GE Vernova

Lead Project Manager - Close Out

GE Vernova • $100K — $130K *
La Prairie, QC J5R 6T6In-Person
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Electrical Engineering or Operations degree or equivalent in Engineering
  • Minimum 10 years of Project Management experience in the Power Industry
  • Bilingual in French & English
  • Ability and willingness to travel 15% internationally
  • Knowledge of large project management processes and strong operational experience

Responsibilities

  • Lead and maintain Close-out and Warranty Handbook methods following GSI PMO guidelines
  • Proactively improve closeout processes and tools
  • Monitor close-out and warranty obligations regionally
  • Manage budget and planning for close-out projects
  • Develop regional commissioning staffing plan strategy based on workload

Benefits

  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Exposure to a high-growth and innovative business environment
  • Collaborative work culture that encourages process improvement
  • Opportunity to work with international teams on diverse projects
  • Engagement in safety and quality initiatives to enhance operational excellence
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
As a Project Closeout Manager for the North American Grid Systems Integration (GSI) business, you are responsible for implementing and maintaining our operational closeout (COT) and warranty processes and tools, monitoring all warranty obligations for the GSI NAM portfolio (AC solutions, FACTS, HVDC technologies, and related services), and managing all closeout activities for major projects. Given the strong growth of the business, this role is essential to ensure the organization is prepared to ensure a safe and seamless execution transfer from the construction phase to post-commissioning obligations (COT, warranty, and long-term service agreements).

Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
Process & Tools
  • Lead the Implementation & maintenance of Close-out (COT) and Warranty Handbook methods & guidelines following GSI PMO guidelines.
  • Proactively proposes improvements to these processes & tools to the Regional Project Management and Risk & PMO and Project Control function leader.
  • Tailor them to business specifics when required.
  • Provide or/and organize trainings / assistance as required.

Close-out and Warranty projects governance
  • Ensure overall application of project close-out and warranty governance cycle.
  • Maintain a strong monitoring of the overall close-out and warranty obligations in the Region (project operational issues, Quality/Design issues, Lessons Learned)
  • Monitor operational and financial performance of close-out and warranty projects and provide the Return of Experience to the ITO team.

Operational responsibilities
  • Responsible for the budget and planning of the close-out projects transferred to the COT team.
  • Responsible for the overall warranty budget of the region
  • Responsible for the proper closing of the projects (contractual commitments ending (Bonds, Warranty, punch list...), ERP financial close, final list of LLS

Warranty workload
  • Develop the Regional commissioning staffing plan strategy based on the projected workload
  • Participate to the estimation of the projected workload based on the existing backlog and orders forecast on a quarterly basis.

EHS
  • Strong promoter of EHS behaviors and rules.
  • Perform & Monitor Safety at every stage of Close-out and Warranty activities.
  • Support the implementation of EHS Procedures (strong focus on Electrical safety, LOTO and work at height), work instructions and Processes in coordination with GSI Regional EHS Leader.

LEAN and Quality
  • Support the implementation of other Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes in coordination with GSI Regional Quality Leader
  • Support PMs, Close-out and Services leader and quality to perform RCA for major incidents or quality issues
  • Ensures collection of key information on commissioning projects for preparation of lesson learned 'LL" for use on future projects.
  • Initiate & participate to improvement actions on processes, tools, and documents
  • Promote LEAN culture and deployment of Standard Work approach

Requirements:
  • Electrical Engineering or Operations degree or equivalent in Engineering
  • Minimum 10 years of experience on Project Management in the Power Industry
  • Bilingual French & English
  • Able and willing to travel 15% including international and comply with GE travel guidelines

Desired:
  • Scope of GE Grid products as well as Project Management Handbook (PMH).
  • Experience in large projects close-out and warranty activities. Coordination of different teams and cultures.
  • Previous works experiences in a matrix organization desirable.
  • Strong Knowledge on Large Project Management processes.
  • Excellent networker, team player and manager.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Dynamic and challenging, able to act as a change agent and to empower others.
  • Pragmatic sense to approach challenges.
  • Ambitious, potential to grow. High results and quality orientation.
  • Process improvement as well as services specific to determine and satisfy customer requirements.
  • MS Suite, MS Project
  • Experience of Project Manager roles
  • Strong process and operational experience.
  • Excellent leadership skills with ability to influence others, drive change, and execute on a strategy.
  • Strong Industrial Service business and financial acumen
  • Technical understanding of the Commissioning activities and Services business
  • Excellent communication/presentation skills, both written and oral.


Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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