Job Description Summary

Responsible for project delivery, profit & loss accountability, and customer satisfaction through management of project related activities and resources. Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. The role is subject to operating policy objectives. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning, leading, organizing and motivating the cross-functional team working on complex turbine controls projects, as well as mentoring other project managers and leading cross-team initiatives/collateral duties.

As a Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for:

• Safely achieving on-quality, on-time, and on-budget level of performance for the most complex projects in GE Vernova controls upgrades.
• Acting as a primary customer contact for the duration of each project from purchase order receipt through commissioning; resolving specification issues; owning communication plans; ensuring customer satisfaction; negotiating for customer-requested changes (price and delivery); arranging witness tests; managing contract and terms; collecting accounts receivables and closing out project.
• Managing and reporting all financial aspects of the project including budgets, costs, margin, invoicing, and receivable collection while promoting change orders and providing estimate-at-completion forecasts.
• Developing and maintaining detailed project schedules and critical control points through collaboration across all functions on major milestones and task completion dates while providing daily engagement. leadership and direction to other functions within the project team to ensure an alignment on project goals and deliverables for project success.
• Mentoring and developing project managers on the team.
• Quantitatively and qualitatively managing project execution and financial risks.
• Implementing continuous improvement for processes impacting the organization by developing and suggesting enhancements while maintaining productivity and efficiency.
• Influencing decision making and problem solving across cross-functional teams to develop an inclusive win-win solution for customer and the organization.

Required Characteristics:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in management/STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) from accredited college or University.
• Have Minimum 5 years of experience managing multiple (>10) projects simultaneously
• Have minimum 3 years of experience in controls and/or turbines.
• Have minimum 3 years of experience in project management or customer-facing roles
• Have SAP Enterprise Software experience.
• Travel up to 40% of the time for kick-off meetings, close out meetings and witness tests.

Desired Characteristics:

• Master’s Degree in Management/STEM
• Have minimum 2 years of experience in controls and/or turbines.
• Have minimum 2 years of experience in project management or customer-facing roles
• Have excellent communicator, works well in a team environment, appreciates challenges.
• Be flexible, continuous learner, willing to share knowledge and experience.
• Have presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Have organizational skills to manage multiple projects effectively.
• Be comfortable and effective working in new areas that require rapid problem solving.
• Have experience working with global supply chain teams.
• Demonstrate initiative to explore alternate approaches to solving problems.
• Have or willingness to gain Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Additional Information

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