Lead Project Manager – Industry Service
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
The Lead Project Manager Industry Service is a key customer-facing role responsible for delivering a portfolio of industrial automation and control projects. The role has accountability for project execution customer satisfaction schedule cost quality and cash performance across multiple concurrent projects and customer accounts.This position is particularly focused on the delivery of SCADA-based solutions including ARS ATCC and SCS-type projects within a fast-paced customer delivery environment. The Lead Project Manager will coordinate cross-functional engineering and execution teams manage customer and stakeholder relationships across multiple active accounts and ensure projects are delivered safely on time to budget and to the required technical and contractual standards.
The role requires a high degree of ownership accountability and commercial awareness with the ability to lead parallel workstreams manage changing priorities and drive consistent execution excellence.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the delivery of multiple concurrent Industry SCADA projects ensuring delivery in line with contractual commitments business targets and customer expectations
- Manage the full project lifecycle including planning execution monitoring change control and close-out.
- Act as the primary customer contact building strong relationships and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Lead and coordinate a small multidisciplinary engineering team across parallel workstreams and competing priorities.
- Develop and manage project plans schedules resources risks and forecasts taking corrective action where required.
- Manage project performance including cost margin billing milestones cash collection and overall financial control.
- Ensure effective management of technical commercial and quality issues including changes claims and extensions where applicable.
- Ensure compliance with internal processes governance requirements and quality standards.
Essential Experience & Skills:
- Proven project management experience in an industrial automation controls or related technical environment.
- Formal project management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a small engineering team across parallel workstreams and competing priorities.
- Strong customer and stakeholder management skills across multiple active accounts.
- Proactive organised and delivery-focused with a high degree of ownership and accountability.
- Strong project planning scheduling resource management and risk mitigation skills.
- Good commercial and financial acumen including forecasting cost control billing and cash collection.
- Strong communication problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Desired Characteristics:
- Experience in delivery of SCADA system projects.
- Commercially aware collaborative and effective in a fast-paced execution environment.
This role involves work for customers who manage critical infrastructure; based on customer requirements it will be necessary to carry out background checks and suitability assessments (UK BPSS clearance OR UK SC clearance) as part of the hiring process. Read more on national security vetting levels here.
You can expect from us:
- Challenging and exciting world-first 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.
- Attractive compensation including an annual performance bonus.
- 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.
Flexible Working at GE Vernova
We know that life doesnt fit into a one-size-fits-all schedule. Thats why we support flexible working adaptable start and finish times or compressed hours where possible. We trust our people to manage their work in a way that suits them while delivering results on world-first projects.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Required Experience:
IC
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