This is a development role for an early-career project professional. You will take ownership of defined work packages and project-management activities, build confidence in customer and supplier interfaces, and develop capability across planning, cost, risk, change and governance. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team and be expected to bring structure, pace and follow-through to delivery.Job Description
Key Responsibilities
• Support the Bramble Project Manager with day-to-day delivery and take ownership of defined work packages, actions and project-management activities.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary activity across engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, project controls, suppliers and test teams, ensuring priorities, dependencies and interfaces are understood.
• Work with planning and project controls to maintain delivery plans, milestones and short-term lookaheads; identify emerging schedule pressures and support recovery actions.
• Maintain project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, actions, decisions and change records, driving owners to timely closure and escalating where required.
• Prepare project reviews, customer and internal progress packs, meeting minutes, action trackers and concise status reporting; progressively lead defined elements of reviews and meetings.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and ways to implement LEAN into project processes and reporting, suggesting / creating meaningful changes where available
• Support cost control and forecasting activities, including commitments, purchase orders, estimate-to-complete inputs, invoice milestones and SAP data quality, working with Finance and Project Controls.
• Monitor supplier progress against agreed dates, support supplier reviews and visits, follow up actions and help resolve delivery blockers with Sourcing, Quality and Engineering.
• Support design, manufacturing, integration and test readiness activities, ensuring project evidence, actions and dependencies are visible and progressed through the appropriate governance gates.
• Support customer communications and change-control activities under the direction of the Project Manager, maintaining accurate records of commitments, decisions and contractual correspondence.
• Ensure work is carried out in accordance with GE Vernova requirements for safety, quality, security, configuration, project governance and business processes, while contributing to lessons learned and continuous improvement.
About You
You are an organised, proactive project professional who enjoys working in a technical delivery environment. You are comfortable coordinating people and information, asking the right questions, following actions through to completion and communicating clearly with colleagues, suppliers and customers. You will be keen to learn and ready to take increasing ownership as your capability develops. You have a desire to see things through to completion and ensure the highest quality and standards are maintained throughout, with an appetite to incorporate standardised processes and working templates across all aspects of managing a project.
Required
• A relevant HNC/HND, degree, apprenticeship or equivalent practical experience in project management, engineering, business, operations or a related discipline.
• Some relevant experience gained in a project, engineering, manufacturing, operations or delivery environment, with evidence of taking ownership of tasks and following them through.
• Good organisation and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain accurate records and work effectively across a multi-disciplinary team.
• A basic understanding of project-management fundamentals such as planning, milestones, risk and issue management, change control, cost awareness and progress reporting.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Teams, and willingness to learn project controls and business systems.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding that scope, schedule, cost, quality and risk need to be managed together.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the level of UK Security Clearance required for the role.
• Willingness and ability to travel to customer, supplier and site locations when required; a full UK driving licence is desirable for this purpose.
Preferred
• Association for Project Management (APM) membership or a recognised project-management qualification, or a willingness to work towards one.
• Experience in marine, naval, defence, energy or another regulated / high-integrity engineering environment.
• Exposure to supplier management, manufacturing, integration or test activities.
• Familiarity with SAP and planning tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Exposure to project cost forecasting, risk management, change control or formal project reviews.
- Ability to manage and adapt to different people’s needs and maintain a healthy working environment within the wider project team.
Development Opportunity
The role is intended to build broad project-management capability through hands-on delivery experience. You will gain exposure to planning and controls, commercial management, supplier delivery, engineering and test coordination, customer engagement and project governance, with support to develop towards greater work-package and project ownership and relevant professional qualifications. This will allow a repertoire of skills and experience to be built up to be able to run whole projects as the main project manager in the future.
Why GE Vernova
GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. We provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce - designed to reward strong performance and help you manage your personal and family needs. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and national requirements.
A healthy, balanced lifestyle means different things to different people. We've created programmes that support the way you live and work today. GE Vernova invests in your future, providing opportunities to grow your career through continued on-the-job learning and development.
Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: No
Skills Required
- Relevant HNC, HND, degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent practical experience in project management, engineering, business, operations, or a related discipline
- Some relevant experience in a project, engineering, manufacturing, operations, or delivery environment, demonstrating ownership and task completion
- Good organization and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain accurate records
- Basic understanding of project management fundamentals, including planning, milestones, risk and issue management, change control, cost awareness, and progress reporting
- Confidence using Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
- Commercial awareness and understanding of scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk management
- Ability to obtain and maintain the UK security clearance required for the role
- Willingness and ability to travel to customer, supplier, and site locations when required
- Full UK driving licence
- APM membership or recognized project management qualification, or willingness to pursue one
- Experience in marine, naval, defense, energy, or another regulated or high-integrity engineering environment
- Exposure to supplier management, manufacturing, integration, or test activities
- Familiarity with SAP and planning tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project
- Exposure to project cost forecasting, risk management, change control, or formal project reviews
- Ability to manage and adapt to different people’s needs and maintain a healthy working environment
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
GE Vernova Insights
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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