Lead Project Planner (hydropower)

GE Vernova, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 87,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova Hydro Power is seeking a Lead Project Planner for its North America division. You will partner with project leadership to define planning and schedule strategy for complex, high‑risk projects, driving advanced schedule analysis and cross‑functional alignment with customers and consortium partners.

You will mentor Planners, lead planning reviews, oversee schedule quality, and ensure progress tracking with proactive risk mitigation to protect cost, schedule, and performance commitments

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 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.

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.

Skills

Planning experience

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

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 division. 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.

Job Description

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.

Eligibility Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be available for travel to U.S. sites approximately 10% of the time.
• Must be able to adjust work schedule to accommodate any U.S. time zone.

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.
• Experience with US Government projects.

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.

Additional 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).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

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 certain