Lead Project Planner (Hydropower)

AL8301 GE Renewables US LLC; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 87,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and Rx

GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays and paid time off

Job summary

GE Vernova Hydro Power in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Lead Project Planner to define the planning approach and schedule strategy for complex, high‑risk projects. You will lead cross‑functional alignment, drive advanced schedule analysis, and facilitate reviews with customers and consortium partners.

You will mentor junior planners and ensure robust progress tracking, mitigating risks and aligning with contractual commitments in cost, schedule, and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• 10+ years of planning and scheduling in EPC or complex project environments.
• Advanced planning and scheduling methodologies.
• Advanced Primavera P6 proficiency.
• Experience in hydropower, energy, infrastructure or industrial project execution.
• Experience in schedule recovery, change management, and delay analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, integration, optimization, and maintenance of project schedules for complex projects.
• Define planning approach, schedule strategy, and governance aligned with execution strategy.
• Drive baseline development and freeze processes across project functions.
• Perform advanced schedule analysis including critical path, float erosion, and what‑if modelling.
• Lead identification of schedule risks and mitigation with project teams.
• Support development of committed schedules, rebaselines, and schedule strategies for changes or delays.
• Ensure planning deliverables support reviews, decision‑making and customer communication.
• Mentor Planners and promote planning standards and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Cross‑functional collaboration

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Job Description Summary

We are looking for a Lead Project Planner to join GE Vernova’s Hydro Power North America team in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, you will act as a strategic partner to project leadership, defining the planning approach and schedule strategy for complex, high‑risk projects. You will play a pivotal role in project execution by leading cross‑functional alignment, driving advanced schedule analysis, and facilitating high‑level reviews with customers and consortium partners. By ensuring robust progress tracking and proactive mitigation of risks, you will support project objectives related to cost, schedule, and performance while ensuring contractual commitments are met. Your expertise will be instrumental in improving project execution performance, fostering team maturity through mentorship, and building confidence with our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development, integration, optimization, and maintenance of project schedules and baselines for complex projects.
• Define the project planning approach, schedule strategy, and governance in alignment with execution strategy and contractual requirements.
• Drive baseline development and freeze processes across project functions.
• Perform advanced schedule analysis including critical path, float erosion, impact analysis, interface analysis, and what‑if scenario modeling.
• Lead identification of schedule risks and opportunities and drive mitigation, acceleration, and recovery plans with project teams.
• Support or lead development of committed schedules, rebaselines, and schedule strategies related to change or delay situations.
• Ensure planning deliverables support project reviews, management decision‑making, and customer communication requirements.
• Lead planning reviews with project leadership, customers, consortium partners, and other key stakeholders when required.
• Challenge execution assumptions and help shape project priorities through schedule insight and structured analysis.
• Oversee schedule quality, planning assumptions, and consistency of planning outputs.
• Mentor Planners and Schedulers and promote planning standards, methods, and best practices.
• Support schedule‑related claims analysis, delay assessments, and change impact evaluations where required.
• Contribute to improvement of planning processes, tools, and project execution practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience in EPC or similarly complex project environments.
• Advanced knowledge of planning and scheduling methodologies.
• Advanced Primavera P6 proficiency.
• Strong experience in hydropower, energy, infrastructure, or industrial project execution.
• Experience in schedule recovery, change management, and delay analysis.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as PMI-SP, PMP, or AACE-PSP.
• Background in cost control and earned value management (EVMS).
• Knowledge of Lean principles and the Last Planner System.

Eligibility Requirements

Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Location

Must be able to work full‑time at the designated customer office or project site in Phoenix, Arizona.

Employee Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse‑based resource
• 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

Employment Information

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).

Pay and Incentives

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $87,000.00 and $145,000.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

Posting Information

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on September 11, 2026.

About GE Vernova Hydro Power

GE Vernova’s Hydro Power business designs, develops, manufactures, and services advanced technologies that harness the power of water to deliver reliable and sustainable power. For more than a century, hydropower has played a vital role in power systems across North America and around the world. GE Vernova is a purpose‑built energy company leading a new era of electrification and decarbonization. We are helping accelerate the transition to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy while enabling our customers to power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and quality of life.

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