Lead Contract Portfolio Manager

A01098 GE Vernova International LLC; United States; Remote; USD 91,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova is seeking a Contract Portfolio Manager for the United States, focused on Gas Power contracts. You will manage profitability and customer satisfaction across service agreements, fixed price and time-and-material programs, interfacing with customer service and field teams.

This remote position includes oversight of two Florida sites (Orlando and Cocoa) with a requirement to be within 1 hour drive when on-site work is needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college, or a High School Diploma with a minimum of 5 years Power Industry experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of field engineering / Gas or Steam turbine maintenance experience.
• Must live within 1 hour drive of the two sites covered by this role: Orlando, FL and Cocoa, FL.

Responsibilities

• Oversee contract performance activities typically tied to customer sites.
• Interface between the customer and project team to manage information and requests.
• Ensure timely resolution of issues and negotiate changes and variations.
• Adhere to contract service, operations and performance specs, including financial metrics.
• Perform proposal negotiation and contract administration on assigned contracts.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent Power Industry experience (5+ years)

Job description

Job Description Summary

As the Contract Portfolio Manager, you will need to demonstrate accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives within Gas Power. You will be responsible for the profitability and customer satisfaction for assigned contracts and customer obligations, provide service agreement, fixed price, and time and material program management, and interact with members of the customer service, parts and transactional services, field service, repair service, and/or other teams.

Roles and Responsibilities

• All contract performance related activities , typically tied to a customer site.
• Perform in the role as the interface between the customer and the project team, managing the transfer of information and requests.
• Assure timely resolution of issues and keep the customer advised of the progress of the project, and negotiate changes and variations and solutions to any issue arising.
• Responsible for adherence to contract service, operations, and performance specifications, as well as financial & technical metrics specific to contract.
• Perform proposal negotiation, and contract administration functions on assigned proposals / contracts with minimal supervision.
• Provide support to manager and senior contracts personnel on assigned contracts.
• Function as the liaison for the customer on contract matters.
• Includes direct people management responsibility including staffing and performance development.
• Utilizes in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline and analytical thinking and technical experience to execute policy/strategy.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
• Uses some judgment and has some ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated manufacturing processes with technical variety and/or interdependent production cycles.
• Uses technical experience and analytical thinking.
• Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own teams to arrive at decisions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• May lead small projects with low risks and resource requirements.
• Explains information; developing skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field.
• Conveys performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college OR or a High School Diploma / GED and a minimum of 5 years Power Industry experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with field engineering / Gas or Steam turbine maintenance experience.
• Must live within 1 hour drive of the two sites that are covered by this role.
• Sites in the Orlando, FL and Cocoa, FL area.

Desired Characteristics

• Knowledge and experience within the power industry
• Experience planning and executing outages
• Familiarity with Contractual Service Agreements
• Strong quality background with Black Belt certification
• Strong leadership, financial and commercial skills
• Knowledge of the Field Service Portal (FSP) systems
• Team leader in a dynamic, energetic and proactive environment
• Experience working with customer leadership teams
• Demonstrated communication & organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills

Company Information, Compensation and Benefits

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes #LI-Remote - This is a remote position. For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $91,400.00 and $152,200.00.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.

Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.

Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com