Project Engineering Management Team Leader

Job Description Summary

We are looking for a dynamic and committed leader to join the HVDC Product Delivery Groups Center of Excellence taking on a pivotal role in delivering the energy transition. As UK Team Leader for Project Engineering Managers (PEMs) you will report directly to the Global Head of Project Engineering Management. You will be responsible for leading and growing the team of PEMs based in Stafford ensuring the successful execution of HVDC projects within your scope.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Drive the performance and successful delivery of HVDC projects with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and execution excellence.

• Lead grow and develop the UK PEM team: ensure talent acquisition onboarding career development and technical leadership.

• Take ownership of the project KPIs (QCD risks client engagement) and ensure project engineering delivery meets expectations.

GEs HVDC business is expanding rapidly to meet global demand for decarbonized energy systems. This growth brings exciting challenges; scaling our teams deepening our expertise and elevating our project execution capabilities.

As our new UK PEM Team Leader you will play a critical role in this transformation helping us build a high-performing customer-focused project engineering delivery organization.

Job Description

• Includes direct people management staffing and performance development.

• Promote a strong project culture:
  Establish a culture of ownership accountability and anticipation within the PEM organization.

• Actively contribute to the transformation of the PEM organization toward a culture of project excellence accountability and collaboration.

• Lead and develop the UK PEM team:
  Coach and support PEMs to grow their project leadership technical understanding and cross-functional collaboration.

• Ensure projects objectives are met :
  Oversee project engineering performance (QCD risks KPIs) across its HVDC projects portfolio ensuring consistency application of GE processes and high standards.

• Drive alignment across stakeholders: develop and foster collaboration between PEM organization technical functions and all teams involved in project delivery.

• Support project reviews and escalations:
  Act as primary escalation point for engineering topics in project reviews. Ensure that critical issues are addressed and resolved.

• Participate in strategic planning:
  Collaborate with Engineering Directors Head of Functions to improve project governance processes and capabilities.

• Utilises knowledge of a technical discipline technical experience and analytical thinking to execute policy strategy.

• Serves as the technical leader to develop a scope of work and provide technical leadership and interface with Proposal Management Cost Estimating Partners Customers GE Product Engineering Sourcing Engineering sub-contractors.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Engineering degree Engineering School University or equivalent knowledge / experience ideally in Electrical or Controls engineering.

• We welcome talent with experience from the industry and you will be outstanding if you are from the energy sector:
  Oil & Gas Power Distribution Power Transmission Power Generation.

• Strong experience in complex EPC projects and leading engineering disciplines with significant experience of people leadership.

• Passionate about developing teams and people with an ability to drive large-scale high-impact initiatives. Extensive focus on developing technical project management and leadership competence in staff ensuring comprehensive training and development plans are in place and enacted.

• Proven ability to identify and resolve issues and ability to work in English speaking environment.

• Take a pro-active approach to ensuring Health & Safety is paramount including conducting Risk Assessments where necessary.

• Significant customer interface experience ability to influence others and lead teams and excellent interpersonal skills.

About Us:

GE Vernova is a world leader in the energy solutions market with a portfolio of energy businesses across the globe. Grid Solutions provides equipment systems and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition and we want you to be part of that change and enjoy imagination at work.

If you are ready to make a difference and usher in a new era of clean reliable energy come join us.

About GE Grid Solutions:

At GE Grid Solutions we are electrifying the world with advanced grid technologies. As leaders in the energy space our goal is to accelerate the transition for a more energy efficient grid to full fill the needs of tomorrow. With a focus on growth and sustainability GE Grid Solutions plays a pivotable role in integrating Renewables onto the grid to drive to carbon Grid Solutions we help enable the transition for a greener more reliable Grid.

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