Wind Repowering Project Manager (Contract)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

Disability benefits

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Permissive time off

Job summary

GE Vernova is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead wind turbine repowering projects from planning through closeout. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, construction, and operations to deliver safe, on-time, within-budget project execution.

The role requires traveling to wind project sites and vendor locations, managing schedules and budgets, and communicating clearly with leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience in wind energy, renewable energy, power generation, heavy construction, or a related industry.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 30% and work periodically at active wind project sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of wind turbine repowering projects, including planning, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and execution strategies.
• Coordinate project activities across engineering, construction, procurement, operations, environmental, permitting, finance, and commercial teams.
• Manage relationships with turbine OEMs, contractors, subcontractors, engineering, equipment suppliers, utilities, landowners, and other project stakeholders.
• Establish project milestones, deliverables, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify schedule, cost, quality, safety, and technical risks.
• Lead regular project meetings and provide clear status reporting to leadership and stakeholders.
• Manage change orders, scope changes, project risks, and commercial issues in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Coordinate major field activities including turbine decommissioning, component removal, civil and electrical upgrades, turbine installation, balance-of-plant work, and commissioning.
• Support logistics planning for major turbine components and specialized equipment.
• Ensure project execution complies with applicable safety, environmental, quality, regulatory, and contractual requirements.
• Work closely with site teams to resolve field issues and maintain project momentum.
• Coordinate commissioning, punch-list completion, turnover, and final project closeout.
• Capture lessons learned and incorporate best practices into future repowering projects.
• Travel approximately 30% to project sites and other locations as needed.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Schedule & cost control

Risk management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Oracle ERP

Job description

GE Vernova is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead wind turbine repowering projects from planning through closeout. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, construction, and operations to deliver safe, on-time, within-budget project execution.

The role requires traveling to wind project sites and vendor locations, managing schedules and budgets, and communicating clearly with leadership and stakeholders.