Why we come to work: At GE Renewable Energy, our engineers are always up for the challenge - and we are always driven to find the best solution. Our projects are unique and interesting, and you will need to bring a solution-focused, positive approach to each one to do your best. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you will be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.
Job Description Summary:
If you want your engineering leadership to shape how power moves across countries and grids, this role gives you the chance to lead some of the most complex transmission projects in the energy industry. As a Project Engineering Director at GE Vernova, you will guide the technical delivery of large-scale HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) projects, working across teams, partners, and customers to help deliver more reliable, efficient, and sustainable energy systems.Job DescriptionWhat You’ll Do:
- Lead the full technical execution of large, complex customer projects, serving as the main technical point of contact between the customer and GE Vernova project teams.
- Direct engineering coordination across project work packages, ensuring designs meet customer requirements, project budgets, quality expectations, and delivery timelines.
- Oversee engineering activities for major grid projects, with a strong focus on HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) and FACTS (Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems) solutions.
- Run technical reviews, guide decision-making, and align cross-functional teams across plant configuration, civil works, control and protection hardware, and electrical design.
- Identify technical risks and opportunities early, drive mitigation plans, and support strong project execution from start to finish.
- Manage technical interfaces with subcontractors and ensure their deliverables are integrated effectively into the overall engineering plan.
- Ensure accurate document control, configuration management, and compliance with EHS (Environmental, Health, and Safety) standards throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead ROE (Return on Experience) and lessons-learned activities to improve future project delivery and engineering performance.
Critical Requirements:
To be successful in this role, candidates must demonstrate:
- Proven experience leading or coordinating engineering delivery on large-scale HVDC transmission projects.
- Demonstrated capability to coordinate technical activities across multiple engineering disciplines, including electrical, control & protection, plant engineering, and civil engineering.
- Experience making technical decisions and driving engineering solutions based on input from subject matter experts and technical specialists.
- Proven ability to present, defend, and obtain customer validation of technical solutions.
- Experience managing technical interfaces with partners, suppliers, subcontractors, and consortium members.
- Experience acting as the engineering focal point for technical risk management, engineering governance, and technical decision-making within an EPC project environment.
Please note: HVDC experience is a mandatory requirement.
- Significant engineering experience in an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) environment within power generation, transmission, or distribution.
- Sound judgment and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to make decisions and resolve issues in demanding project environments.
- Comfortable working across cultures and willing to travel globally for short- to medium-term project needs.
- A collaborative engineering leader who brings technical depth, clear direction, and the ability to help teams deliver complex projects together.
- A formal education and subsequent Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering is nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.
- Experience leading engineering delivery for international grid, transmission, or energy infrastructure projects.
- Familiarity with customer-facing technical leadership in highly regulated, contract-driven project environments.
- Experience using lessons learned and continuous improvement practices to strengthen future project execution.
In this role, your work connects engineering excellence with real-world energy impact. You will help deliver advanced grid solutions that support electrification, grid stability, and decarbonization at scale. You will also work at the center of technical decision-making on projects that are both strategically important and technically demanding.
- High-impact work on large-scale, innovative energy projects
- Opportunities to grow your career through on-the-job learning and development
- International exposure through collaboration with global teams, customers, and partners
- A supportive and collaborative environment where engineering expertise and teamwork both matter
- A robust benefits package aligned to your employment status and local market requirements
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Skills Required
- Significant engineering experience in an EPC environment within power generation, transmission, or distribution
- Strong HVDC experience, including technical leadership on large-scale transmission or grid infrastructure projects
- Experience leading complex, multidisciplinary engineering project teams
- Ability to coordinate with internal functions, customers, subcontractors, and external partners
- Technical knowledge of plant configuration, civil works, control and protection hardware, and electrical design
- Strong communication and presentation skills for technical customer and stakeholder engagement
- Structured problem-solving, sound judgment, and decision-making skills
- Willingness to travel globally for short- to medium-term project needs
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering
- Experience leading engineering delivery for international grid, transmission, or energy infrastructure projects
- Familiarity with customer-facing technical leadership in regulated, contract-driven environments
- Experience using lessons learned and continuous improvement practices
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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