Senior Project Engineering Manager

GE Vernova, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Engineering Manager to lead the project engineering team across disciplines and product lines in Schenectady, NY, delivering integrated plant solutions for Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Generator, HRSG, and BOP scopes.

The role interfaces with Customers and Partners, owning technical decisions, budget and schedule management, and ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, EHS, and quality requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering from an accredited university
• 8-10+ years' related experience with increasing responsibilities
• Demonstrated knowledge of Turbo machinery, generator, electrical, controls and/or Power Plant Accessory systems and equipment

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical leader for assigned customer projects, developing the scope of work and schedule while monitoring engineering activities.
• Provide technical leadership and interface with project management, engineering disciplines, product lines, sourcing, and external Partners/Customers.
• Develop specialized expertise within your discipline and contribute to strategy and policy development to ensure delivery within your area.
• Exercise sound judgment to resolve complex challenges in operations, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering.
• Own the engineering execution of BOP-scoped projects, from contract signature through fulfillment of all GE contractual obligations.

Skills

Customer interface

Leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Engineering degree or higher

Job description

Job Description Summary

Within the Gas Power Heavy Duty Plant Engineering Americas team, the Senior Project Engineering Manager will be under the operational responsibility of the Americas Pole Leader for Project Engineering Management, located in Schenectady, New York. The Project Engineering Manager leads the complete project engineering team‑across all disciplines, product lines, and subcontracted services‑to deliver integrated plant solutions spanning Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Generator, HRSG, and Balance of Plant scope.

As the primary technical interface with Customers and Partners, this role owns all plant-level technical decisions, including design freeze and risk mitigation, while ensuring full compliance with contractual, regulatory, EHS, and quality requirements. Key responsibilities include driving technical decisions, managing engineering budget and schedule, overseeing customer documentation, and coordinating site support and project handovers. Success in this role requires close collaboration with project management, engineering disciplines, product lines, and external Customers and Partners to ensure responsive, productive project execution. The Project Engineering Manager is guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

Roles and Responsibilities

Serve as the technical leader for assigned customer projects, developing the scope of work and schedule while monitoring engineering activities. Provide technical leadership and interface with project management, engineering disciplines, product lines, sourcing, and external Partners/Customers to ensure responsive, productive execution.

Develop specialized expertise within your discipline and serve as a best‑practice and quality resource. Maintain awareness of the latest technical developments in your area and contribute to strategy and policy development to ensure effective delivery within your area of responsibility.

Exercise sound judgment to resolve complex challenges in operations, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering. Remain open to new perspectives on existing solutions to inform decisions.

Serve as a resource and mentor for less experienced colleagues by clearly explaining complex or sensitive information and building consensus. Continue developing persuasion skills to effectively influence others on topics within your field.

Own the engineering execution of BOP‑scoped projects, from contract signature through fulfillment of all GE contractual obligations.

Manage a cross‑functional engineering team to navigate contractual risks and opportunities effectively.

Review Customer specifications and communicate contract and project requirements to all design functions using internal documentation systems. Evaluate the financial and schedule impact of Customer‑requested scope changes.

Enforce quality procedures and actively participate in their continuous improvement. Capture and document lessons learned to support experience feedback and process improvement.

Operate within a matrix organization, collaborating across numerous interfaces.

When assigned as Senior Project Engineering Manager, lead and facilitate a total project solution across all product lines, including: Serving as the global technical project focal point, partnering with the Project Manager on Customer and EPC meetings.

Driving consistent flow‑down of project requirements across product lines (GT/ST/Gen/HRSG/BOP) to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance.

Leading functional resolution of technical project issues at the system level across product lines.

Managing the plant/BOP budget allocated to the project, communicating any budget gaps, and maximizing profitability through cost‑out initiatives within assigned budgets.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college
• 8‑10+ years' related experience with increasing responsibilities
• Demonstrated customer interface experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of Turbo machinery, generator, electrical, controls and/or Power Plant Accessory systems and equipment

Eligibility Requirements

Job will require up to an average of 25% travel, mainly within the U.S.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs/projects
• Demonstrates creativity and problem‑solving capability
• Willingness/ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Motivated and able to motivate others
• Has a continuous improvement mind set
• Technical superior training with experience in project/team management preferred, in the field of energy or in the management of transverse teams
• Expertise in one of the disciplines (Mechanical/Electrical/Process)

Additional Information

GE Vernova offers a great