Lead Project Management Specialist - Automation - Governor & BOP (Hydropower industry)

CO Salary Range: USD 91,400.00 - 142,300.00 per year

Job Description Summary

Project manager with strong engineering background, electrical- (automation-) or mechanical-engineering. Field experience a plus

Job Description

Responsabilities:

• Project management activities related to the supervision, organization and execution of a service project, including scope, time, contract (if not covered by a dedicated Contract Manager) cost & quality management.
• Responsibility for project methodologies and standards including scheduling and cost-control, to fulfill a customer order or need according to financial/commercial parameters and ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Project engineering activities related to the fulfillment of technical deliverables associated with the controls and governor product line.
• Responsibilities include control system hardware and electrical designs, programming/configuration of PLC and HMI systems, production of supporting technical documentation and site commissioning support.
• Utilizes in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline and analytical thinking and technical experience to execute policy/strategy.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others
• Uses some judgment and has some ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated manufacturing processes with technical variety and/or interdependent production cycles. Uses technical experience and analytical thinking.
• Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• Works in close collaboration with engineering, contract management and commercial operations
• Support commercial quotation activities including the development of technical descriptions, cost estimates and project schedules
• Communicate directly with internal and external customers, evaluate on-site project conditions during tendering phase

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or a degree from a Technical college
• A minimum of 8 years of related work experience and 5 years of related experience in PLC-based automation control systems

• Ability and willingness to travel 20% of the time both within the US and Canada

• Demonstrated Project Management experience
• Be fluent in French & English languages (reading, writing and verbal expression) - GE provides high-quality services to customers/clients located across the globe and the employee must be able to provide services in an efficient manner aligned with the standards of excellence of the company
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• PMP Accreditation or established project management skills
• AutoCAD experience
• Communication Networking experience
• Electrical and mechanical aptitude
• Field commissioning experience
• General understanding of power generation systems (i.e. Hydroelectric)
• Detail oriented; ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple priorities effectively
• Ability to work within a matrix work environment with remote teams