Senior Project Manager – Major Correctives (Transactional)

GE Vernova•Schenectady, NY

2d•$104,200 - $173,700•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager serves as a strategic execution leader within the Major Correctives organization and is responsible for the successful delivery of complex, high-risk, and high-value wind turbine corrective campaigns across North America. This role maintains ownership of multiple customer portfolios and major corrective workstreams including Major Component Upgrades (MCU), Blade Services, Liftra crane-less exchanges, and fleet reliability campaigns. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for customer satisfaction, financial performance, vendor management, scope execution, resource alignment, and operational excellence across assigned regions, customers, or programs. Unlike a Project Manager who owns individual projects, the Senior Project Manager owns customer relationships, execution strategy, contractor performance, and portfolio-level outcomes while mentoring Project Managers and influencing business decisions across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or equivalent field experience.
Minimum 5 years of experience managing wind energy, heavy industrial, construction, outage, or major maintenance projects.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience leading complex MCU, blade, or large corrective maintenance campaigns.
Experience managing customer relationships and contractor workforces.
Strong financial acumen including forecasting, budgeting, margin management, and change order recovery.
Knowledge of crane operations, lift planning, logistics coordination, and field execution.
Experience operating within prevailing wage environments.
Proven ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
PMP certification.
Lean or Six Sigma certification.
Experience managing Liftra operations.
Experience leading catastrophic response programs.
Experience supporting utility-scale renewable energy fleets.
Multi-site portfolio management experience.
Experience leading customer business reviews and contract execution discussions.

Responsibilities

Champion a world-class safety culture across all assigned projects and contractors.
Own portfolio-level EHS performance and corrective action closure.
Ensure compliance with GE Vernova standards, customer requirements, and regulatory obligations.
Maintain prevailing wage compliance and certified payroll governance.
Ensure audit readiness across all projects.
Drive quality improvements and reduction of repeat failures.
Lead root cause analysis and corrective action planning for major events.
Serve as the primary operational point of contact for assigned customer portfolios.
Build and maintain executive-level customer relationships.
Lead recurring business reviews, project reviews, and corrective action discussions.
Develop customer-specific execution strategies aligned with contractual commitments and fleet priorities.
Anticipate customer needs and proactively identify opportunities to improve fleet reliability and availability.
Lead customer escalation management and recovery planning efforts.
Drive customer satisfaction, retention, and growth opportunities.
Own execution strategy and financial performance across one or more major corrective workstreams including: Major Component Upgrades (MCU), Gearbox exchanges, Main bearing exchanges, Generator replacements, Hub replacements, Drivetrain campaigns, & Large corrective maintenance campaigns
Blade Services Including: Structural blade repairs, Blade bushing campaigns, Blade replacements, Composite corrective actions, Fleet-wide reliability campaigns
Transactional Major Correctives work
Own the end-to-end delivery of contracted major corrective work—working with the commercial sales team from bid to closeout of project act as the primary technical and operational owner to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the customer’s satisfaction.
Manage project and portfolio budgets.
Identify and mitigate financial risks.
Lead change order development and recovery efforts.
Support pricing strategies and scope development activities.
Drive working capital improvement through timely invoicing and project closeout.
Serve as the operational owner for strategic contractor and vendor relationships.
Evaluate contractor performance against safety, quality, productivity, and cost expectations.
Lead vendor scorecard reviews and performance improvement initiatives.
Develop execution strategies utilizing internal and external resources.
Support contractor sourcing and capacity planning activities.
Lead execution reviews across active projects and campaigns.
Partner with scheduling teams to optimize resource utilization.
Identify execution bottlenecks and implement corrective actions.
Support workforce planning and deployment decisions.
Drive standardization and operational excellence initiatives.
Lead lessons learned and continuous improvement activities.
Mentor and develop Project Managers and Associate Project Managers.
Provide coaching on customer management, financial ownership, and execution leadership.
Support succession planning and talent development initiatives.
Participate in hiring, onboarding, and performance management activities.
Promote a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
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
access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
tuition assistance
adoption assistance
paid parental leave
disability benefits
life insurance
12 paid holidays
permissive time off