Lead Project Planner (Hydropower)

We are looking for a Lead Project Planner to join GE Vernovas Hydro Power North America team in Niagara this role you will act as a strategic partner to project leadership defining the planning approach and schedule strategy for complex high-risk projects. You will play a pivotal role in project execution by leading cross-functional alignment driving advanced schedule analysis and facilitating high-level reviews with customers and consortium partners. By ensuring robust progress tracking and proactive mitigation of risks you will support project objectives related to cost schedule and performance while ensuring contractual commitments are met.

Your expertise will be instrumental in improving project execution performance fostering team maturity through mentorship and building confidence with our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development integration optimization and maintenance of project schedules and baselines for complex projects.
• Define the project planning approach schedule strategy and governance in alignment with execution strategy and contractual requirements.
• Drive baseline development and freeze processes across project functions.
• Perform advanced schedule analysis including critical path float erosion impact analysis interface analysis and what-if scenario modeling.
• Lead identification of schedule risks and opportunities and drive mitigation acceleration and recovery plans with project teams.
• Support or lead development of committed schedules rebaselines and schedule strategies related to change or delay situations.
• Ensure planning deliverables support project reviews management decision-making and customer communication requirements.
• Lead planning reviews with project leadership customers consortium partners and other key stakeholders when required.
• Challenge execution assumptions and help shape project priorities through schedule insight and structured analysis.
• Oversee schedule quality planning assumptions and consistency of planning outputs.
• Mentor Planners and Schedulers and promote planning standards methods and best practices.
• Support schedule-related claims analysis delay assessments and change impact evaluations where required.
• Contribute to improvement of planning processes tools and project execution practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college or equivalent relevant experience.
• 10 years of planning and scheduling experience in EPC or similarly complex project environments.
• Advanced knowledge of planning and scheduling methodologies.
• Advanced Primavera P6 proficiency.
• Strong experience in hydropower energy infrastructure or industrial project execution.
• Experience in schedule recovery change management and delay analysis.
• Strong leadership collaboration and communication skills.

Eligibility Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in Canada.
• Location: Must be able to work full-time at the designated customer office or project site in Niagara Ontario.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as PMI-SP PMP or AACE-PSP.
• Background in cost control and earned value management (EVMS).
• Knowledge of Lean principles and the Last Planner System.

About GE Vernova Hydro Power

GE Vernovas Hydro Power business designs develops manufactures and services advanced technologies that harness the power of water to deliver reliable and sustainable power. For more than a century hydropower has played a vital role in power systems across North America and around the world.

GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy company leading a new era of electrification and decarbonization. We are helping accelerate the transition to more reliable affordable and sustainable energy while enabling our customers to power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health safety security and quality of life.