The Project Launch Engineering Team is a part of the Solutioning and Execution CoE within the Heavy-Duty New Unit Proposal and Project Engineering (PPE) organization.
What impact you’ll make
Shape the Future of Energy: As a pivotal People Leader for Project Launch Engineering, you will lead a high-impact global team of approximately 15 engineers responsible for ensuring the seamless, de-risked early execution phase of critical energy projects. Your leadership will be key in coordinating complex interfaces and deliverables, significantly reducing execution risk and defects, and directly contributing to the delivery of safe, on-time, high-quality projects that power the world.
What We Offer
You'll join a dynamic and collaborative global team passionate about operational excellence and technical innovation. We champion a culture of continuous improvement, challenging the status quo, and fostering breakthroughs in project delivery. We believe in empowering our people, providing the resources and freedom to solve complex challenges and drive sustainable growth
This role offers significant visibility and potential for career advancement within GE Vernova's Solutioning and Execution CoE, working on projects that truly make a difference.Job Description
Team Leadership & Development:
Attract, engage and grow your employees, uphold integrity, role-model the GE Vernova Way, and create the conditions for our employees to do the same.
Inspire and motivate the team; invest in the team’s leadership and technical growth.
Serve as a key technical and leadership mentor, guiding the professional growth of team members and colleagues.
Strategic Impact & Process Excellence:
You will play a critical role in influencing the strategic direction of our Project Launch processes, controlling vital resources, and contributing to policy formulation across the organization.
Champion a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging Lean methodologies to balance long-term breakthroughs with sustainable growth, and driving best practices within the engineering organization.
Promote culture of early risk and opportunity identification that may affect the project launch to ensure customer deliverables are met.
Technical & Operational Oversight:
Responsible for technical coordination with Engineering disciplines, Project Planning, and Sourcing during the Project Launch phase to ensure technical requirements and delivery cycles are transmitted into the engineering execution model.
Accountable for the integrated engineering schedule logic for the project and cross-discipline critical path alignment.
Responsible for the team’s demand/capacity model to support the Business planning cycle
Remove barriers so the team can effectively address complex technical problems during the project launch phase.
Champion consensus-building and effective communication of complex information across diverse stakeholders, influencing outcomes critical to project success.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent knowledge and experience
Advanced engineering experience in a relevant industry
Desired Characteristics
Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
Experience with direct people leadership, managing engineering teams, ideally in a global environment.
Established project management skills.
Proven experience in talent development, coaching, and performance management
Demonstrated ability to inspire, motivate, and foster a positive, high-energy environment within the team, driving enthusiasm for project success and continuous improvement.
Ability to manage global team
Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers
Familiar with Lean, has led/participated in Kaizen/VSM
Proficiency with key GE Vernova tools used across Heavy Duty New Units workstreams (eg. GTCC, Salesforce, etc.)
Knowledge of plant systems and equipment; knowledge of main equipment: Gas turbine, generator, steam turbine, HRSG
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
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $131,700.00 and $219,300.00. 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 December 02, 2025.
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.
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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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