Gestionnaire principal de projets - Senior Project Manager

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Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA
In-Office
126K-209K Annually
Senior level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
The Senior Project Manager will lead complex substation projects, coordinating multiple workstreams and ensuring compliance with contractual, quality, budgetary, and safety requirements. Responsibilities include project planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Description SummaryWe are looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead the execution of complex substation projects within GE Vernova’s Grid Systems Integration business. In this role, you will coordinate multiple sub-projects and workstreams, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, and customer-facing activities.
You will be responsible for driving project execution from planning through delivery, while consolidating progress, risks, and priorities into a clear overall project view. The role also requires strong reporting and communication with leadership, as well as close collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure project objectives are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and in line with quality and contractual requirements.
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Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Perform Project scope review and compare with the GEV quote upon transfer of the project file from the Commercial group to Project management.

  • Lead the project kick-off meeting with all internal contributors and assign roles and responsibilities.

  • Lead the customer kick-off meeting to communicate the nature of the work that will be done and clarify any issues in the order.

  • Lead the overall execution of complex substation projects, ensuring delivery in line with contractual scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements.

  • Consolidate and coordinate activities across multiple sub-projects and workstreams, creating an integrated project view and ensuring alignment of priorities, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.

  • Drive project planning and execution across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, construction, commissioning, and handover activities.

  • Establish and maintain effective project governance, including project reviews, action tracking, decision logs, escalation management, and leadership reporting.

  • Monitor project performance against key metrics and proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, issues, delays, and cost impacts that could affect successful delivery.

  • Support sub-project leaders and functional teams in resolving cross-functional challenges, removing execution barriers, and maintaining focus on critical path activities.

  • Manage customer communication and stakeholder coordination to ensure transparency, alignment, and timely resolution of technical, commercial, and execution-related matters.

  • Ensure compliance with contract requirements, internal processes, quality standards, and applicable regulatory and safety expectations throughout the project lifecycle.

  • Lead change management activities, including evaluation of scope changes, schedule impacts, cost implications, and associated approvals or customer notifications.

  • Prepare and deliver accurate, timely project status updates, forecasts, and executive summaries to leadership, highlighting performance, risks, decisions required, and recovery actions where needed.

  • Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the project team and interfacing functions.

  • Support project closing activities, including final deliverables, lessons learned, financial closure, and transition to warranty or service phases where applicable.

Required Qualifications / Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, operations, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean, Six Sigma) preferred.

  • Minimum 7 years of project management experience relevant to the role, preferably in substations, grid infrastructure, energy, or other large and complex industrial projects.

  • Demonstrated experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and interdependencies.

  • Experience working in cross-functional and international project environments.

 

Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong background in project management methodologies, tools, and governance frameworks.

  • Experience working with global or regional stakeholders, ideally in a matrixed environment.

  • Strong leadership and coordination skills in complex, multi-workstream project environments.

  • Ability to manage competing priorities and drive execution with a structured, proactive approach.

  • Strong communication, coordination, and organizational skills.

  • Clear communicator with the ability to engage effectively with teams, customers, and leadership.

  • Strong problem-solving, risk awareness, and decision-making skills.

  • Experience in substation or grid project environments is a strong advantage.

  • Fluent in English is required.

 

Core Competencies

  • Strategic Thinking: Ability to design scalable frameworks and anticipate operational needs.

  • Change Leadership: Skilled at driving adoption, influencing stakeholders, and managing organizational change.

  • Collaboration & Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to align diverse teams and communicate complex concepts clearly.

  • Execution Excellence: Focused on quality, consistency, and continuous improvement.

  • Problem‑Solving: Adept at diagnosing root causes, navigating ambiguity, and proposing practical solutions.

  • Data‑Driven Decision Making: Uses metrics, trends, and insights to guide priorities and measure impact.

  • French speaking is an asset.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No



For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $125,500.00 and $209,200.00. 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 07, 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.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, operations, or related field
  • Minimum 7 years of project management experience
  • Experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams and stakeholders
  • Experience in substation or grid project environments preferred
  • Fluent in English required

GE Vernova Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Vernova and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Vernova.

  • Retirement Support The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.

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The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
75,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.

Why Work With Us

Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.

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