Lead Project Controller

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Hiring Remotely in Ankara, Çankaya, Ankara, TUR
Remote
Mid level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Lead project controls for large turnkey projects by developing and maintaining schedules, budgets, cost forecasts, risk registers, and financial reports. Monitor project progress, productivity, scope, costs, and trends; communicate forecasts and risks to project teams and stakeholders; reconcile project financial data; support tenders, claims, closeout, cost reduction, compliance, and process improvements.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Description SummaryIn Project Controls, our goal is to ensure the right rigor around schedule and cost management processes to deliver projects on-time and within budget. With focus and rigor around tools, processes, operating rhythm, and people, here you shall have the opportunity to learn, contribute and excel in one of the best Project controls functions in the industry. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:


  • Build tender schedules and cost estimates
  • Support tenders and oversee project planning
  • Develop project schedules and budgets in relevant tools
  • Maintain project schedule, cost forecasts, and actual/committed cost registers
  • Monitor cost movements, productivity, scope, and progress against forecasts
  • Analyze trends and provide schedule/cost forecasts
  • Maintain schedule and cost risk registers
  • Ensure accuracy of budgets, actuals, forecasts, and change order estimates
  • Update systems to reflect current cost and schedule status
  • Report project status internally and externally
  • Communicate cost, schedule, forecast, and risks to project teams and cost owners
  • Present financial and project control data in reviews
  • Collaborate with PMs, Finance Controllers, cost owners, and third parties
  • Support project closeout and claims
  • Ensure compliance with global standards, WBS, processes, procedures, and tools
  • Ensure quality of project controls reporting
  • Reconcile approved project financial data with accounting books
  • Comply with quality procedures and address non-conformances promptly
  • Support cost reduction strategies with functional teams
  • Ensure efficiency of the project cost control team
  • Identify standardization/optimization opportunities and support lean improvement initiatives
  • Demonstrate commitment to health and safety

Required Qualifications:


  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering
  • Minimum 4 years' experience in planning large turnkey projects
  • Minimum 2 years' experience in projects providing cost controlling on large turnkey projects
  • Strong knowledge of planning and use of Primavera
  • Strong oral and written language skills in English
  • Ability to live in Ankara

Desired Characteristics:


  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical or civil engineering
  • Knowledge of cost control function on large complex turnkey projects
  • Knowledge of Grid Solutions and GIS substations
  • Knowledge of forensic analysis on large complex turnkey projects
  • Analytical skills to use data to forecast outcomes
  • Clear communicator with strong communication and influencing skills
  • MS Project knowledge
  • Cost estimating and forecasting
  • Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No



Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering
  • Minimum 4 years' experience in planning large turnkey projects
  • Minimum 2 years' experience in cost controlling on large turnkey projects
  • Strong knowledge of planning and Primavera
  • Strong oral and written English language skills
  • Ability to live in Ankara
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical or civil engineering
  • Knowledge of cost control on large complex turnkey projects
  • Knowledge of Grid Solutions and GIS substations
  • Knowledge of forensic analysis on large complex turnkey projects
  • Analytical skills for forecasting outcomes from data
  • Clear communication and influencing skills
  • MS Project knowledge
  • Cost estimating and forecasting experience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

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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