Project Planner (hydropower)

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Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
89K-133K Annually
Senior level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Manages project planning and integrated schedules for hydropower projects using Primavera P6. Maintains baseline, master, and overall time schedules; leads schedule reviews; analyzes critical paths, float, deviations, and performance trends; identifies risks and mitigation actions; supports progress measurement, KPI reporting, change management, and rebaselining. Coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, aligns schedules with contractual milestones, and provides transparent planning reports and recommendations to project leadership and customers.
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Job Description SummaryWe are looking for a Project Planner to join GE Vernova’s Hydro Power North America division. In this role, you will manage project planning for an assigned project, acting as a key coordination partner to project leadership. You will play a pivotal role in project execution by developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring alignment with project strategy and contractual commitments. By facilitating cross-functional alignment, performing rigorous critical path analysis, and proactively identifying and mitigating schedule risks, you will support project objectives related to on-time delivery and performance.
Your expertise will be instrumental in improving project execution, maintaining baseline control, and building confidence with our stakeholders through transparent reporting and fact-based recommendations.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules in Primavera P6 in alignment with project strategy, contractual obligations, and planning standards.
  • Prepare and maintain Master Time Schedules (MTS), Overall Time Schedules (OTS), baseline schedules, and periodic planning deliverables.
  • Lead regular schedule review and monthly update cycles with project functions and stakeholders.
  • Analyze critical path, longest path, float consumption, schedule deviations, and performance trends.
  • Identify scheduling conflicts, bottlenecks, risks, and opportunities, and propose mitigation or optimization scenarios.
  • Facilitate collaborative planning discussions to align functions on priorities, assumptions, interfaces, and recovery actions.
  • Ensure schedules properly reflect contractual milestones, payment milestones, obligations, and key interfaces.
  • Prepare project planning reports and schedule inputs for management reviews and customer reporting.
  • Support progress measurement, S-curves, KPI tracking, and other time-performance indicators.
  • Support baseline freeze activities, change management, rebaseline activities, and committed schedules when required.
  • Escalate risks to project float, critical paths, and contractual commitments in a timely and transparent manner.
  • Capture lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement of planning practices.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • 5+ years of planning and scheduling experience in EPC or similarly complex project environments.
  • Strong knowledge of planning and scheduling principles, techniques, and methodologies.
  • Strong Primavera P6 proficiency.
  • Experience in hydropower, energy, infrastructure, or industrial project execution.
  • Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

 

Eligibility Requirements

  • Legal authorization to work in the United States.
  • Must be available for travel to U.S. sites approximately 10% of the time.

  • Must be able to adjust work schedule to accommodate any U.S. time zone.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Certifications such as PMI-SP, PMP, or AACE-PSP.
  • Experience with Lean and Last Planner System.
  • Experience with US Government projects.

About GE Vernova Hydro Power

GE Vernova’s Hydro Power business designs, develops, manufactures, and services advanced technologies that harness the power of water to deliver reliable and sustainable power. For more than a century, hydropower has played a vital role in power systems across North America and around the world.

 

GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy company leading a new era of electrification and decarbonization. We are helping accelerate the transition to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy while enabling our customers to power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and quality of life.

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

#LI-Remote - This is a remote positionApplication Deadline: December 31, 2026

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $88,800.00 and $133,200.00. 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 September 23, 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 from an accredited university or college, or equivalent relevant experience
  • 5+ years of planning and scheduling experience in EPC or similarly complex project environments
  • Strong knowledge of planning and scheduling principles, techniques, and methodologies
  • Strong Primavera P6 proficiency
  • Experience in hydropower, energy, infrastructure, or industrial project execution
  • Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States
  • Availability to travel to U.S. sites approximately 10% of the time
  • Ability to adjust work schedule to accommodate any U.S. time zone
  • PMI-SP, PMP, or AACE-PSP certification
  • Experience with Lean and Last Planner System
  • Experience with U.S. Government projects

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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