GT Project Technical Lead M/F (Lead GT Project Engineer M/W)

Job Description Summary #

The Project Technical Lead ensures technical project management, technical decisions, and coordination of engineering activities for the GT scope. The Project Technical Lead acts as a technical liaison with the customer and their Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) representatives to ensure that the supplied design documentation and equipment fully comply with the contract requirements. The Project Technical Lead provides data and makes decisions that influence major technical and financial outcomes for GE and/or the customer and customer representatives. This is a project leadership position that reports to the Manager of EMEA Project Technical Leads.
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Project Engineering provides technical project management, technical direction and coordination of engineering activities for GT scope. The Project Engineer functions as the technical liaison with the customer and their Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) representatives to ensure that that the supplied design documentation and equipment fully complies with the contract requirements. The Project Engineer makes judgements and inputs that influence major technical and financial outcomes for GE and/or the customer and customer representatives. This is a project leadership position and reports to the Manager of EMEA Project Engineering.

Job Description #

Essential Responsibilities:

This position will require coordination with/between multiple customers, project managers, engineering organizations, commercial operations, procurement, construction companies (EPC), business associates (BA), manufacturing, finance, and installation/field personnel by:

• Providing a single point of contact for all technical requests, questions, and communications from customers related to assigned projects.
• Feeding back lessons learned into the design engineering organizations to avoid repeating problems.
• Providing technical advice to the project manager and bid engineering.
• Organizing Customer Kick-Off Meetings (CKOM) and/or design reviews with customers and/or their design representatives (EPC).
• Reviewing contractual documentation and communicating project requirements to all design functions, using internal documentation tools.
• Evaluating the financial/schedule impact of changes requested by the customer via Cost and Cycle Estimates (CCE).
• Monitoring the progress of design activities and working to resolve technical problems.
• Monitoring engineering schedules and taking preventive measures to avoid delays in schedules or delays in deliverables to customers.
• Monitoring the engineering budget and providing a quarterly Estimate at Completion (EAC) to finance.
• Providing technical support to engineering, manufacturing, procurement, supplier, and installation personnel to ensure that equipment meets all customer requirements and business priorities.
• Periodically presenting project review slides to leadership, highlighting risks and action plans to address them.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Engineering degree (mechanical, electrical, chemical or related discipline) from an accredited school or university.
• Significant experience in engineering, design engineering, field engineering, and/or project management in a related field, preferably.
• Proficiency in the following Microsoft Office tools: Excel, Word, and Power Point.
• Ability and willingness to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Leadership-quality communication skills, both verbal and written.

Eligibility Condition:

• Ability and willingness to travel (less than 10%, as needed).

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
• Demonstrated experience interfacing with customers.
• Ability to pivot between deep technical issues and delicate commercial issues.
• Demonstrated creativity and problem-solving ability.
• Ability to manage general technical problem solving and drive continuous improvement projects.
• Experience and/or knowledge of design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, installation, and/or equipment testing.
• Continuous process improvement mindset.
• Demonstration of and adherence to GE Vernova Ways.

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Essential Responsibilities:

This position will require coordination with/across multiple customers, project management, engineering organizations, commercial operations, procurement, construction firms (EPCs), business associates (BAs), manufacturing, finance, and installation/field personnel by:

• Providing single point contact for all customer technical inquiries, questions and communications related to assigned projects.
• Driving lessons learned back into the design engineering organizations to avoid repeating issues.
• Providing technical guidance to Project Management, & Applications Engineering.
• Conducting Customer Kick-Off Meetings (CKOMs) and/or Design Liaison Meetings (DLMs) with customers and/or their design representatives (EPCs).
• Reviewing contract documentation and communicating project requirements to all design functions, utilizing internal documentation systems.
• Evaluating financial/schedule impact of customer requested scope changes via Cost & Cycle Estimates (CCE's).
• Monitoring the progress of design activities and working to resolve technical issues.
• Monitoring engineering schedules and taking preventative action to avoid schedule delays or late customer de