Senior Project Manager – Major Correctives (Catastrophic)
Schenectady, NY - USA
Job Summary
This role maintains ownership of multiple customer portfolios and major corrective workstreams including Major Component Upgrades (MCU) Blade Services Liftra crane-less exchanges and fleet reliability campaigns.
The Senior Project Manager is accountable for customer satisfaction financial performance vendor management scope execution resource alignment and operational excellence across assigned regions customers or programs.
Unlike a Project Manager who owns individual projects the Senior Project Manager owns customer relationships execution strategy contractor performance and portfolio-level outcomes while mentoring Project Managers and influencing business decisions across the organization.
Core Responsibilities
Safety Quality & Compliance
- Champion a world-class safety culture across all assigned projects and contractors.
- Own portfolio-level EHS performance and corrective action closure.
- Ensure compliance with GE Vernova standards customer requirements and regulatory obligations.
- Maintain prevailing wage compliance and certified payroll governance.
- Ensure audit readiness across all projects.
- Drive quality improvements and reduction of repeat failures.
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective action planning for major events.
Customer Ownership & Strategic Account Management
- Serve as the primary operational point of contact for assigned customer portfolios.
- Build and maintain executive-level customer relationships.
- Lead recurring business reviews project reviews and corrective action discussions.
- Develop customer-specific execution strategies aligned with contractual commitments and fleet priorities.
- Anticipate customer needs and proactively identify opportunities to improve fleet reliability and availability.
- Lead customer escalation management and recovery planning efforts.
- Drive customer satisfaction retention and growth opportunities.
Portfolio & Scope Ownership
- Own execution strategy and financial performance across one or more major corrective workstreams including: Major Component Upgrades (MCU) Gearbox exchanges Main bearing exchanges Generator replacements Hub replacements Drivetrain campaigns & Large corrective maintenance campaigns
- Blade Services Including: Structural blade repairs Blade bushing campaigns Blade replacements Composite corrective actions & Fleet-wide reliability campaigns
- Catastrophic Rebuilds
- Serve as the primary owner for the execution of complex high-risk turbine recovery projects. Manage the restoration of major componentsincluding full tower rebuilds blade failure remediations tower structural damage and machine head replacementsensuring safety compliance and operational recovery.
- Complex Execution Oversight:Direct large-scale site activities including heavy-lift crane logistics multi-disciplinary construction teams and specialized repair crews for tower nacelle and blade restorations.
- Logistics & Supply Chain Orchestration:Manage the high-pressure acquisition of long-lead major components (main frames blades tower sections) to minimize downtime.
- Risk & Regulatory Management:Maintain strict compliance with safety regulations and environmental requirements during high-risk repair operations. Own the site risk mitigation plan for hazardous environments.
- Stakeholder & Financial Oversight:Act as the primary interface for external vendors and internal leadership providing clear status updates on multi-million dollar repair budgets and recovery timelines.
Financial Ownership
- Manage project and portfolio budgets.
- Identify and mitigate financial risks.
- Lead change order development and recovery efforts.
- Support pricing strategies and scope development activities.
- Drive working capital improvement through timely invoicing and project closeout.
Vendor & Contractor Management
- Serve as the operational owner for strategic contractor and vendor relationships.
- Evaluate contractor performance against safety quality productivity and cost expectations.
- Lead vendor scorecard reviews and performance improvement initiatives.
- Develop execution strategies utilizing internal and external resources.
- Support contractor sourcing and capacity planning activities.
Operational Leadership
- Lead execution reviews across active projects and campaigns.
- Partner with scheduling teams to optimize resource utilization.
- Identify execution bottlenecks and implement corrective actions.
- Support workforce planning and deployment decisions.
- Drive standardization and operational excellence initiatives.
- Lead lessons learned and continuous improvement activities.
Leadership & Team Development
- Mentor and develop Project Managers and Associate Project Managers.
- Provide coaching on customer management financial ownership and execution leadership.
- Support succession planning and talent development initiatives.
- Participate in hiring onboarding and performance management activities.
- Promote a culture of accountability ownership and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Business Project Management or equivalent field experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing wind energy heavy industrial construction outage or major maintenance projects
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience leading complex MCU blade or large corrective maintenance campaigns.
- Experience managing customer relationships and contractor workforces.
- Strong financial acumen including forecasting budgeting margin management and change order recovery.
- Knowledge of crane operations lift planning logistics coordination and field execution.
- Experience operating within prevailing wage environments.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
- PMP certification.
- Lean or Six Sigma certification.
- Experience managing Liftra operations.
- Experience leading catastrophic response programs.
- Experience supporting utility-scale renewable energy fleets.
- Multi-site portfolio management experience.
- Experience leading customer business reviews and contract execution discussions.
Leadership Expectations
Senior Project Managers are expected to operate as business leaders not simply project managers. They are responsible for balancing customer expectations operational execution financial performance workforce effectiveness and long-term business objectives while serving as trusted advisors to customers and leaders within the Major Correctives organization.
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: No
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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