develop and maintain HVDC reference solutions for tender execution
• Develop, maintain, and improve engineering documentation, guidelines, toolkits, and deployment methodologies
• Ensure technical interfaces are identified, managed and verified with engineering functions
• Provide technical support during ITO and OTR phases with final approval for deviations
• Collaborate with SMEs to complete a DFMEA focusing on system architecture
• Support bid and execution teams with solution framing, governance, and risk reviews
• Incorporate RoE, lessons learned, and in-service feedback into reference solutions
• Support lifecycle management including obsolescence, installed base, and service opportunities
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, safety, and certification across regions
• Support Solution Delivery Leader in planning and prioritization of activities

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Project management

Team coordination

HVDC knowledge

Global travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field

Job description

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova is seeking a Tender Technical Manager to join our HVDC team. In this role you will play a pivotal role in coordinating and managing the technical scope of HVDC product part during the tender phase of an HVDC project. You will be responsible for collaborating with regional teams, solution lines, and customers to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality technical proposals that align with cost targets, safety standards, and customer expectations. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of the grid while supporting decarbonization and electrification worldwide.

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova is seeking a Tender Technical Manager to join our HVDC team. In this role you will play a pivotal role in coordinating and managing the technical scope of HVDC product part during the tender phase of an HVDC project. You will be responsible for collaborating with regional teams, solution lines, and customers to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality technical proposals that align with cost targets, safety standards, and customer expectations. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of the grid while supporting decarbonization and electrification worldwide.

The successful candidate will own technical activities for the HVDC Solution Line for a particular tender, enabling consistent, scalable, and high-quality execution across regions. This person will also work with colleagues in the SL and Regions to progress and conclude these technical activities in a coordinated and collaborative manner to always ensure the best overall outcome for the business.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Own technical activities to develop and maintain the HVDC reference solutions, ensuring consistency, scalability, standardization, and configurability
• Develop, maintain, and improve engineering documentation, technical guidelines, toolkits, templates, and deployment methodologies to support efficient and repeatable execution
• Ensure technical interfaces are correctly identified, managed and verified with the appropriate engineering functions
• Provide technical support during ITO and OTR phases, ensuring reference solutions are correctly applied and having final approval for technical deviations from the reference solutions
• Collaborate with the engineering functions and subject matter experts as part of the team completing a DFMEA for the reference solutions, focusing on the system architecture level of each solution
• Support bid and execution teams with solution framing, technical governance, risk reviews, and deployment guidance for major opportunities and strategic projects
• Work to incorporate RoE, lessons learned and in-service performance feedback into reference solutions to improve quality, competitiveness, and serviceability
• Support lifecycle management activities including obsolescence management, installed base support, service opportunity development, and alignment with service and supply chain stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with applicable engineering standards, safety requirements, and certification expectations across all regions where HVDC solutions are deployed
• Support the Solution Delivery Leader in the work planning and prioritization of activities in alignment with business and solution line objectives

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field
• Experience: Significant experience in engineering roles within EPC environments (T&D, Power Generation, Oil & Gas), with specific expertise in HVDC technology.
• Leadership: Strong decision-making skills and the ability to inspire teams to meet goals, even in dynamic environments.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects, technical problem-solving, manage technical risk, and guide teams through complex engineering decisions.
• Emerging ability to lead, coach, or coordinate subject matter experts, or similar technical professionals in a people leadership or matrix leadership capacity.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with ability to work across engineering, product, regional, commercial, and customer teams.
• Global Mindset: Willingness to travel and work across regions to manage tendering activities worldwide.
• Fluent in English with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Grid Solutions, a GE Renewable Energy business, serves customers globally with over 13,000 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.

About GE Grid Solutions

At GE Grid Solutions we are electrifying the world with advanced grid technologies. As leaders in the energy space our goal is to accelerate the transition for a more energy efficient grid to full fill the needs of tomorrow. With a focus on growth and sustainability GE Grid Solutions plays a pivotable role in integrating Renewables onto the grid to drive to carbon neutral. In Grid Solutions we help enable the transition for a greener more reliable Grid. GE Grid Solutions has the most advanced and comprehensive product and solutions portfolio within the energy sector.

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 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

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No