Senior Project Engineering Manager

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3 Locations
In-Office or Remote
113K-189K Annually
Senior level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Leads project engineering for gas power plant projects, managing cross-functional teams and integrated scope across turbines, generators, HRSG, and balance-of-plant systems. Serves as the primary technical customer interface, owns plant-level technical decisions, and manages engineering budgets, schedules, risks, quality, compliance, documentation, and handovers. Coordinates product lines, partners, sourcing, and project management while resolving technical issues and driving contractual execution, cost optimization, and continuous improvement. Requires substantial engineering experience, customer-facing leadership, and up to 25% travel.
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Job Description SummaryWithin the Gas Power Heavy Duty Plant Engineering Americas team, the Senior Project Engineering Manager will be under the operational responsibility of the Americas Pole Leader for Project Engineering Management, located in Schenectady, New York. The Project Engineering Manager leads the complete project engineering team—across all disciplines, product lines, and subcontracted services—to deliver integrated plant solutions spanning Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Generator, HRSG, and Balance of Plant scope.
As the primary technical interface with Customers and Partners, this role owns all plant-level technical decisions, including design freeze and risk mitigation, while ensuring full compliance with contractual, regulatory, EHS, and quality requirements. Key responsibilities include driving technical decisions, managing engineering budget and schedule, overseeing customer documentation, and coordinating site support and project handovers. Success in this role requires close collaboration with project management, engineering disciplines, product lines, and external Customers and Partners to ensure responsive, productive project execution. The Project Engineering Manager is guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:


  • Serve as the technical leader for assigned customer projects, developing the scope of work and schedule while monitoring engineering activities. Provide technical leadership and interface with project management, engineering disciplines, product lines, sourcing, and external Partners/Customers to ensure responsive, productive execution.
  • Develop specialized expertise within your discipline and serve as a best-practice and quality resource. Maintain awareness of the latest technical developments in your area and contribute to strategy and policy development to ensure effective delivery within your area of responsibility.
  • Exercise sound judgment to resolve complex challenges in operations, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering. Remain open to new perspectives on existing solutions to inform decisions.
  • Serve as a resource and mentor for less experienced colleagues by clearly explaining complex or sensitive information and building consensus. Continue developing persuasion skills to effectively influence others on topics within your field.
  • Own the engineering execution of BOP-scoped projects, from contract signature through fulfillment of all GE contractual obligations.
  • Manage a cross-functional engineering team to navigate contractual risks and opportunities effectively.
  • Review Customer specifications and communicate contract and project requirements to all design functions using internal documentation systems. Evaluate the financial and schedule impact of Customer-requested scope changes.
  • Enforce quality procedures and actively participate in their continuous improvement. Capture and document lessons learned to support experience feedback and process improvement.
  • Operate within a matrix organization, collaborating across numerous interfaces.
  • When assigned as Senior Project Engineering Manager, lead and facilitate a total project solution across all product lines, including:
    • Serving as the global technical project focal point, partnering with the Project Manager on Customer and EPC meetings
    • Driving consistent flow-down of project requirements across product lines (GT/ST/Gen/HRSG/BOP) to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance
    • Leading functional resolution of technical project issues at the system level across product lines
    • Managing the plant/BOP budget allocated to the project, communicating any budget gaps, and maximizing profitability through cost-out initiatives within assigned budgets

 

Qualifications/Requirements:

 

  • Bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college
  • 8-10+ years’ related experience with increasing responsibilities
  • Demonstrated customer interface experience
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Turbo machinery, generator, electrical, controls and/or Power Plant Accessory systems and equipment

Eligibility Requirements:


  • Job will require up to an average of 25% travel, mainly within the U.S.

Desired Characteristics:

 

  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Demonstrated ability to lead programs/projects
  • Demonstrates creativity and problem-solving capability
  • Willingness/ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
  • Motivated and able to motivate others
  • Has a continuous improvement mind set
  • Technical superior training with experience in project/team management preferred, in the field of energy or in the management of transverse teams
  • Expertise in one of the disciplines (Mechanical/Electrical/Process)

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: November 21, 2026

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $113,200.00 and $188,800.00. 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 October 21, 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 or higher degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college
  • 8-10+ years of related experience with increasing responsibilities
  • Demonstrated customer interface experience
  • Demonstrated knowledge of turbomachinery, generators, electrical systems, controls, or power plant accessory systems and equipment
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Demonstrated ability to lead programs or projects
  • Creativity and problem-solving capability
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
  • Technical training with experience in project or team management, preferably in energy or transverse-team management
  • Expertise in Mechanical, Electrical, or Process engineering

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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