GE Vernova

Senior Project Manager - Heavy Duty Combine Cycle NU

GE Vernova$132K — $220K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
  • 8+ years of Project Management experience in Energy, Construction, or large capital projects
  • Certified Project Management Professional desired
  • Experience with large capital project execution costs and estimates
  • Strong customer relationship management skills at senior leadership levels

Responsibilities

  • Serve as primary customer contact for assigned projects
  • Lead customer negotiations and issue resolution
  • Own end-to-end execution of complex projects
  • Manage project execution focusing on Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost
  • Drive accountability for project performance metrics

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • 24/7 access to a Health Coach and nurse-based resources
  • Employee Assistance Program for confidential counseling
  • GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan with 401(k) matching
  • Tuition and adoption assistance, paid parental leave, and disability benefits
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
As a global leader in gas turbines and power plant technologies and services, we are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the execution of Simple and Combined Cycle projects within our Heavy Duty Gas Power business.

In this role, you will be accountable for the full project lifecycle, from contract signing through completion of all contractual obligations. You will ensure customer satisfaction by effectively managing project activities, resources, timelines, and cross-functional teams, while driving successful delivery of customer equipment, facilities, or infrastructure projects. This role also carries responsibility for project delivery, profit and loss performance, and adherence to budgets and operating plans.

Working with moderate to high autonomy, you will use strong evaluative judgment and operational acumen to influence outcomes, improve ways of working, and support business objectives, operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.

Job Description

Customer & Stakeholder Leadership
  • Serve as first and primary customer contact for assigned projects
  • Lead customer engagement, negotiations, and issue resolution to ensure successful project outcomes
  • Manage and align multiple internal and external stakeholders including customers, partners, contractors, and vendors to achieve project targets and deliverables
  • Influence peers and stakeholders to adopt alternative perspectives or solutions when required for problem solving


Project Execution & Governance
  • Own end-to-end execution of mega, complex, non-turnkey, and product / equipment-only projects along with less complex combined cycle projects.
  • Develop early execution strategies in partnership with the ITO Commercial Manager and ensure successful transition into project execution
  • Coordinate contract reviews to ensure full alignment on requirements, scope, and obligations
  • Manage project execution with an SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) lens and provide the framework for self and others to engage at Gemba.

Financial and Performance Ownership
  • Full P&L accountability, including Revenue, Contribution Margin, and Cash
  • Drive ownership and accountability for key project performance metrics
  • Align teams when trade-offs arise between cost, schedule, performance, and risk. Develops and manages the risk register with mitigation action

Risk, EHS & Compliance
  • Promote and drive GEV's Safety Toolkit on project teams, partners, and subcontractors, placing health and safety above all other priorities, even under pressure. Develop, own, and actively manage the Risk & Opportunity Register, including mitigation actions
  • Utilize multiple internal and external inputs to support sound, risk-based decision making

Technical, Functional & Thought Leadership
  • Develop deep expertise within project execution and/or technical discipline, serving as a subject matter expert where applicable
  • Interpret internal and external business challenges and drive best practices to improve products, processes, or services

Operational & Manufacturing Problem Solving
  • Lead teams to develop creative solutions within complex manufacturing, engineering, or production environments
  • Employ advanced operational, engineering, and product management techniques across interdependent workstreams
  • Collaborate closely with partnering functions to resolve cross-functional issues and execution constraints

Team Leadership & Matrix Management
  • Provide direct or indirect leadership of project teams and resources with moderate to high complexity, risk, and scale
  • Support Functional Project Managers with escalations across functions, customers, and partners
  • Present project, business, or technical solutions to internal and external senior leadership teams
  • Influence without authority in a matrix organization to drive unified execution


Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
  • Minimum 8 years of Project Management experience within Energy, Construction, or large capital project environments
  • Must be willing to travel up to 40% of time.


Desired Characteristics
  • Experience and demonstrated understanding of large capital project execution costs and estimates.
  • Certified Project Management Professional
  • Graduate of the Field Engineer or Project Management Leadership Program
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple phased projects simultaneously and independently.
  • Demonstrated strong customer focus and the ability to foster strong relationships; Experience working with and influencing senior level leaders. Demonstrated strategic thinking, problem solving, business and financial acumen.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to succinctly communicate complex messages.
  • An inclusive style and strong interpersonal and leaderships skills at all levels to gain acceptance and buy in from other matrix functions to accomplish goals.
  • Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions, manage conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment and effectively interface at all organizational levels
  • Experience applying data and lean tools and technologies for strategic, operational and project efficiencies


Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $132,200.00 and $220,400.00. 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 July 23, 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.

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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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