GE Vernova

Lead Project Planner

GE Vernova$87K — $145K *
US-Anywhere
+ 3 other locationsRemote
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
  • 3 years experience in Project Control Planning & Scheduling or relevant field.
  • 1 year of experience with Oracle Primavera P6.
  • Knowledge of power plant principles and EPC environments.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the project delivery and maintain profit & loss accountability.
  • Conduct ITO to OTR handover meetings and confirm assumptions.
  • Lead the Commitment Meeting for project baseline agreement.
  • Develop and maintain integrated project schedules using P6.
  • Monitor project schedule performance and implement corrective actions.
  • Perform critical path analysis and delay analysis as needed.
  • Escalate critical project issues to internal project management.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Access to Health Coach and 24/7 nurse-based resource.
  • Employee Assistance Program with confidential support services.
  • GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan with matching contributions.
  • Tuition assistance and adoption assistance.
  • Paid parental leave and disability benefits.
  • 12 paid holidays and permissive time off.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
As related customer equipment, facilities or infrastructure projects: responsible for project delivery, profit & loss accountability, and customer satisfaction through management of project related activities and resources. Impacts departmental operations and responsible for planning/execution. The role has some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Some judgment may be required but this is typically with guidance.

Job Description

Inquiry-to-Order (ITO) 12 Order-to-Remittance (OTR) Handover

ITO to OTR handover meeting to receive L1 bid schedule and contract details.
  • Understand and Confirm ITO assumptions and the risk summary is clearly understood, provided during ITO/OTR handoff.
  • Attend the Customer Kickoff Meeting (CKOM) & follow-up on all open action items from the CKOM related to schedule execution
  • Attends release meetings led by ITO to understand project scope, ITO assumptions, and contribute to Delivery Matrix development.
  • Development of the Commitment Meeting file based on functional inputs, project requirements and contract requirements.
  • Leads the Commitment Meeting with functional owners to resolve initial schedule disconnects and reach agreement on the project baseline.


Baseline Schedule / KPIs Development

Set up integrated project schedule in P6 (including L3/L2) baseline working with internal GEV team and in alignment with Global Project Control, Planning and Scheduling processes.

Project Schedule Maintenance
  • Ensures schedules accurately reflect project scope and execution strategy.
  • Continuously monitors project on time delivery performance to ensure knowledge of main issues and how issues are being mitigated.
  • Proactively monitors project schedule to highlight slippages, inaccurate data causing erroneous forecasts/reporting and identifies corrective actions and action owner to resolve issues.
  • Update project schedule based on inputs from GEV team to ensure project schedule accurately reflects the project status.
  • Perform schedule analysis on weekly/monthly basis to identify the critical impacts and provide the mitigations suggestions.
  • Ensure project schedule updates and KPIs are reflected in various tools ex- Planner Dashboard, OTD Tracker , Pulse & WIPT
  • Works with project team to identify mitigation strategies and ensure strategies are reflected in project schedule.
  • Escalates critical project issues to the internal project manager and project team.
  • Ensures reports for other functions and customers accurately reflect status of project equipment and provide to customer and business reporting.
  • Communicates to functions impact of execution strategy changes and resulting changes to required dates.
  • Acts as a resource for project team members and supports with data, analysis, and root causes of schedule variances.
  • Uses some judgement and has some ability to propose different solutions to address more complicated project scenarios.
  • Perform the critical path analysis for deliverables and ensure no impact to contract dates.
  • Claims (EOT, etc.); perform delay analysis to support extension of time and cost claims.
  • Leverages experience to participate in discussions and provide feedback to improve processes and tools for the Planning team.


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
  • 3 years experience in Project Control Planning & Scheduling function or relevant field.
  • 1 years of experience with Oracle Primavera P6


Desired Characteristics
  • Knowledge in of power plant principles and work processes of EPC environments.
  • Critical path analysis and/or resources loading in P6 schedules.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Open for travel up to 10%


Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

Application Deadline: September 12, 2026

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 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 01, 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.

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova is an energy business company. They provide digital, energy consulting, energy financial services, gas power, grid solutions, nuclear energy, power conversion, renewable energy, steam power, and so on.

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