Senior Project Manager – Major Correctives (Transactional)

GE Vernova; North Dakota; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

24/7 nurse support

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead strategic, portfolio-level wind turbine corrective campaigns across North America. You will own execution strategy, customer relationships, contractor performance, and financial outcomes for MCU, blade services, Liftra exchanges, and fleet campaigns.

You will mentor project managers, drive safety and quality, and partner with functions to ensure on-time delivery and customer satisfaction across multiple portfolios.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of wind energy or heavy industrial project management experience.
• Experience leading major campaigns (MCU, blade or large maintenance) preferred.
• Ability to manage customer relationships and contractor workforces.

Responsibilities

• Own execution strategy and financial performance across major corrective workstreams.
• Lead customer relationships, executive reviews, and escalation management.
• Oversee vendor/contractor management and quality/compliance.
• Drive safety, schedule, and cost performance across portfolios.
• Mentor Project Managers and support leadership development.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

PMP certification

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Senior Project Manager serves as a strategic execution leader within the Major Correctives organization and is responsible for the successful delivery of complex, high-risk, and high-value wind turbine corrective campaigns across North America.

This role maintains ownership of multiple customer portfolios and major corrective workstreams including Major Component Upgrades (MCU), Blade Services, Liftra crane-less exchanges, and fleet reliability campaigns.

The Senior Project Manager is accountable for customer satisfaction, financial performance, vendor management, scope execution, resource alignment, and operational excellence across assigned regions, customers, or programs.

Unlike a Project Manager who owns individual projects, the Senior Project Manager owns customer relationships, execution strategy, contractor performance, and portfolio-level outcomes while mentoring Project Managers and influencing business decisions across the organization.

Core Responsibilities

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Champion a world-class safety culture across all assigned projects and contractors.
• Own portfolio-level EHS performance and corrective action closure.
• Ensure compliance with GE Vernova standards, customer requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Maintain prevailing wage compliance and certified payroll governance.
• Ensure audit readiness across all projects.
• Drive quality improvements and reduction of repeat failures.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action planning for major events.

Customer Ownership & Strategic Account Management

• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for assigned customer portfolios.
• Build and maintain executive-level customer relationships.
• Lead recurring business reviews, project reviews, and corrective action discussions.
• Develop customer-specific execution strategies aligned with contractual commitments and fleet priorities.
• Anticipate customer needs and proactively identify opportunities to improve fleet reliability and availability.
• Lead customer escalation management and recovery planning efforts.
• Drive customer satisfaction, retention, and growth opportunities.

Portfolio & Scope Ownership

• Own execution strategy and financial performance across one or more major corrective workstreams including: Major Component Upgrades (MCU), Gearbox exchanges, Main bearing exchanges, Generator replacements, Hub replacements, Drivetrain campaigns, & Large corrective maintenance campaigns
• Blade Services Including: Structural blade repairs, Blade bushing campaigns, Blade replacements, Composite corrective actions, Fleet-wide reliability campaigns, & Transactional Major Correctives work
• Own the end-to-end delivery of contracted major corrective work - working with the commercial sales team from bid to closeout of project act as the primary technical and operational owner to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the customer's satisfaction.

Financial Ownership

• Manage project and portfolio budgets.
• Identify and mitigate financial risks.
• Lead change order development and recovery efforts.
• Support pricing strategies and scope development activities.
• Drive working capital improvement through timely invoicing and project closeout.

Vendor & Contractor Management

• Serve as the operational owner for strategic contractor and vendor relationships.
• Evaluate contractor performance against safety, quality, productivity, and cost expectations.
• Lead vendor scorecard reviews and performance improvement initiatives.
• Develop execution strategies utilizing internal and external resources.
• Support contractor sourcing and capacity planning activities.

Operational Leadership

• Lead execution reviews across active projects and campaigns.
• Partner with scheduling teams to optimize resource utilization.
• Identify execution bottlenecks and implement corrective actions.
• Support workforce planning and deployment decisions.
• Drive standardization and operational excellence initiatives.
• Lead lessons learned and continuous improvement activities.

Leadership & Team Development

• Mentor and develop Project Managers and Associate Project Managers.
• Provide coaching on customer management, financial ownership, and execution leadership.
• Support succession planning and talent development initiatives.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, and performance management activities.
• Promote a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or equivalent field experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing wind energy, heavy industrial, construction, outage, or major maintenance projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading complex MCU, blade, or large corrective maintenance campaigns.
• Experience managing customer relationships and contractor workforces.
• Strong financial acumen including forecasting, budgeting, margin management, and change order recovery.
• Knowledge of crane operations, lift planning, logistics coordination, and field execution.
• Experience operating within prevailing wage environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• PMP certification.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience managing Liftra operations.
• Experience leading catastrophic response programs.
• Experience supporting utility-scale renewable energy fleets.
• Multi-site portfolio management experience.
• Experience leading customer business reviews and contract execution discussions.

Leadership Expectations

Senior Project Managers are expected to operate as business leaders, not simply project managers. They are responsible for balancing customer expectations, operational execution, financial performance, workforce effectiveness, and long-term business objectives while serving as trusted advisors to customers and leaders within the Major Correctives organization.

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

Application Deadline: November 13, 2026

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $104,200.00 and $173,700.00. 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. This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on September 04, 2026.

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.