Project Director

GE Vernova • Schenectady, NY

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About The Position

The Project Director is responsible for the overall execution of a mega project or multiple complex projects with a key Customer. He/She will ensure customer satisfaction through the management of project related activities and resources and is accountable from the signing of the contract to the finalization of all of GE's contractual obligations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 10 years Project Management experience in Energy or Construction industries.
• Excellent English language skills (written and spoken)
• Must be willing to travel up to 50% of time.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of large-scale capital project costs and estimates.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to work independently with minimal direction required.
• Master's Degree in Business Administration or Engineering from an accredited university or college.
• Significant Project, Construction, Field Engineering and/or Contract Management experience in power industry.
• Experience in a customer facing role working through negotiations and solving issues
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, influence and motivate diverse teams to achieve a unified goal.
• Passion and knowledge of LEAN implementation in a projects organization.
• Strong Portfolio Experience; strategic thinking and problem solving
• Strong people management, team building, performance management, strategic and operations planning, process management, negotiation, and relationship management skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to succinctly communicate complex messages results.
• Strong interpersonal and leaderships skills to gain acceptance and buy in from other matrix functions to accomplish improvement projects
• PMP Certification, Project Management Leadership Program (PMLP) Graduate, or other Project Management training.

Responsibilities

• First and primary customer contact
• Accountable for EHS of the project(s) within the contractual obligations
• Full P&L responsibility of the project(s)
• Manages multiple stakeholders to ensure project completion (partner, contractors, customer)
• Early development of execution strategy with ITO Commercial Manager and ensure successful transition of the project
• Develops and manages the risk register with mitigation action
• Timely elevation of issues through Daily management
• Continuous Risk & Opportunities register maintenance and mitigation actions
• Contract flip page with the project team to ensure all requirements are understood and aligned
• Understand, drives and hold the project team accountable for ownership of key performance targets i.e. Rev, CM, Cash
• Align the project team when conflicting requirements arise (cost vs schedule, cost vs risk, etc.)
• Support Functional project managers in escalation within project (across functions, with Customer, with Partner)
• Understand the Performance risk ahead of time (not only at the end of the project when official PT are run) and partner with Performance engineering team to mitigate the risks.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• 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 Executive Services
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off
• the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director