Senior Project Manager - Grid Automation

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Senior Project Manager - Grid Automation | Stafford or Glasgow, United Kingdom

Do you want to take ownership of complex Grid Automation projects that are helping modernise electricity networks and enable the energy transition across the United Kingdom and Northern Europe?

GE Vernova is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our expanding Grid Automation North Europe Cluster, within Grid Solutions.

Based primarily in Stafford, with Glasgow available as an alternative location, you will lead the delivery of technically complex and commercially significant Grid Automation projects across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordic region.
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GE Vernova - The Energy to Change the World

With over 130 years of experience and proven innovation, GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy. We are electrifying the world while working to decarbonise it.

Focused on the future, GE Vernova is accelerating the shift towards reliable, affordable and sustainable energy. We help customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety and quality of life.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of several complex Grid Automation projects running in parallel.
• Develop project execution strategies and management plans aligned with contractual requirements, customer expectations and business objectives.
• Define project governance, lead gate and progress reviews, and coordinate engineering, procurement, manufacturing, field services, commercial and finance teams.
• Secure the resources required for successful delivery and address roadblocks, performance issues and cross-functional dependencies.
• Take responsibility for the full project scope, analysing customer and contractual requirements and identifying gaps, inconsistencies or changes.
• Develop and negotiate practical solutions that protect customer outcomes, project delivery and commercial performance.
• Own the master project schedule, contractual milestones and delivery recovery plans.
• Anticipate potential delays and ensure that engineering, documentation, procurement, manufacturing, site and commissioning activities remain aligned.
• Take ownership of project profit and loss, gross margin, cost and margin forecasts, revenue planning and monthly sales forecasting in partnership with the Project Controller.
• Identify financial discrepancies, commercial risks and productivity opportunities, implementing appropriate cost, revenue or margin recovery plans.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, senior decision-makers, suppliers, partners and internal stakeholders.
• Manage customer expectations, lead the resolution of escalations and provide accurate, timely and transparent project reporting.
• Lead risk and opportunity reviews, implement mitigation actions and identify opportunities for additional Grid Automation scope, customer value and follow-on business.
• Manage contractual matters with customers, suppliers and partners, supported by the Contract Management team.
• Develop and negotiate claims, contractual changes and variation orders, including complex cases involving multiple stakeholders.
• Coordinate procurement, manufacturing and supplier delivery, monitoring on-time performance, product quality and service quality.
• Work with engineering and research and development teams to resolve technical or quality issues efficiently.
• Monitor project and segment performance indicators and provide consolidated execution updates to the North Europe leadership team.
• Coach and support other Project Managers, share lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement across project delivery and governance.

• Substantial experience managing complex projects within Grid Automation, transmission and distribution, Protection and Control, substation automation or a closely related power-sector environment.
• Experience managing projects through the full lifecycle, from contract handover through commissioning and customer acceptance.
• Experience leading several active projects or a complex project portfolio in parallel.
• Strong knowledge of project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk and contractual management.
• Commercial accountability for project profit and loss, margin, costs, forecasting and revenue.
• Experience managing claims, contractual changes or variation orders.
• Strong customer-management skills, including experience engaging senior stakeholders and resolving escalated issues.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams within a matrix organisation.
• The ability to influence, create accountability and drive action without relying on direct reporting authority.
• A proactive, self-directed and commercially minded approach.
• Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Fluency in English.

• Grid Automation
• Protection and Control
• Substation automation
• Transmission infrastructure
• Renewable grid connections
• HVDC-related systems
• Complex electrical EPC projects
• Power-system integration

• This role involves occasional travel, expected to be approximately 10-15%, depending on customer meetings, project requirements and site activities.
• The successful candidate will normally work through a hybrid arrangement, including approximately three days per week at the Stafford or Glasgow office.
• Applicants must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorisation.