Engineering Portfolio Manager People Leader
Houston, MS - USA
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
With the growth of the Grid Solutions Integration NAM Region business portfolio and increased work scope and complexity of our customer projects the Engineering Portfolio Manager - People Leader shall lead direct reports sub-disciplines and contractors. NAM GSI encompasses ACS FACTS Service and HVDC Segments. GSI is under of GE Vernovas electrification businesses part of Grid Solutions.The GSI NAM Region Portfolio Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers direct reports and contractors supervises and coordinates design team assignments & responsibilities in their portfolio which include project engineers and is considered as a technical referent for the teams. The Portfolio Engineering Manager is accountable to the Engineering Manager-PEM/Civil Engineering to meet department KPIs and the performance of their team. The Portfolio Engineering Manager role is a hands-on role that may include detailed project design work.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
As an Engineering People Leader you are responsible for optimized resource planning recruiting and hiring retention annual performance coaching salary & bonus planning and communication continuous quality improvement training and development plans. For programs and projects you will guide and direct sub-disciplines lead engineers at project launching phase & during project execution engineering process follow up and ensure the proper management of interfaces with our partners and main suppliers. You are accountable for the proper allocation of resources required to execute the projects to identify and review/approve design subcontractors to align resources with to the workload plan and to optimize design budget. You must work as a team with other managers and disciplines with respect & develop quality procedures processes and organizes knowledge capitalization to improve engineering efficiency. The Engineering Portfolio Manager may lead projects or initiatives to support the department as assigned by the Engineering Manager.
- Accountable with the sub discipline and PEMs for design budget schedule adherence technical change orders and quality on ongoing projects you ensure that the Engineers are following the BMS and Code of Conduct; engineering schedules are updated regularly with achievable task duration and resources including design gate review plans formalized and tracked to teams are accountable for meeting the engineering KPI targets on project activities including On Time Deliverable (OTD) Say-Do ratio Average days late cost of poor quality and technical related budget deviations.
- Support your team in design strategy definition design tasks and deliverables assignment of resources to start engineering design safety project performance and the availability of tools templates references and standards.
- Oversee lead & coordinate project execution procedures conduct regular internal team meetings performance development meetings with your team members review development plans with engineers perform skills mapping for your teams and grow competencies. Support department and business data gathering requirements for metrics and reviews.
- Support the ITO team with OTR resources technical validation engineering work scope & labor hours review execution plan and statement of clarifications assumptions and exceptions based on customer RFP specifications SOW applicable standards regulations and accepted industry practices.
- Update resource and workload plans on a regular basis while monitoring utilization & billable time engineering budgets Design Change Notices Budget Deviation Requests & Cost of Poor Quality ACT actions non-conformances and scheduled training.
- Deploy engineering and automation tools document control KPIs interface requirements and Division of Responsibility with partners and business lines associated to project engineering
- Support sourcing and procurement in the definition of technical specifications subcontracting strategy identification and technical evaluation of suppliers who provide design engineering and consultancy services and evaluate their workload and performance.
- Accountable for site/design engineering return of experience drive lessons learned documentation & design validation functional knowledge capitalization through check sheets design guides training curriculum work instructions etc.
- Ensure compliance with quality procedures and processes defined at project and region level and in EMH support internal and external audits and resolve non-conformances in a timely manner.
- Support Quality team in development and use of Lean methods throughout the team with participation in training Lean projects Kaizens and other initiatives
- Demonstrate EHS leadership and ensure zero deviation plan from safety policies is implemented within the team. Provides immediate feedback regarding unsafe behavior and celebrates safe behaviors.
- Lead business quality and transformation initiatives with a team mindset to increase competitiveness and drive productivity & efficiency while overcoming unknowns in a high growth environment
- Retain key talent through regular contact including recognition coaching and development planning.
- Plan succession of senior engineers
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university
- 18 years of experience with power systems design & management including EPC projects.
- 6 years of experience leading a multi-discipline engineering team
- Professional Engineering License in the United States and willingness to review & seal drawings.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Ability and willingness to travel 20% of the time including international and must comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies
Desired Characteristics:
- Work experience in the specific portfolio youll be managing
- 5 years of experience managing people including resource loading performance reviews recruiting/hiring training/development plans and salary planning.
- Project Management experience on power systems EPC projects
- 15 years of Engineering project execution experience in service and/or EPC type environments for AC Substations and/or FACTS and HVDC
- Demonstrated successful experience in project technical management of the discipline in a multi-disciplinary teams context including multiple interfaces and with products coming from several countries.
- Experience in technical problem solving. Mastering of involved discipline (process tools technical aspects)
- Demonstrates ownership & accountability judgment and decision making influences & inspires team creates a vision and strategy and has passion for the role.
- Fluent in English speaking and writing. Strong influencing and relationship building skills
- Knowledge of GRID product development groups products and personnel through FAT site visits.
- Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to succinctly communicate complex messages
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Required Experience:
Manager
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