Senior Project Manager

Job Description Summary

Our project management teams are the success behind some of the world's highest profile, advanced technology programs, serving a diverse range of clients in the UK and internationally. We now have an opportunity for a talented and experienced Senior Project Manager to join us. If this sounds like your kind of career aspiration we'd like to hear from you.

Job Description

As a Senior Project Manager within GE Power Conversion & Storage you will be responsible for leading either one major project or a portfolio of projects, delivering critical systems for external customers in a safe, structured, efficient, and timely manner. Our projects are diverse, so you will lead multi-disciplinary project teams to design and implement highly customized, bespoke solutions.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver mission-critical multi-million projects to external customers, from inquiry from sales team to final delivery & commissioning.

• Acting as the primary point of contact for customers, building effective working relationships and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Making effective use of best practice project management techniques throughout the project lifecycle.
• Providing leadership, support and guidance to your project team within a matrix organisation, creating clarity on objectives and promoting effective collaboration with all stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Embracing the GE lean transformation within the business and deploying this actively within the project management context.
• Proactively driving progress against schedule and budget and acting as the focal point for the project review process to report out status.
• Being responsible for the project financial performance, supported by our finance team, and being the focal point for our project review process to report progress and forecasts against targets.

• Substantial experience of delivering integrated system engineering projects end-to-end in a commercial contracting environment with a focus on customer satisfaction.
• Degree level qualifications in an engineering or scientific field or equivalent experience.
• Project management training and certification (PMP, Chartered PM status, etc.)
• Data-driven approach for the purpose of reporting, forecasting and risk mitigation.
• Excellent communication and influencing abilities with an ability to navigate internal and external stakeholder groups.
• Ability to travel on an occasional / short term basis when required, for example: to customer, supplier, or job site locations (UK & overseas).
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software, and Microsoft Project.
• Full UK driving license.

• Previous projects experience in an Industrial Power Systems domain (for example rotating machinery, variable speed drives, power storage and distribution, industrial control and automation).
• Experience in the use of SAP.
• Experience of construction industry standard forms of contract (for example FIDIC, NEC).

• Challenging and exciting projects.
• A work environment where we understand that not everyone has the same expectations about their jobs, careers and work-life balance and we are happy to discuss flexibility requirements such as hybrid working.
• Attractive compensation.
• Flexible benefits so you can build a package that fits your personal needs. Some core benefits are: Employer pension contribution (not subject to individual contribution), Income protection, Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance.
• 26 days vacation + bank holidays.